Monday, February 28, 2011

Australia: "Racist" Baa Baa Black Sheep put out to pasture

We read:
"Black sheep are on the endangered species list as some children in north Queensland learn to sing Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep.

The English nursery rhyme may have survived for 200-plus years but political correctness could finally put it out to pasture. Some schools in Britain have banned the song for being racist, but Pelicans Innisfail Child Care allows children to sing about black sheep or rainbow sheep.

Director Pam McLaughlin said some teachers sang the changed lyrics, and some children already knew the changes. "We just go with whatever the children want," Ms McLaughlin said. "The kids are just singing and having fun. Some sing black sheep, some sing rainbow sheep. It's just a song. "We don't have anything that says, 'You have to sing it this way'."

Australian National University social psychologist Michael Platow said he doubted Baa Baa Black Sheep would teach racism. "I don't know why a child would associate a black sheep with a black man," he said.

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8 comments:

Spurwing Plover said...

The absolute studidy of pollitcal correctness First it was LITTLE BLACK SAMBO then its disneys classic SONG OF THE SOUTH and now its BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP just what kind of lows with these new age civil enerneer come up with, And i suppost it also pts PAPPY BOEINGTON and the BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON out as well

We The People said...

"We just go with whatever the children want,"

Sure, after they've been indoctrinated. And, "rainbow sheep"? That wouldn't be a nod to gay activists, would it?

"Political correctness is a greater threat to our freedom and liberty than is terrorism..."

Anonymous said...

Does this mean that no longer can you have a black of the family? Personally I don't want a rainbow sheep of the family.

-btm

Anonymous said...

Does this mean that no longer can you have a black sheep of the family? Personally I don't want a rainbow sheep of the family.

Sorry about the missing word.

-btm

Anonymous said...

Any people who allow their freedoms and liberties to be swallowed up by political correctness don't deserve those freedoms and liberties.

Anonymous said...

But a rainbow sheep would be homosexual.
If it's racist if the sheep is black, why isn't it homophobic if the sheep is homosexual?

DISCRIMINATION! It should be banned! There should be a law against it!

oops, let the PC cell in my brain out for a moment there, sorry about that.

Anonymous said...

To avoid calling something black that is black sounds to me to be rather racist, implying something must be wrong with being black, but not with being white when it seems to be okay calling things white when they are white.

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