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4.30 Racism and Religion: Schools
Andronicos "The Great" as Director of the Human Race and Manager Planet Earth commands and Andronicos "The Cynic" responds as follows.........
I wish to honour the city of Melilla, Morocco. Under the guidance of its Spanish tribal authority, the mixed population of Muslims, Christians and Jews live with each other in peace. The children go to the same schools and learn to respect and enjoy each others religious festivals such as Ramadan, Navidad (Christmas) and Hanukkah. Let other city authorities learn from this excellent example.
I want all schools to teach the youngest pupils about the cultures of each others minority races, but not in the manner of a zoology lesson or merely the historic or religious technical aspects. Why do Sikhs wear turbans? Bring an unwrapped turban to school and get children to see how it's wrapped around the head of a respectful volunteer. Bring pastries or sweets to honour the culture of a special festival. Why is the Chinese New Year different? How is a giant paper dragon made? The children can help. The best way local minority leaders can help children and cultures integrate, is to arrange for volunteers within their tribal community to visit schools in the region to explain why their strange customs are quite normal. I commend universities that self-publish guidelines on how students should respect each others religions on campus. I direct all large schools should have such guidelines in place. Subject to local laws and copyright issues, I direct movies such as Amistad and Schindler's List be available to teachers to show and use in junior High School history classes all over the World.
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