> „We encourage students to consider wearing attire that reflects their nationality or family heritage,“ it said.
It is concerning that people teaching children are not able to realise that this kid appears to have done exactly what they asked and also not realised that punishing her for being proud of being British would cause them a huge amount of trouble.
DarkRain- on
Too late. If you have these lapses of judgment as a school you can’t be trusted and I’m Indian.
Worried-Penalty8744 on
They are only sorry that they got called out on it
TheBadLocksmith on
An apology really doesn’t address the root cause.
The fact that the school was emboldened enough to punish a kid just for celebrating British culture is emblematic of a much wider rot in the education sector.
IMO it all rolls downhill from ‚decolonisation‘ zealots in academia.
FearlessPressure3 on
Given what happened, the speech she intended to give is ironic in the extreme.
ConfusedQuarks on
Whoever decided to keep the girl out must get the sack
Padsky95 on
These days if you say you’re English, you’ll be arrested and thrown in jail.
TheGrackler on
“Mr Field said the school had now invited his daughter to come back in her dress and read a speech about why British culture was important to her.
But he told the BBC that she now „doesn’t want to wear the dress“ as „she doesn’t feel comfortable“.”
Not surprised! A 12yo was told off for doing what she was told to do by teachers, and her Dad picked her up early. There’s no way it’s not already embarrassing for her among peers; to offer her to stand up alone with no-one else doing it and everyone knowing what happened? It’s not remotely the same and the teachers should know!
But I guess if they had that level of common sense they wouldn’t have kicked off about her being publicly British it in the first place.
High-Tom-Titty on
I read they also turned away farming kid in traditional flat cap & checked shirt, one with St George’s flag, and one with a Welsh flag. I did read that in a Lee Harris tweet though, so who knows.
honkballs on
I saw a post about this on tiktok yesterday and the comments were full of people saying this was just some made up story by the „far right“ 🤦
They are half right though, it’s a fantastic advert to push more people to the right! A school in England kicking white English kids out for trying to be their own English culture on culture day… Farage won’t be able to believe his luck.
Acrobatic-Room-9478 on
The school humiliated that poor girl over nothing. Shame on them.
JulesMBo on
Having read the likely AI generated essay that she took in I can’t help but feel that the teachers at her school feel into a trap, a trap with a big sign above it saying „This is a trap“.
Cautious-Twist8888 on
Perhaps everyone in the school should wear the union jack dress for a day.
I don’t know for being in Britain and all.
Strict_Counter_8974 on
The sad thing is that the right are being proved correct almost every day at this point. I feel like I was naive
anotherthrow25 on
How stupid can this school be.
What makes this even worse is that it gives the racist another bow.
I guarantee 99% of the people of colour/not British would not give a damn about her wearing the dress, but because of this stupid decision, they’ll get the backlash.
The vast majority of people who realise how stupid the school has been are not racist, far right wingers. They just know how stupid this decision has been.
The idiots on either side (the ones who said she couldn’t wear it, who, by the sound of the surname is British themselves, and the far right) have caused more of an issue that will be taken out on the ones in the middle who all think this is an absolute joke.
EnvironmentalEgg2925 on
Woke teachers infected with ideology are the absolute worst.
Augustus_Chevismo on
There needs to be more than an apology. Someone working there felt hatred when they saw British kids show up representing British culture and wanted them gone
Their worldview is so ingrained that no one stopped them and they’ve only apologised, which is worthless as it didn’t even acknowledge what happened, once they were exposed to the world.
LennyDeG on
Bet they only apologised to the outrage that has gripped the media and even 10 Downing Street. It is absolutely dangerous what that school has done, and those that sent her home should be investigated, including the Governers. Are they trying to teach kids to hate their heritage and culture. Shocking
Yama_retired2024 on
This sort of things happen everywhere..
There is a clip on YouTube.. a Hawaiian girl was graduating.. The School wouldn’t allow her do her graduation walk wearing traditional, cultural Hawaiian attire.. the flower thing they wear..
ReligiousGhoul on
This entire incident really goes to show how wrapped up people are in identity politics.
This wasn’t really a „Gotcha“ by the Dad, or some Machiavellian ploy to get the school to fall into his „Woke“ trap. He probably just got the invite and thought, ughh, Union Jack dress.
Also, the argument „She deserved it because it’s not showing cultural practices“ is utter nonsene. I’m sure other kids weren’t there in traditional Kimonos, or Lederhosen or Saris. Even if they were, does it really warrant making her get changed into a Uniform?
MegaMolehill on
I feel a lot of people commenting here are too young to recognise Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress. It is pretty iconic from the Cool Britannia era of the late 90s.
GrapefruitDry2519 on
Yet if she was wearing a Palestine flag dress wearing a balaclava then they wouldn’t of said anything, are we not allowed to be proud of being British anymore
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Dapper-Key-8614 on
Not a big fan of her letter but then they went ahead and proved her point.
existentialgoof on
The only thing that surprises me about this is that the girl and her family received an apology; rather than being the subject of a brutal social media purity spiral accusing her of perpetuating a colonial and white supremacist mindset.
Necessary_Common4426 on
So the school only backed down because the parent took the issue to the media… checks out
PNghost1362 on
Kid wasn’t punished, it was the dad who claimed that.
The kid had a speech that got a bit political and so was rejected.
This has been an obvious attempt by the dad to try and insight more stupid race conflict.
Powerful-Union-7962 on
Something similarly silly happened here in Canada.
