
July 08, 2008
Via Drudge, this just in from the British National Children?s Bureau:
LONDON, July 7 (UPI)—Toddlers who say “yuck” when given flavorful foreign food may be exhibiting racist behavior, a British government-sponsored organization says.
The London-based National Children’s Bureau released a 366-page guide counseling adults on recognizing racist behavior in young children, The Telegraph reported Monday.
The guide, titled Young Children and Racial Justice, warns adults that babies must also be included in the effort to eliminate racism because they have the ability to ?recognize different people in their lives.?
The bureau says to be aware of children who “react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying ‘yuck’.”
“Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships,” the guide says.
Staff members are advised not to ignore racist actions and to condemn them when they occur.
My favorite line has to be, ??babies must also be included in the effort to eliminate racism because they have the ability to “recognize different people in their lives.” We seem to have moved from a point at which sociologist we?re screaming, ?Intervene before society teaches them to be racist!? to ?Intervene before they reach basic cognition!? Any kind of rational differentiation or evaluation is deemed ?harmful to society? and the individual must be engineered, psychologically now perhaps biologically later on, in order to prevent this.
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