Thousands of nursery school children branded racist by teachers… before they know what the word means

As many as 40,000 youngsters a year are being wrongly branded racists as new rules force schools to investigate every playground spat, according to a new report.

Children in nurseries and primary schools are being disciplined over racist insults even before they know what the terms mean, it claimed.

A growing army of diversity ‘missionaries’ may be fuelling tensions instead of easing them, warned the report from the Manifesto Club civil liberties group.

These race advisers and bureaucrats are said to be increasing the divide between white and black youngsters by forcing them to see the world through the filter of race.

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The report said a child had been severely disciplined for calling two other children a ‘chocolate bar’. Another child had been punished for calling a boy ‘white trash’.

Report author Adrian Hart said: ‘The obligation on schools to report these incidents wastes teachers’ time, interferes in children’s space in the playground, and undermines teachers’ ability to deal with problems in their classrooms.

‘Worse, such anti-racist policies can create divisions where none had existed, by turning everyday playground spats into “race issues”.

‘There are a small number of cases of sustained targeted bullying, and schools certainly need to deal with those.

‘But most of these ‘racist incidents’ are just kids falling out. They don’t need re-educating out of their prejudice - they and their teachers need to be left alone.’

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Thousands of nursery school children branded racist by teachers... before they know what the word means
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