on 17-10-2014 08:48 AM
Just the latest in the madness of the PC (PC=political correctness) brigade
Add this one to the very long list of PC madness
What do you call a black sheep now days?
There is so much STUPID PC madness out there now days
So post away with other examples PC madness
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Racial connotations over black sheep prompts changes to Baa Baa Black Sheep at Victorian kinders
BAA, Baa, Black Sheep has been put out to pasture at some Victorian kindergartens because of concern over the racial connotations of “black”.
Staff at childcare centres in the south-eastern suburbs told the Herald Sun the lyric was being changed to reflect a multicultural community.
Kindergarten teachers have told the Herald Sun a centre in Melbourne’s east had also considered changing the line “one for the little boy who lives down the lane” in case it could be deemed sexist.
Some parents and teachers say it is political correctness gone mad.
Celine Pieterse, co-ordinator of Malvern East’s Central Park Child Care, said children could still use “black” if they chose to. “We try to introduce a variety of sheep.”
At nearby Bubbles Pre-School, owner Belli Spanos encouraged the original lyrics: “There are black sheep and there are white sheep ... it’s not implying anything, other than the colour of the sheep.”
Cheltenham’s Lepage Primary principal came under fire in 2010 after pupils were told to replace “gay” with “fun” in Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gumtree.
The Education Department said it did not tell early learning staff what to teach children
Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full
One for my master
And one for my dame
And one for the little boy
That lives down the lane
on 17-10-2014 09:11 AM
Political Correctness Gone Mad.
I agree with this move. I've stopped buying 'white' copy and print paper because white conveys the theme of superiority. I find that my copy paper used to argue with my printer (black plastic) until the printer surrendered.
on 17-10-2014 09:24 AM
Black coffee or white coffee, white bread or brown bread, white rice or black rice , the bride wore white or the bride wore black? decisions decisions, maybe it will be taken out of our hands altogether and we'll only have beige...lol.
on 17-10-2014 09:40 AM
Or greige.
Remember Enid Blyton's Sooty, Golliwogs, etc.
DEB
on 17-10-2014 09:54 AM
yes, it's nothing new
noddy and big ears were banned years ago as well
17-10-2014 09:55 AM - edited 17-10-2014 09:58 AM
Some people are just stupid........................ that can't be changed.
Whenever someone gets an idea and runs with it, some go overboard, doesn't mean it will happen in every school.
on 17-10-2014 09:58 AM
Nero, I suggrest writing to your local member if you're so upset about the black sheep, me I write to mine about live animal export
on 17-10-2014 10:32 AM
@debra9275 wrote:yes, it's nothing new
noddy and big ears were banned years ago as well
Only because they felt a little queer.
on 17-10-2014 10:44 AM
back in the days when gay meant happy
on 17-10-2014 12:13 PM
@debra9275 wrote:back in the days when gay meant happy
It still does mean happy doesn't it