Oh for crying out loud............

[BigDaddy44]

Claim: Kids who say 'yuck' may be racist

LONDON, July 7 (UPI) -- Toddlers who say "yuck" when given flavorful foreign food may be exhibiting racist behavior, a British government-sponsored organization says.

The London-based National Childrens Bureau released a 366-page guide counseling adults on recognizing racist behavior in young children, The Telegraph reported Monday.

The guide, titled Young Children and Racial Justice, warns adults that babies must also be included in the effort to eliminate racism because they have the ability to "recognize different people in their lives."

The bureau says to be aware of children who "react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying yuck."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=upiUPI-20080707-122008-1071&show_article=1


Look, I'm all for stamping out racism, but good golly...............

[DS1]

1. I knew this would be England.

Sadly.

[exothermic]

2. Oh, yuk.

;-)

[Terry_M]

3. The London-based National Childrens Bureau

obviously has too much time and money on their hands.

[LeftishBrit]

29. The Daily Telegraph and other right-wing British newspapers...

obviously have too much time and money on their hands!

[BigDaddy44]

37. You don't think this is worthy of reporting?

Notice of the report is right on the NCB web site. "Young Children and Racial Justice." If the government deems this so important, don't you believe it important that the newspapers inform millions of parents that they may have racist children? I would certainly want to know....

Now, if you'll excuse me, little Timmy just made a face at the french fries i just served him. He clearly hates the french. I will begin the re-education process immediately.

[LeftishBrit]

39. The NCB website isn't the government.

The NCB is NOT a government organization. It's a charitable organization that gets some funding from the government, but a lot of it from other sources.

And this is a publication *by* the NCB. So a publisher is putting notice of its recent publications on its website! As you'd expect. That does not mean that 'the government deems this so important'.

I will try and find out what this book actually says, I suspect that it's not exactly what the Torygraph said; but I can't tell unless I look. And individual writers do sometimes say stupid things; so it's possible this one did! But in any case it's not a government directive.

[Warpy]

4. Good grief, somebody needs a real job,

preferably something that renders them tired enough at the end of the day to avoid making idiotic pronouncements about the racist palates of children.

Children have notoriously insensitive palates and are prone to food fads. A food gobbled down to the glaze on the china yesterday might provoke a "yuck!" for the next six months.

The last thing it is is evidence of culinary bigotry. The second to last thing is a comment on the skill of the chef.

[flvegan]

5. Put haggis in front of me, and I'm saying "yuck". Guess I'm a racist.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. LOL! That was the first "delicacy" that popped into my mind.

[Kerrytravelers]

22. You don't like my people!

(That's ok. I say YUCK to haggis, too!) :hi:

[Deja Q]

42. Oi, I'm not buying into THAT tripe.

Oh shit, I just offended any number of people of various ethnic backgrounds who eat bits of cow stomach. I must be the anti-christ for having apparently just insulted any number of races, ooga booga.

:eyes:

[lonestarnot]

6. For shit sakes.

:eyes:

[Obamarama]

7. Who can argue with breaking down racism, but this is a bit much if you ask me.

Rolling my eyes.

[anonymous171]

8. Racism is a learned behavior, so this really isn't a good way to deal with it.

It doesn't "develop" in people like some kind of disease, it is spread. And some foreign food is yucky.

[treestar]

43. Any child from the foreign group might dislike it

Kids are picky and they're always doing that; probably doesn't matter what their nationality is, and so the English kid who doesn't like shepherd's pie or curry may be just like the Indian kid who doesn't like shepherd's pie or curry.

[Richardo]

9. First comment is the best:

"It’s a wonder you idiots ever defeated the Romans and got your land back." :rofl:

Prediction: this will play on RW radio and TV all week as an illustration of that pernicious liberal political correctness. Watch.

[aspergris]

25. England

Doesn't need any help in this dept. It's like there is a brickbat a day over there now.

[Canuckistanian]

10. Not so much racism

As it is CONSTANT exposure to horrifically bland, tasteless, non-nutritive food.

Just try to get a good salad in a typical British restaurant. Or any food that isn't deep-fried, over-boiled or has any kind of interesting texture.

[tridim]

13. You don't enjoy blood pudding?

[TheDebbieDee]

16. Lol !

[Canuckistanian]

19. Well, I do admit to a certain...

Ooo, YUCK, did you just say "blood pudding"?

Oy, time to book another session with the therapist......

[Occam Bandage]

18. "a typical British restaurant."

From what I've seen, those deal generally in curries.

[Canuckistanian]

21. Curries are the best thing to have happened to British cuisine

But even that's not saying much.

Compared to REAL Indian cooking.

[Occam Bandage]

24. Heh. I'm in Berlin right now, and I have to say,

the Currywurst is possibly the stupidest idea anyone has ever come up with, and yet it's absolutely fucking everywhere. Take a flavorless white wurst, deep-fry it, smother it in ketchup, and sprinkle curry powder on it. Serve with fries. Just like in Mumbai!

