Our Nanny State Ninny Award for February goes to Toronto school board “equity officials” lobbying the provincial government and directors of education to change school dress codes.
If you’re thinking the focus of their dress code prohibition is short hem lines or revealing tank tops, think again.
These equity officials are concerned with the logos and nicknames of pro sports teams – specifically, the logos and nicknames of teams that pay homage to aboriginal culture.
Here’s what the Equity Committee said to Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals:
“The use of pejorative indigenous names, logos and mascots is both an exploitation of indigenous cultural, spiritual and intellectual identity, and in many cases, a racist misrepresentation of that identity.”
I doubt they asked any individual natives how they feel about these logos and nicknames because I’ve met natives who use their own money to purchase such sports paraphernalia.
And what if this ban is implemented and a native student breaks the dress code? Would he be sent home?
Remember when schools were concerned about teaching the three Rs? Now their concern seems to be creating politically correct minions, and who cares if they can spell?
With Equity Committees proposing apparel bans on campus, I must ask:
Why is it that so many people in charge of educating our kids are so stupid?
Something’s not working here folks!
Oh, that’s right; we’re in a liberal, enlightened society. How’s that working out?
Former issue: listening, hosting, embracing urban music is a racist cultural appropriation and should be illegal
bahahahahahaha!
I had the same Blackhawks jersey ! wore it till it fell off….
you better send that to the Toronto District School Board. their identity politics are biting them on the ass. a prime example of cognitive dissonance. I would love to hear their sophistry on that one!
sounds like micro-aggression to me. their argument has no internal consistency and the virtue signaling is set to maximum. I take this as an Ad Hominen logical fallacy from people who believe the power dynamics of the situation gives them the right to dictate policy based on a regressive ideology.
is this really the hill they are going to die on?
So instead I’ll ask if Cree should give up the names McKenzie, Flett, Campbell, Potts, etc; stop claiming bannoc as their cuisine; and having blanket ceremonies with wool blankets. These aspects of current Cree culture might be considered culturally insensitive to Scots.
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=7d7eeda1b7aa6410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=e1db6032bcaa6410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD
I look forward to your commentaries.
I mean really, you didn’t think Acuuna or Toronto was a white Anglo-Saxon name, did you?