Black Boys Given Monkey Roles In UK School Play !!!!!!!

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Black Boys Given Monkey Roles In UK School Play !!!!!!!

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Source: www.newkerala.com
June 23, 2006


London: Charges of racial discrimination came to the fore again in Britain, this time in Bristol, when an angry black mother withdrew her son from a school play in which he was made to play the role of a monkey.

Lorraine Rees locked horns with the Ashley Down Infant School in Bristol, accusing its administrators of being "culturally insensitive" towards her son and another boy, both aged seven..

Rees, 39, and a black musician, said her son, Myles, and another boy had told the organisers of the play that they wanted to play the role of hunters in the production, An Enchanted Island, but instead, they given the parts of monkeys. According to The Telegraph, three white children also played monkeys in the play, though they had requested other roles.

Rees and her white husband Andrew Rees said that they have protested strongly to the school authorities, saying that they had a trying time explaining to Myles how blacks in Britain were often referred to as monkeys, and how he eventually said that he did not want to essay the role.

The school, however, claims that no role was forced on any child. Head Teacher Helen Heap said that she was investigating the charge, but added that Rees was not reporting the facts correctly.

The school has 180 pupils aged between four and seven, of whom a quarter are from ethnic backgrounds.
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Post by Galol »

Was the child yours by any chance?
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" According to The Telegraph, three white children also played monkeys in the play"

^ I doubt that she will win this case since a few white boys also played monkeys.
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