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   From: haggisz@hotmail.com   
      
   Jumper wrote:   
   > On 03/04/2017 19:57, Ned Latham wrote:   
   >> burfordTjustice wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Mother Expelled From "Multicultural Playgroup" Because She"s White   
   >>>   
   >>> A mother in Australia has been forced to leave a playground with her   
   >>> kids after the officials told her they can"t play in a "multicultural   
   >>> group" because she"s white.   
   >>>   
   >>> Tara Coverdale, a mother of two and currently living in Sydney,   
   >>> Australia, claims she was told to leave the playground because   
   >>> it was a multicultural playgroup and she's a white Australian,   
   >>> according to The Daily Telegraph Australia.   
   >>>   
   >>> The mother said went with her eight-month-old baby and her   
   >>> four-year-old son to Alexandria Park Community Centre located   
   >>> in the inner-city Sydney.   
   >>>   
   >>> Shortly after she arrived to the community centre for a playgroup,   
   >>> a staff member approached her asking whether this was her first   
   >>> time. Rather than being welcoming, the staff member announced that   
   >>> Coverdale isn't allowed to be there.   
   >>>   
   >>> "I'm sorry you can't come here. It's a multicultural playgroup,"   
   >>> staff member said and asked, "Can I ask what your cultural   
   >>> background is"?   
   >>>   
   >>> Coverdale, a blonde mother with freckles, replied saying she's   
   >>> Australian, prompting the staff to deny her entry into the   
   >>> playground. "I'm sorry, you can't come here. It's for multicultural   
   >>> families and people who speak languages other than English at home."   
   >>>   
   >>> The mother refused to leave the playground, claiming her son was   
   >>> having a good time with a friend in the playground, asking "Why   
   >>> should I leave"?   
   >>>   
   >>> She was then approached by Jo Fletcher, the centre's facilitator,   
   >>> who asked the same question as the staff member: "Can I just ask   
   >>> what your cultural background is"?   
   >>>   
   >>> "I'm sorry you can't come here. It's a multicultural playgroup,"   
   >>> Fletcher said after finding out Coverdale is a fourth-generation   
   >>> Australian.   
   >>>   
   >>> Fletcher didn't respond to the paper's requests for comment,   
   >>> only confirmed to the NSW Department of Education that such   
   >>> conversation had taken place.   
   >>>   
   >>> According to the Australian mother, the cener insisted that   
   >>> the playgroup was exclusively for "multicultural" mothers who   
   >>> "might be lonely and might want to build a network of people   
   >>> who speak the same language".   
   >>>   
   >>> The centre"s facilitator also didn"t help Coverdale to find   
   >>> a playgroup that she"s allowed to participate. "We don't have   
   >>> one here for you," she said. "You'll have to go up to Erskineville   
   >>> or Newtown," locations which don"t suit the mother as they are too   
   >>> far away.   
   >>>   
   >>> "We're in a pretty progressive area, it's very accepting of all   
   >>> people. But I feel like I'm excluded," Coverdale told the paper.   
   >>> "How does that help Australia, help people to integrate, speak   
   >>> English and build a life" I pay a lot of tax. I pay my rates.   
   >>> To think '"m actually not welcome is unfair."   
   >>>   
   >>> She added that other mothers thought the way the center dealt   
   >>> with her was "terrible" as they "think it's a great facility   
   >>> and appreciate it but they don't want to exclude people".   
   >>>   
   >>> While she was at the center, she claims other mothers were   
   >>> allowed to enter and "were made to feel very welcome. Because   
   >>> they didn't look white, they didn"t even get asked about   
   >>> their background."   
   >>>   
   >>> Following the controversy, Education Minister Rob Stokes had   
   >>> instructed the centre to allow all families to attend the   
   >>> playground.   
   >>>   
   >>> "I was disappointed to hear that a mum and her young child   
   >>> felt they were not welcome" This is not acceptable. Everyone,   
   >>> regardless of their background, should feel included in   
   >>> these wonderful community activities."   
   >>>   
   >>> The Department of Education also "counseled" center's   
   >>> facilitator Jo Fletcher on the requirements of the program   
   >>> to be "inclusive".   
   >>   
   >> Okay. you Po;itikal Korrektness Kooks, just *who* are the   
   >> bigots in this country?   
   >>   
   >> Med   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's the same with sexism, the modern day feminist thinks that women are   
   > better than men, and wants to oppress men because women were oppressed   
   > in the past by men.   
   >   
   > It the same for people that work in the race relations industry they   
   > want to oppress and get back at white people of whatever country they   
   > come from, because that countries  where white people come from   
   > oppressed them in the past.   
   >   
   > It's all a power game and the middle class liberals are very happy for   
   > anti-men and anti-white racism to flourish, because the middle class   
   > liberals feel guilty of the crimes of where white people come from did   
   > in the past.  Even though countries where white people come from are   
   > much more enlightened now, and would never mistreat any person of   
   > whatever race, gender or culture.   
   >   
   > Humans learn by trial and error, it's obvious from the perspective of   
   > the modern day that where white people come from should have not   
   > mistreated foreigners.   
   >   
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