Halloween is a big deal here and most schools let kids dress up for school on that day and bring in treats, etc.
At my kids school a single family complained and said Halloween was against their religion. So they replaced Halloween with “Black and Orange” day, whatever that means.
Some kids were actually sent home because they missed the memo and turned up in a costume.
real-tallnotdeaf on
British people are treated like we’re the villains and it’s always because of British history, like we’re responsible for that now 🤡
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> „We encourage students to consider wearing attire that reflects their nationality or family heritage,“ it said.
It is concerning that people teaching children are not able to realise that this kid appears to have done exactly what they asked and also not realised that punishing her for being proud of being British would cause them a huge amount of trouble.
Too late. If you have these lapses of judgment as a school you can’t be trusted and I’m Indian.
They are only sorry that they got called out on it
An apology really doesn’t address the root cause.
The fact that the school was emboldened enough to punish a kid just for celebrating British culture is emblematic of a much wider rot in the education sector.
IMO it all rolls downhill from ‚decolonisation‘ zealots in academia.
Given what happened, the speech she intended to give is ironic in the extreme.
Whoever decided to keep the girl out must get the sack
These days if you say you’re English, you’ll be arrested and thrown in jail.
“Mr Field said the school had now invited his daughter to come back in her dress and read a speech about why British culture was important to her.
But he told the BBC that she now „doesn’t want to wear the dress“ as „she doesn’t feel comfortable“.”
Not surprised! A 12yo was told off for doing what she was told to do by teachers, and her Dad picked her up early. There’s no way it’s not already embarrassing for her among peers; to offer her to stand up alone with no-one else doing it and everyone knowing what happened? It’s not remotely the same and the teachers should know!
But I guess if they had that level of common sense they wouldn’t have kicked off about her being publicly British it in the first place.
I read they also turned away farming kid in traditional flat cap & checked shirt, one with St George’s flag, and one with a Welsh flag. I did read that in a Lee Harris tweet though, so who knows.
I saw a post about this on tiktok yesterday and the comments were full of people saying this was just some made up story by the „far right“ 🤦
They are half right though, it’s a fantastic advert to push more people to the right! A school in England kicking white English kids out for trying to be their own English culture on culture day… Farage won’t be able to believe his luck.
The school humiliated that poor girl over nothing. Shame on them.
Having read the likely AI generated essay that she took in I can’t help but feel that the teachers at her school feel into a trap, a trap with a big sign above it saying „This is a trap“.
Perhaps everyone in the school should wear the union jack dress for a day.
I don’t know for being in Britain and all.
The sad thing is that the right are being proved correct almost every day at this point. I feel like I was naive
How stupid can this school be.
What makes this even worse is that it gives the racist another bow.
I guarantee 99% of the people of colour/not British would not give a damn about her wearing the dress, but because of this stupid decision, they’ll get the backlash.
The vast majority of people who realise how stupid the school has been are not racist, far right wingers. They just know how stupid this decision has been.
The idiots on either side (the ones who said she couldn’t wear it, who, by the sound of the surname is British themselves, and the far right) have caused more of an issue that will be taken out on the ones in the middle who all think this is an absolute joke.
Woke teachers infected with ideology are the absolute worst.
There needs to be more than an apology. Someone working there felt hatred when they saw British kids show up representing British culture and wanted them gone
Their worldview is so ingrained that no one stopped them and they’ve only apologised, which is worthless as it didn’t even acknowledge what happened, once they were exposed to the world.
Bet they only apologised to the outrage that has gripped the media and even 10 Downing Street. It is absolutely dangerous what that school has done, and those that sent her home should be investigated, including the Governers. Are they trying to teach kids to hate their heritage and culture. Shocking
This sort of things happen everywhere..
There is a clip on YouTube.. a Hawaiian girl was graduating.. The School wouldn’t allow her do her graduation walk wearing traditional, cultural Hawaiian attire.. the flower thing they wear..
This entire incident really goes to show how wrapped up people are in identity politics.
This wasn’t really a „Gotcha“ by the Dad, or some Machiavellian ploy to get the school to fall into his „Woke“ trap. He probably just got the invite and thought, ughh, Union Jack dress.
Also, the argument „She deserved it because it’s not showing cultural practices“ is utter nonsene. I’m sure other kids weren’t there in traditional Kimonos, or Lederhosen or Saris. Even if they were, does it really warrant making her get changed into a Uniform?
I feel a lot of people commenting here are too young to recognise Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress. It is pretty iconic from the Cool Britannia era of the late 90s.
Yet if she was wearing a Palestine flag dress wearing a balaclava then they wouldn’t of said anything, are we not allowed to be proud of being British anymore
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Not a big fan of her letter but then they went ahead and proved her point.
The only thing that surprises me about this is that the girl and her family received an apology; rather than being the subject of a brutal social media purity spiral accusing her of perpetuating a colonial and white supremacist mindset.
So the school only backed down because the parent took the issue to the media… checks out
Kid wasn’t punished, it was the dad who claimed that.
The kid had a speech that got a bit political and so was rejected.
This has been an obvious attempt by the dad to try and insight more stupid race conflict.
Something similarly silly happened here in Canada.
Halloween is a big deal here and most schools let kids dress up for school on that day and bring in treats, etc.
At my kids school a single family complained and said Halloween was against their religion. So they replaced Halloween with “Black and Orange” day, whatever that means.
Some kids were actually sent home because they missed the memo and turned up in a costume.
British people are treated like we’re the villains and it’s always because of British history, like we’re responsible for that now 🤡