Racism on the decline in Lancashire’s schools

RACISM in Lancashire’s schools is falling, according to latest figures.

The number of incidents reported to Blackburn with Darwen Council has dropped by 28 and in Lancashire County Council’s schools racism fell by 10.3 per cent compared to last year.

Education bosses said that they had been working with schools to promote community cohesion in a bid to stamp out racism.

Unions, although pleased with the progress, said they feared that racism could increase between schools and within communities, with free schools and academies if they segregate communities.

In Blackburn with Darwen, 42 incidents in primary schools were reported in 2009-2010 and 12 in secondary schools, compared to 14 in primary schools and 12 in secondary schools last year.

In Lancashire, there were 475 incidents logged in 2010-2011 compared to 530 in 2009-2010.

Coun Maureen Bateson, executive member for children's services at Blackburn with Darwen Council, said: “As the figures show, there has been a marked reduction in racist incidents in primary schools in the borough, which bucks the national trend in many ways.

Our schools have an absolute zero tolerance of racism.

“For example, there is an event on community cohesion called 'Communities Together' at Pleckgate High School on May 29, whch will launch a report on good practice in schools around community cohesion.”

Mike Snelson, Lancashire County Council's acting principal adviser for quality and continuous improvement, said: “Lancashire's schools are fully committed to stamping out racism and staff treat all racially-motivated incidents with the utmost seriousness.”

Simon Jones, national executive member and Blackburn with Darwen branch secretary for the National Union of Teachers, NUT, said: “There has been a lot of partnership work done in Blackburn with Darwen Council on anti-racist education.

“But all of the positive work that we have done on anti-racism and community cohesion is at serious risk of being undermined as academies and free school segregate communities.”

Comments(22)

timeforcommonsense says...
10:22am Thu 24 May 12

The thing is, how can you have accurate statistics? It is easy to hear if a white person calls someone a name which is deemed to be racist but how many cases are missed because racist comments are made in a language that is not understood and as such no-one is any the wiser that an Asian person has just racially abused a white person. Not just that, many kids get bullied and picked on through school, my daughter was picked on and called names because of her red hair. It is something that happens through school and kids will always pick on the most prominent feature to hurt other kids, if they are fat, have a big nose, red hair or of a different clour/race. It is not necessarily that they are being maliciously racist. Just that the pc thugs are quick to condemn the big bad white man.

madari says...
10:23am Thu 24 May 12

beardy1967 wrote:
oh really my childs school is racists towards white kids all the time b.l.o.o dy p.c brigade. oh and by the way i teach my children to say blackboard because it is black and it is a board is calling someone a white b.a.s.ta.rd. racist yes it is get off your moral high ground and get a life
Madari the snake charmer says:

The only reason it is in decline is because `Apartheid` has been engineered and now referred to as `Community`where only large numbers of only one race children go to.

Jack Straw has masterminded this so called `Community` or Apartheid`system for his own personnal gain.

everywhere is sh1t says...
10:38am Thu 24 May 12

on the news yesterday we where told it is on the increase,the biggist racists there are in this country are asians sad but true

jackmetickler says...
10:47am Thu 24 May 12

yes right.....

Stalin would be proud of the current Labour party.... he was just a beginner really.

everywhere is sh1t says...
10:50am Thu 24 May 12

i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story

madari says...
11:03am Thu 24 May 12

everywhere is sh1t wrote:
i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says:

Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean
s,Mongolians,Chinese
,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.

sen c bl says...
11:10am Thu 24 May 12

Somebody please explain to me why it is in other towns and cities, members of the black community or the chinese community and in East Lancashire where the newly settled members of the Polish community DO NOT complain of disharmony or racism, towards them by the 'asians'.

sen c bl says...
11:21am Thu 24 May 12

madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote:
i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says:

Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean

s,Mongolians,Chinese

,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!

gal_MB says...
12:00pm Thu 24 May 12

sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
Ditto .... so tru is this ....
corrupt the lot of Labour Cllrs and Activists ....
go round demanding postal votes and complete and send ... should stop the practice and make people go in person.
As for J Straw he will look the other way until he is close to stepping down ...

jack daniels says...
12:50pm Thu 24 May 12

sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance

Hendog says...
12:53pm Thu 24 May 12

Why is everyone even bothering getting annoyed by this? Yet another shocking waste of column inches!

