Now A Student Walk-Out 'Racism'.

[Paigntonian]

https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/31/pimlico-academy-pupils-stage-protest-over-racist-uniform-policy-14335079/

[burlyshirley]

Not justified in my opinion, should do as they are told and then live their lives as they see fit when schooldays are over.

[Paigntonian]

New Judge: Thank you for that. Spot on.

[pixie374]

Realistically, it doesn't work like that, nj. Children still become well aware who is richer or poorer. It makes much more sense to teach children that behaviour is more important than appearance- as that's what they need when they are older.
Look at every adult who wears a suit for work- which of those professions would you say were totally trustworthy? It is not about clothes.

[pixie374]

BA... sometimes AB should be renamed as "Land of the Dinosaur" :-)

[Paigntonian]

This came up yesterday but the woman who's the CEO of the Runnymede Trust is Dr. Halima Begum. She said today that the racism report was a 'whitewash'. I have no idea if she understands the term irony.

[naomi24]

If they want change they should go to a different school. Conforming to rules is part of life. Get on with it.

[Mamyalynne]

When a Head teacher has lost the confidence of his staff and children with documented medical notes are sent home for the wrong footwear (amongst other issues) something has gone wrong.

A pithy round up of all that was and still should be may be an excellent reply but it's not a solution.

[Untitled]

But life is not just about doing what you are told. It's also sometimes about standing up for things - or indeed for other people.

If life was about confirming and obeying all the time then this country would be a much worse place.

[pixie374]

Ah no. Let's just pretend modern generations have no idea. Much easier... :-)

[Untitled]

Also the protests are not against uniforms per se (at least so far as I can see)... it is about changes to the uniform rules which they consider unjust.

[naomi24]

^and the rest.

[Untitled]

?

[naomi24]

Read the link.

[Untitled]

I did.

[Untitled]

Oh I see you meant the union flag part of it too. Yes and that, which I discussed on page 1.

[naomi24]

Yes indeed - no black in the Union Jack - and no fuss over black lives matter and black history month either. Seems to me what they’re really saying is ‘We’re not white so we should do as we like’.

[Untitled]

It's not clear whether or not that graffiti was written by protesting students or not (the "no black in the union jack" soundbite is a longstanding racist slogan).

The main issue that set all this off seems to be the uniforms though... so I don't agree that that is their message.

[ToraToraTora]

"who are these people? " - the ones this post is about, the ones that think they are exempt from the rules. Sorry if that's to difficult to grasp.

[ToraToraTora]

"Yes indeed - no black in the Union Jack" - but there is some blue, those damn blue people getting special treatment!

[naomi24]

That doesn’t surprise me but I wonder why the placement of the Union flag caused concern - or why these Muslim girls consider brightly coloured clothing part of their religion. First I’ve heard of it. Yet another charge of racism without justification.