Has Racial Hatred Decended To The School Playground?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283777/Boy-9-hanged-bullied-white.html

/// His mother claimed she went to see the head teacher of the school several times only to be told: ‘You didn’t have to come to this school, you chose to come here.’ ///

If this is true it would appear that some staff at this school need sacking.

[emmie]

it has probably been there since children first went to school, whether white, black, brown, sad as that sounds. You can only hope the schools won't, don't tolerate it, and stamp it out wherever it's found.

[emmie]

it can't have been good for a lone black kid in a class room, way back, children can be quite cruel.

[Snafu03]

I recall back in the mid 80s when I was at school in little England and our first black pupil came to the school.

There was a big school assembly the week before in which they made it very clear that any kind of racist comments/behaviour wouldnt be tolerated.

I'm still in contact with the lad on FB. He's popular, intelligent, went on to study law and now has a successful career in politics. He had loads of mates at school and was accepted from the word go.

[youngmafbog]

Why the Little England comment, what are you trying to prove?.

If you are not proud of your country then go somewhere else.

Bullying happens with children, they will find whatever child is different and pick on them. Laws don't matter to children and it does not matter what the parents do to bring them up pack mentality takes over.

So, it won't just be colour, it can be disability, the rich kid, the poor kid, the lisping kid. Schools have had to deal with this for many decades and will continue to do so, they are there to give th echild an education and part of that education is respect to fellow mankind.

[Gromit]

The school website has some advice for the children.

http://www.erdhall.bham.sch.uk

// - Laugh and have fun without feeling guilty or bad about it. This does not mean I am 'over it', have 'forgotten' or 'couldn't care'. //

[jake-the-peg]

//Bullying happens with children, they will find whatever child is different and pick on them. Laws don't matter to children and it does not matter what the parents do to bring them up pack mentality takes over. //

I agree with this

I do not agree this means it has to be accepted and cannot change


You might remeber I posted about some results butting Britain in the top 10 internationally - I also pointed out in that thread that our schools have one of the worst bullying problems internationally.


If we say ' Oh well bullying has always happened and always will' it becomes a self fulfilling prophepsy.


Nobody would take that attitude about rape - let's not take it about bullying

[emmie]

no one said it was acceptable, never was even in my day, we only had one black pupil in our school, and i am not sure she suffered any bullying, but she might have seen it differently.

[FredPuli43]

The comments under the article are sensible.This is about bullying and the bullies will pick on anyone vulnerable and use whatever words or excuses they choose. This is not about racial hatred; were it so,25 per cent of the school would be in danger; but about choosing an excuse to bully, which in this case was , or included, a racial one.

[Everhelpful]

All these comments and not one expressing any sympathy for the Parents and their sad loss.

[emmie]

you are right, but the question that has been raised is about racial hatred in schools. Which as most seem to agree is unacceptable.

[anotheoldgit]

Having read the answers to this thread makes me wonder when does 'bullying' become 'racist, and at what age'?

[anotheoldgit]

Everhelpful is quite right the consequences leading from this 'Racial Hatred' is very, very sad, especially when one so young has no other alternative but to take his life, so as to escape his tormenters.

[Everhelpful]

Thank You,AOG.

[emmie]

of course the problem is no one knows, unless the poor lad left a note why he did it.

[Ronnie10]

"Having read the answers to this thread makes me wonder when does 'bullying' become 'racist, and at what age'"

Yes this is a sad story but to answer your question whatever age their parents/peers or media teach them it usually.

As em10 said kids are cruel and will use anything they can on other kids, fat, thin, spectacles or ginger hair etc.. As well as illness's and ripped clothes because their poor etc.

Kids use "differences" mainly and what could be more different than a kids colour, religion or language?

[Davethedog]

The entire piece is based on anecdotal "evidence" by the mother. The mother says she saw the head several times

The school has 25% white pupils, why was he picked on?

If I had to see the head of the school repeatedly, I would complain to the education authority and take my son out until there was a resoloution.

Why didn't she?

Theres more to this than meets the eye, but then sometimes the eye is all you need