Say what you will of the remarkably similar child-rearing methods of the Jews and Asians. Nobody ever said a little carrot and a whole lot of stick doesn't go a long way towards whipping those pesky kids into shape. But we generally stay away from accusing our children of racism.

Not so in England, where a government agency has issued guidelines advising schools to watch out for the terrible racism running rampant in their schools. Towards food.

That's right. Food. English babies are so racist, it seems, they won't touch food that's not from the good ole Aryan race. Dodgeball must be a whole lot of fun for the Chinese kids in those schools - or has dodgeball made its way to Europe yet? They are always a few years back culturally.

The new government guidelines apparently extend as far as to "include a child of as young as three who says 'yuk' in response to being served unfamiliar foreign food."

I think I have a tip for them. They might want to put out this fire before it gets started:



From a completely trustworthy English paper: "The 366-page guide for staff in charge of pre-school children, called Young Children and Racial Justice, warns: 'Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships.'"

Casual thoughtless comments? You don’t like something you don’t like something, especially if you’re a toddler. Good thing they didn’t serve kugel at my school. That stuff freaks me out. Little raisins floating around in there, come on.


Kugel...sweet, sweet kugel...