General Chat

A nursery school in Oxford has banned the word 'black' from a nursery rhyme. The kids now have to sing - Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep - Has anyone ever sighted one of these sheep please?

oh dear

Trish That has been around a while or they do white sheep. Also a lot of places don't do musical chairs because it is bullying

Sheer madness............Who says these things have to be done..............Rainbow sheep..................Baa......................................

Dawnie, surely they can't use the word 'white', that wouldn't be PC would it?

oh no Trish, white is fine, thats not considered racist is it, only black pathetic

Told my husband about this...............He says a rainbow above a pub doorway means it is GAY...

Trish same as no blackboard but can call them white boards

Well I can imagine what the kiddies will say on a visit to a farm! lol They are going to be so sad the 'rainbow' sheep don't live there! Heather

I'd heard about the whiteboards before but tell me, does any school have the old style blackboard these days? Slightly out of touch with schools for the last ***** years!! LOL. I'm reading about the rhyme here and historians believe it relates to the tax collected on black wool being lower than the that collected on white wool. Does that also mean I can't go looking for all those black sheep in my family any more? :-(((((

My daughter sings 'baa baa black sheep' and 'baa baa white sheep' at her nursery... The nursery is very multicultural and if there is a festival comming up for any religin the children are taught about it... Baa baa white sheep standing over there, watching all the nanny goats going to the fair white shoes and white curly hair, see all the nanny goats going to the fair'... Lou xxx

I was in MacDonalds the other day and asked for a black coffe - the look I had! 'Do you mean coffee without milk?' GIVE IT A REST!!! What with Chair Persons, coffee without milk, defferred success (that apparently means failed) and the rest - stop the world I wanna get off Nige - non-racist in London

Oh crikey, I have a black and white dog - what colour do I describe him as now? White and non-white???

Does it mean they have changed all the drinks machines everywhere to say with and without instead of black and white. Wow just think what that money could of been spent on.

Dawnie - don't get me started on coffee machines! Bring back the tea lady! Better tea and coffee, biscuits AND the latest gossip!!! Those were the days!

My son was working in a tv studio when an email came round (seriously) saying that in future they should only ask for 'coffee without milk' in the canteen. The guy who larfed the loudest was a black technician. Ridiculous isnt it. What does coffee have to do with race? So is a white coffee not allowed? What if you want a black dress in a shop - what will we have to say for that?

So that means black and white underwear is out - gonna get pretty chilly then

I wonder what the PC brigade would say about our Nig Nog Biccies? That would give them something to get their black & white's in a real old twist...... fools!! Its a recipe that granny handed down to us, no idea why they are called that either .....any one know? any one remember baking these? LOL

does that mean we soon wont be able to buy black ink for the printers then. jean

Its b****y stupid!!! Maddy