Image via WikipediaThe Ku Klux Klan believes in the supremacy of the white race and would like to see our society move back to a time when "niggers" had to sit at the back of the bus.
...
Imagine that 80% of the student population of a certain school in Toronto is racist.
Should the Toronto School Board allow weekly 'Klan' meetings in that school during school hours in order to meet the needs of those students?
Should the Toronto School Board allow weekly 'Klan' meetings in that school during school hours in order to meet the needs of those students?
No answer is necessary.
The idea is ludicrous.
The idea is ludicrous.
And yet, there is a group that believes in the supremacy of one
group of students over another and they really do have the permission of the Toronto School Board to hold weekly meetings at a Toronto School during school hours.
A group that considers some Canadian children 'unclean', segregates them and forces
them to be non-participants at the back of the room.
A group that considers some Canadian children 'unclean', segregates them and forces
them to be non-participants at the back of the room.
The Board says
that due to the large number of students
at the school who belong to this group, the meetings are necessary.
...At Valley Park Middle School every Friday afternoon, a conservative Imam, (an Islamic religious leader), meets with Muslim students in the school cafeteria for a prayer service.
The young men are in front, the young women kept behind them and
any menstruating young women, (the unclean), are at the very back, allowed to
attend but not take part.
It is important to note that the Canadian Muslim Congress is
against this.
“We
believe Islam does not make (Friday prayers) compulsory ... they can be
postponed until later in the day," Terek Fatah, founder of the Canadian
Muslim Congress said, adding his group is also opposed to the treatment of the
girls.
I agree with the Muslim Congress.
Canadian Public Schools must uphold and be seen to uphold the
basic rights of all students.
In my opinion the Toronto School Board needs to rethink its policy.
3 comments:
Quite apart from any other issue, there should be no religion in public schools.
That will probably end up being the main issue although I don't think it is the most important one. Interestingly the Charter of Rights and Freedoms doesn't forbid religion in the schools, it forbids making it a school wide policy. That's why the Board in Toronto can get away with this I guess.
Gawd, this multiculturalism thing is hard, isn't it?
Post a Comment