[Canuckistanian]

27. LOL! n/t

[tridim]

11. I love Chinese food, but I hated it when I was a kid..

Mostly because my parents always got the same crappy dish, 'triple delight' that smelled like rotten fish. I naturally assumed that all Chinese food smelled like that.

It wasn't until I started driving that I discovered real Chinese food that tasted and smelled wonderful.

[trof]

35. Same here. Hated chop suey joints.

Which I guess isn't really Chinese anyway.
Mom would order a jelly omelet for and I was just fine with that.

[hughee99]

12. What about those who say "yuck" given flavorless "traditional" food...

are they "self-hating"?

[slackmaster]

14. My stepson would have been sent to a Reeducation Camp in that country

:nuke:

He wouldn't touch anything that consisted of more than two visible things mixed together, unless it was Hormel Chili With Beans.

[Occam Bandage]

15. Dear National Childrens' Bureau:

Once children reach a certain age, if they are presented with with which they are wholly unaccustomed, they likely to reject the food entirely. This is a natural and likely evolutionarily-adaptive response. They are not racist. They are simply unfamiliar and find the new sensations unappetizing. If you want to encourage them to eat different types of food, then eat a varied diet while pregnant and nursing, and serve them a variety of foods when they are first beginning to eat. There are many theories as to how to deal with a growing child that refuses to try new foods; believing that he or she is racist is unhelpful to say the least.

Much love,
Occam Bandage

[yellowdogintexas]

17. they would have had a field day with my sister who only ate peanut butter for

about a year

or my ex husband who wouldn't eat anything raw
or green except green beans and the relatives of the cabbage family.

[LeftishBrit]

23. Argh. The British right-wing press is really having a field-day at the moment!

I will try and get hold of this book and find out what it actually said! Almost certainly not exactly what the 'Torygraph' claims. The 'Torygraph' is overall more reliable than the tabloids; but there are certain issues where its reporting can't be trusted and anything to do with so-called 'political correctness' is definitely one!

How about the following: We Brits won't trust anything from your right-wing radio and TV shows, and in return you don't trust anything from our right-wing newspapers?

[Tempest]

26. Mr. Yuk is racist?

Mr. Yuk is a trademarked graphic image, created by the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and widely employed in the United States in labeling of substances that are poisonous if ingested.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

28. This is

so yucky.

What about adults who say yuck?

I had to feed my kids' pet frogs some blood worms this morning and I said "holy shit, these blood worms are yucky... yuck!"

Guess I need a whack in the head for racism. :headbang:

I wanna get my hand on that 366 page guide...

[TheMadMonk]

44. Specieist!!!!!1111!!!! n/t

[RedShoes]

30. we can't speak to the use of slang in the pop culture across the pond, or "The Spy Who Shagged Me"

would never have gained release in the USA. There could be an entirely different meaning to the term 'yuck' over there.

[LeftishBrit]

31. Another point:

Calling the National Children's Bureau a government-sponsored organization is quite misleading. It does get some government funding, but it is mainly a charitable organization that acts as an umbrella organization for many organizations that work with children in the UK. Its publications are not government directives, and no one is going to feel obliged to follow them.

[BrklynLiberal]

32. This sounds like it must be from "THE ONION". It just cant be real...

[LeftishBrit]

33. Might as well have been! It originates from the Daily Telegraph ('Torygraph')

And so it probably isn't real.

Our radio and TV news broadcasting is generally better than that in America. On the other hand, our newspaper reporting is generally much worse. And with a few exceptions, our newspapers are VERY right-wing. Those papers that are not owned by Murdoch are generally owned by people equally vile.

The 'Guardian' and 'Independent' are the best of our newspapers; and even they can get things pretty garbled at times.

[damntexdem]

34. Yuck!

Kids can be led to appreciate "strange" foods -- but not by being called racist for their taste. These idiots would lead an entire nation of youngsters to hate all "foreign" foods.

[butterfly77]

36. Racist against who?

[MorningGlow]

38. I hate Brussels sprouts

That must mean I hate Belgians!

But I love Belgian waffles. I'm so confused... :crazy:

[LeftishBrit]

40. In one of our elections (possibly 1992, but I'm not sure...)

the Tories had an election poster warning us that Labour's pro-Europaean policies would have us 'living on a diet of Brussels'.

Anyway, I *like* Brussels sprouts though I prefer Belgian chocolate!

[Deja Q]

41. Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck

I didn't click on the link, but which group of people did I utterly demolish by saying what will henceforth be known as "the Y-word"?

Does a person not have a right to espouse distaste over food that disagrees with their tiny tongues?

Apparently not.

Seig heil England, I suppose.

:eyes:

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

45. Oh, FFS, how can a toddler be racist, Jesus