NKSK version 2

You misinterpreted my post - what I was trying to say was that an upturned nose is not damaging. But the comments can be.

NKSK version 2

I was quoting from Professional Princess. I assumed she was using the term metaphorically - as I also intended - to imply that someone might just politely say that they don't like something.

Everything - even body language - can be offensive in certain contexts.

NedKelly

Well that's buggered my chances.

Kapri

I don't think it tells you anything about what is happening at home
it 'could' be indicative of a family who rejects anything "foreign" or it could simply be that the child dislikes spicy food or particular flavours.

I grew up in a home where curries were cooked regularly (as my Dad loves them) but I have never grown to love them.
I love chilli so it's not necessarily to do with spiciness. I adore most japanese food so it's not 'asian' food per se.

So why don't I like curry?
The fact is I just don't.

The article went too far IMHO and was probably written to be provocative.
Of course teachers should be on the look out for kids that say "they smell" or use the word "p***" but to say a child is racist for disliking curry is beyond a joke.

tassietiger

If l'm served outer Mongolia's favourite dish, fried horses testicles, l'd better eat up and look like l enjoy it or face arrest for racial vilification.

NKSK version 2

A child who rejects everything - Japanese, Mexican, Asian - apart from meat and two veg is probably not just turned off by the flavour of one particular food.

The issue is not that children shouldn't be allowed to dislike one particular type of food flavour.

NedKelly

Yes of course, we mustn't use the word "paki" as it's short for Pakistani.
So why do we use the word "brit" for British or "scot" for Scotish. Do the pakis have a monopoly on being offended?

NKSK version 2

Because - as I'm sure you're aware even though you like to come across otherwise - Brit has never had negative connotations. Quite the opposite.

Paki, on the otherhand, has.

steve`o

balls

its amazing how the ones who whine most about racism is middle class white people
go figure

NKSK version 2

Have you got an argument to put forward or just an insult?

Kapri

I just don't see how that makes a child racist

I personally try to introduce my kids to different flavours but other parents don't. So what?
As long as kids are getting all the food groups they need that's all that counts.
Not wanting to eat curry doesn't make someone racist.

Kapri

I know this issue comes up a lot but in the U.K "Paki" has often had negative connotations whereas the word "Brit" hasn't.
I know this isn't the case in Australia.

It's not the word itself but the way it's traditionally been used that is deemed as offensive if you get my drift.

NedKelly

In which case you should go to www.paki.com and tell them to close the most popular website in Pakistan because it is offensive.

You Brits and Scots can't be for real. You are so up your own backside in not offending people you have forgotten there is a real world out there.

Kapri

I won't go and do anything of the sort because i personally didn't decide it was a racist word.
That's just the way it is - some things in Britain and Australia are different.

I tried to give you a reasonable explanation and you come back with this response?
Why don't you get your head out of your backside you dick

BadgeIsBack

I think people are allowed to form an opinion of food they are not used to or have not seen before. Some cuisine would seem disgusting to the young. I find sheep's eyes, liver, heart not particularly palatable.The problem is that these kids are so young they are impressionable and could be led astray, yet can be ''trained''.

yup!

Don't think I have seen a negative media article relating to foreign food all my adult life. Quite the opposite: the plethora of cook books. Have to admit, I don't think I have ever come across an adult who *really* does not like foreign food. Despite all those fish and chip brits you here about, and people who insist on Tesco and Sainsbury(!)

You can learn about the parents through the kids. It's a game alot of teachers play.

Having said that, remember most kids don't like curry, or hot food. It's really a adult taste maybe an adolescent one. I know plenty of women who like curry but don't want it ''hot''.

There is no rule that you have to cook a diet that is something culturally different from you own.

But most of us LOVE food. Thai, Indian you name it.

EDIT It's quite right that kids don't connect food they hate and then move on to hate the people that cook it...