Keep Darwen Green says...
1:08pm Thu 24 May 12

jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance
Oooh ooh aah AAHH, hot potatoe, hot potatoe.

tntoast says...
1:09pm Thu 24 May 12

timeforcommonsense wrote:
The thing is, how can you have accurate statistics? It is easy to hear if a white person calls someone a name which is deemed to be racist but how many cases are missed because racist comments are made in a language that is not understood and as such no-one is any the wiser that an Asian person has just racially abused a white person. Not just that, many kids get bullied and picked on through school, my daughter was picked on and called names because of her red hair. It is something that happens through school and kids will always pick on the most prominent feature to hurt other kids, if they are fat, have a big nose, red hair or of a different clour/race. It is not necessarily that they are being maliciously racist. Just that the pc thugs are quick to condemn the big bad white man.
dear timeforcommonsense
just tell your daughter that her lovely red hair will be the envy of these people in years to come i was called names at school because of my red hair but now at 56 i am still a lovley red head unlike them being grey

everywhere is sh1t says...
1:40pm Thu 24 May 12

madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote:
i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says:

Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean

s,Mongolians,Chinese

,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
so sorry,
ok here goes kick them all out of this once great country ,parasites

madari says...
2:28pm Thu 24 May 12

jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance
Madari the snake charmer says:

With a name like Jack,It wouldnt surprise me if YOU ARE Jack Straw in disguise!!!

Cha'mone MF says...
3:05pm Thu 24 May 12

Keep Darwen Green wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance
Oooh ooh aah AAHH, hot potatoe, hot potatoe.
Why do you sound like a monkey?

Tell-it-how-it-is says...
3:46pm Thu 24 May 12

timeforcommonsense wrote:
The thing is, how can you have accurate statistics? It is easy to hear if a white person calls someone a name which is deemed to be racist but how many cases are missed because racist comments are made in a language that is not understood and as such no-one is any the wiser that an Asian person has just racially abused a white person. Not just that, many kids get bullied and picked on through school, my daughter was picked on and called names because of her red hair. It is something that happens through school and kids will always pick on the most prominent feature to hurt other kids, if they are fat, have a big nose, red hair or of a different clour/race. It is not necessarily that they are being maliciously racist. Just that the pc thugs are quick to condemn the big bad white man.
I think white people should broaden there language horizons and other than the usual french/german/spanis
h-should learn key words in an asian language so they can report any racist verbals to the teachers. Oh hang on, asian person you say? What language does an asian person speak? Is he:

Pakistani?
Indian?
Bengladeshi?
Chinese?
Japenese?
Nepalese?

These are but a few asian heritage people.. You need to be more specific in what you mean when you say asian.

Im not racist, i dont like white people, but you're ok!

Tell-it-how-it-is says...
3:59pm Thu 24 May 12

Whilst on the subject of stories where we cant leave comments:

We had drunk WHITE bloke in blackburn abusing and assaulting a bus driver...we cant leave comments..

We had the drunk WHITE male in Colne abusing and assaulting a taxi driver...we cant leave comments.

Either have an open rule where its comments for everything or, nothing.

I wonder how many more stories will involve either drunk white people or drugged up white people getting upto no good? Plenty by the weekend i suspect 👌

sen c bl says...
6:38pm Thu 24 May 12

jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance
You better watch your gob, you 4kin jacka55wipe. Any more 5hit talk out of you and i'll wrap your a55 scrapin tongue around your 4kin neck and shove that walking stick of up your smelly a55. 4kin cret'

jack daniels says...
8:21pm Thu 24 May 12

sen c bl wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance
You better watch your gob, you 4kin jacka55wipe. Any more 5hit talk out of you and i'll wrap your a55 scrapin tongue around your 4kin neck and shove that walking stick of up your smelly a55. 4kin cret'
What you crying for b!tch? Consider your a$$ owned.

sen c bl says...
10:15pm Thu 24 May 12

jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
sen c bl wrote:
madari wrote:
everywhere is sh1t wrote: i see we are not allowed to comment on the Asian fraud story
Madari the snake charmer says: Also the so called three community leaders speaking out are PAKISTANI, not asian,Indians,Korean s,Mongolians,Chinese ,Japanese and also Russians are Asians.....So lets be specific about who exactly is corrupt.
You've beat me to it!!!
it seems suk mi bls and the trouser snake have come together in an unholy alliance
You better watch your gob, you 4kin jacka55wipe. Any more 5hit talk out of you and i'll wrap your a55 scrapin tongue around your 4kin neck and shove that walking stick of up your smelly a55. 4kin cret'
What you crying for b!tch? Consider your a$$ owned.
YOU NEED YOUR TEETH KNOCKING OUT. WHERE ARE YOU?

deanpurple says...
12:36pm Sat 26 May 12

That's because it's not racist for these ethnics to racially abuse whites.

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