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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 407311.ece
A SCHOOL was yesterday accused of MAKING teachers dress up as Asians for a day – to celebrate a Muslim festival.

Kids at the 257-pupil primary have also been told to don ethnic garb even though most are Christians.

The morning assembly will be open to all parents – but dads are BARRED from a women-only party in the afternoon because Muslim husbands object to wives mixing with other men.

Just two members of staff – a part-time teacher and a teaching assistant – are Muslim.

Yesterday a relative of one of the 39 others said: “Staff have got to go along with it – or let’s face it, they would be branded racist.

“Who would put their job on the line? They have been told they have to embrace the day to show their diversity. But they are not all happy.”

The day aims to belatedly mark Eid, the end of Ramadan.

Sally Bloomer, head of Rufford primary school in Lye, West Midlands, insisted: “I have not heard of any complaints.

“It’s all part of a diversity project to promote multi-culturalism.”
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Disgusting.
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Traditional Asian garb?..like business suits?

Let's honor a race by stereotyping them!
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And in The Sun too, a paper known world wide for tits, I mean sensationalism, ermm I mean fair and balanced reporting.
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Learning about another person's holiday through celebrating it seems like a good and fun idea to me.

I would've gone along with this hapily.
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Animalor wrote:Learning about another person's holiday through celebrating it seems like a good and fun idea to me.

I would've gone along with this hapily.
Me too!

But when do they have to dress up like me and pretend to be Christian?
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Mak wrote:
Animalor wrote:Learning about another person's holiday through celebrating it seems like a good and fun idea to me.

I would've gone along with this hapily.
Me too!

But when do they have to dress up like me and pretend to be Christian?
Beautifully put.
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In traditional Christian dress?

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Though, I do feel for you as a misunderstood minority... middle aged white male Christians have a hell of a time :(
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You Googled "wife beater" and posted that instead of this??? (NWS if you work in a church, otherwise it should be ok...)
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Mak wrote:You Googled "wife beater" and posted that instead of this??? (NWS if you work in a church, otherwise it should be ok...)
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Despite the fact that the sun is a joke of a paper, it's actually more of a joke how absurd Britain has become in terms of doing ridiculous things like this in an attempt to show how tolerant everyone is, actually causing more problems than it solves.
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Mak wrote:(NWS if you work in a church, otherwise it should be ok...)
I am guessing you don't have a job.
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Mak wrote:
Animalor wrote:Learning about another person's holiday through celebrating it seems like a good and fun idea to me.

I would've gone along with this hapily.
Me too!

But when do they have to dress up like me and pretend to be Christian?
Living in North America and Western Europe, they're immersed in Christian/Catholic custure so much that it's part of their daily lives as is anyways.
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Mak wrote:Me too!

But when do they have to dress up like me and pretend to be Christian?
Every day.
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Boogahz wrote:
Mak wrote:(NWS if you work in a church, otherwise it should be ok...)
I am guessing you don't have a job.
I've been gainfully employed since the early 80's, thanks.
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miir wrote:
Mak wrote:Me too!

But when do they have to dress up like me and pretend to be Christian?
Every day.
Ah, ok- so the riots all over Europe over things like school dress codes are just coincidence?
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Mak wrote:
miir wrote:
Mak wrote:Me too!

But when do they have to dress up like me and pretend to be Christian?
Every day.
Ah, ok- so the riots all over Europe over things like school dress codes are just coincidence?
Are you trying to prove my point for me?
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Well, if your point is that "diversity" seems to be truly applied in only one direction- WASPs --> Everyone Else then yes, I am trying to prove your point for you.
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I have a problem with any act that seeks to segregate based on sex. It's one thing if you do it in your mikvah or mosque or whatever, but when segregated proceedings are brought into supposedly secular organizations, I call bullshit. Fuck Muslims if they don't want to live in an egalitarian society.
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