ba ba black sheep

[mitsy]

Boo! Boo! Black sheep banned
Nursery school bosses ordered the words of the traditional rhyme 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' to be altered to 'Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep'.

The change was made to avoid offending children after teachers examined the nursery's equal opportunities policy

Anyone else think this is ridiculous?

[jno]

all tabloid piffle. See the true story here

[zara 4]

What a load of c***,they now saying its to extend childrens vocabulary,Well when the going gets tough......bail out!

[littleoldme]

They've been banning Baa Baa Black Sheep for years, if you believe the tabloids. I remember exactly this story surfacing in the late 80s - was untrue (or at least grossly exaggerated) then, just as it is now. Nothing new and, as usual, a storm in a teacup.

[gary baldy]

If you think thats bad you wanna see this- its shocking!

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question208570.html

[Sunnie]

Of course, it is ridiculous. What do you expect? Since the person banning it seems to aim at stirring things up. Several stories went round like this and when the public were asked (which they rarely are about this sort of thing) they felt it was ridiculous too. It makes you wonder if someone there may not like 'blacks' and use a scandal story to upset as many people as possible.

When people of 'colour' are asked for their opinion: it had not even entered their heads to ban a nursery rhyme. They were'nt bothered about the rhyme.

Someone up there enjoys stirring things? propaganda?

[hal]

Its just not true - it never was banned.

[xTx]

i think it is stupid it sounds stupid.
i am black and all my mates and me (some black and wite)
all think it is stupid. i dont know why people can be offending people. if someone can tell me 10 very good thing why it can be offending people then i will a gree!