tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post3808950447694385188..comments2023-10-20T05:32:59.237-04:00Comments on Culturism: The perils of multiculturalism in schoolsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13125582808962457170noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-31651483702214872982008-01-24T18:45:00.000-05:002008-01-24T18:45:00.000-05:00CULTURAL ENRICHMENT OR CHILD ABUSE?Muslim fathers ...CULTURAL ENRICHMENT OR CHILD ABUSE?<BR/><BR/>Muslim fathers 'encourage' children to flagellate themselves with chains and knives.<BR/><BR/>An investigation by Cumbria Patriots <BR/><BR/>"It is illegal, yet the police are not keen to prosecute. (the report I have summarised below was from 2005)<BR/><BR/>In 2003 a routine doctor's appointment in north London a doctor asked 14-year-old to take off his shirt, he noticed something very worrying. Criss-crossed on the child's back were more than 50 lacerations. The doctor asked for an explanation and was told the boy "had inflicted the wounds himself during a religious ceremony; there was nothing to worry about. The doctor called in the child protection agency.<BR/><BR/>Through interviewing the family, a joint police and social services investigation team found that the child had made the lacerations by whipping himself with a zanjeer - a long chain with a set of curved knives attached at the end - as part of a flagellation ritual at the Idara-e-Jaaferiya mosque in Tooting, an area of Wandsworth, south London. The ritual, known as "zanjeer zani" or "zanjeer matam", was part of the Shia Muslim festival of Ashura, marked at the mosque every year."<BR/><BR/>Read the rest of the gory details of this sickening ritual at <A HREF="http://cumbrianpatriotbnp.blogspot.com/2008/01/scars-on-backs-of-young-children-as.html" REL="nofollow">http://cumbrianpatriotbnp.blogspot.com/2008/01/scars-on-backs-of-young-children-as.html</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-37901243786994728632008-01-23T23:23:00.000-05:002008-01-23T23:23:00.000-05:00Mustang, Thanks for the post. I believe that yo...Mustang,<BR/><BR/> Thanks for the post. I believe that you are quite correct. The achievement gap is often portrayed as having to do with race, but culture is the answer. Latino's background and attitude do not dispose them to study. <BR/><BR/> We aggravate the situation when we go values neutral. Our schools should teach people about the glories of the West and their involvement in it. When we prime people to not respect America's cutting edge role in the West, we undermine a source of enthusiasm. We also undermine our ability to justify discipline. <BR/><BR/> The irony is that schools in Mexico are very strict. When the kids come to America they are usually primed to obey. It does not take long for them to realize that status can be gained by mocking the system and nothing will be done about it. <BR/><BR/> Schools cannot be viewed as a hang-out place. As for teaching Cholo culture, it has not proven affective and, for reasons I won't repeat again, corrodes the authority and reason for school.<BR/><BR/> PS Cultural explanations of achievement put the onus on communities to prove themselves. This is good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125582808962457170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-9078720793980139372008-01-23T18:36:00.000-05:002008-01-23T18:36:00.000-05:00I’m not sure this tracks with your supposition, Jo...I’m not sure this tracks with your supposition, John . . . but it seems to me that while the study of math and science could be values-neutral, culture does have an impact in writing and literature. From my own experience, Black and Hispanic kids could care less about Gilgamesh, Shakespeare, Ivanhoe, El Cid, and Don Quixote, but they did respond to “Cholo Stories” and Maya Angelou. Time-period is more than likely a factor here — insofar as generating interest levels, but almost none of these same kids are interested in reading anything at all. Part of this is that their parents aren’t readers, and a sizeable percentage is that they simply cannot read at grade level. I think that culture is a factor — but no research group is willing to take on such a study because of the likely result, invariably one heavily influenced by race, ethnicity, and region. Learning deficiencies are probably similar among border-area Hispanic kids and their inner-city counterparts, as well as black kids from Harlem and Houston. Ergo, the expected result of such a study is a hot biscuit no one wants to touch. What say you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-43679708528864477932008-01-23T09:36:00.000-05:002008-01-23T09:36:00.000-05:00From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7204635...From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7204635.stm <BR/><BR/>Three Little Pigs 'too offensive' <BR/>By Sean Coughlan <BR/>BBC News, education <BR/><BR/>A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency's annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims. <BR/><BR/>The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy tale, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues". <BR/><BR/>The awards which rejected the book are run by Becta, the government's educational technology agency. <BR/><BR/>The judging panel also attacked the book's stereotyping of builders. <BR/><BR/>The book's creative director, Anne Curtis, said that the idea that including pigs in a story could be interpreted as racism was "like a slap in the face".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-673352880100931872008-01-22T09:05:00.000-05:002008-01-22T09:05:00.000-05:00Lexcen, Good to hear from you. The same applie...Lexcen,<BR/><BR/> Good to hear from you. The same applies to some Native Americans here. They could identify with the U.S. and the large contribution they have made. But they have taken an adversarial position with the Western world which seeks to go back to a golden age. The golden age, as the anthropology chapter in culturism shows, wasn't that golden. I wish they'd take more pride in being the oldest Americans and American.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125582808962457170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-8700778928705867412008-01-21T15:22:00.000-05:002008-01-21T15:22:00.000-05:00John, if I apply your ideas to the situation regar...John, if I apply your ideas to the situation regarding Australian aborigines, then it seems to explain the dismal failure of all and every attempt to improve the lifestyle of aborigines who have been living in remote communities. At present, there is an emphasis on the importance of aboriginal culture that must be maintained while the reality is that a new culture has emerged within these remote communities of indolence,alcoholism, domestic violence and child abuse. The current culture I refer to is considered a "problem" rather than a culture whilst idealists and traditionalists within aboriginal communities talk about the nomadic culture and "dreamtime" traditions that no longer apply to aboriginals today. Those individuals that have embraced western values have indeed benefited from a western lifestyle while the majority (those who remain within the isolated communities) struggle to find a balance between their traditional culture and the western world.Lexcenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856993035719777231noreply@blogger.com