Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

July 07, 2008

Nanny State Brits: Kiddies Who Don't Like Foreign Food 'Racist'

You think I'm kidding?

The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among youngsters in their care.

This could include a child of as young as three who says "yuk" in response to being served unfamiliar foreign food.

Yup. Small children who are served food they are unfamiliar with and say "yuck" to are racists if that food had its origins in another country.

Little Johnny doesn't like chow mein? Sushi? Curry? Falafel? Then little Johnny may be a racist in the making and is in need of immediate re-education. To the camps!

Obviously those in charge over at the National Children's Bureau do not have children of their own, otherwise they might realize that young children frequently say "yuck" to anything they haven't tried before or looks different. There's a reason why peanut butter and jelly, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches are so popular with the toddler set.

Now the article does go on to say that verbal ethnic slurs should also be dealt with. I'm okay with telling a child that such language is inappropriate. But being taken to task for saying "no" to different food takes it in a whole "Brave New World" direction.

Honestly, if this is how British taxpayer dollars (pounds) are being spent, then the UK is going down the tubes a lot faster than I thought.

h/t: Moonbattery