Can Toddlers be racist?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi...


The National Children's Bureau, which receives 拢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.

The guidance by the NCB is designed to draw attention to potentially-racist attitudes in youngsters from a young age.

It alerts playgroup leaders that even babies can not be ignored in the drive to root out prejudice as they can "recognise different people in their lives".

The 366-page guide for staff in charge of pre-school children, called Young Children and Racial Justice, warns: "Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships."

It advises nursery teachers to be on the alert for childish abuse such as: "blackie", "Pakis", "those people" or "they smell".

The guide goes on to warn that children might also "react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying 'yuk'".

Staff are told: "No racist incident should be ignored. When there is a clear racist incident, it is necessary to be specific in condemning the action."

Warning that failing to pick children up on their racist attitudes could instil prejudice, the NCB adds that if children "reveal negative attitudes, the lack of censure may indicate to the child that there is nothing unacceptable about such attitudes".

Nurseries are encouraged to report as many incidents as possible to their local council. The guide added: "Some people think that if a large number of racist incidents are reported, this will reflect badly on the institution. In fact, the opposite is the case."

you must be a complete idiot if you honestly believe that a toddler or a baby can be a racist! of course if a child grwos up in home with racisim that child is going to pick up on those behaviours but they do not have the ability to understand that it is wrong. but children notice differences in people and that is fine. new foods for children is hard bc they are little creatures of habits and they do not have developed taste buds like adults so if you have a child that is accustomed to mexican food and try to feed that child indian food they are more likely to not like that change. this is so far fetched its ridiculous if my children were being cared for by such iggnorant people....i cant even finish that sentence. ill start watching my baby for racist signs when i feed her baby foods....ridiculous.

Yuk???? and this is suppose to be a racist remark???? How about if the child just does NOT like what is put before him/her to eat.

This is really going way too too far in my opinion.

Kids that age have no clue as to what racism is. Kids that age are very open and honest to their feelings which they should be

"Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships."
What? This is normal toddler behavior as they're are trying to establish their rank in the pecking order. More socialist nonsense.

lol, is the report actually going to be used as an evaluation on how to improve things to prevent prejudice? If so, thats even funnier.

I don't like them racist Toddlers because they are always drooling apple sauce at the hate rallies.

Anyone can be racist, it depends on the structure of the home and what it is taught there.

Yeah, toddlers can be racist. I had to send one of my kids away because he was always throwing up gang signs and spouting anti-white sentiments. I don't know where he learned it but my one year old was always walking around saying "Kill Whitey!". He probably heard it from my crackerass wife.