THE BRITISH INQUISITION
A 14-year old schoolgirl was arrested by the police, questioned and held for 6 hours after allegedly making a racist remark in the classroom.
The incident occurred during a science tutorial at the Harrop Fold High School in Salford.
The girl, Codie Scott, has been released without charge.
Miss Scott had been unable to attend school the previous day to the alleged incident due to a hospital appointment, which meant that she had missed the start of a project. The teacher had therefore allotted her to a group of others to sit with. This group consisted of 5 Asians, only one of whom could speak English.
The alleged racist remark was a request by Miss Scott to be allowed to join a group who spoke English. Her mother said:
Miss Scott said:
The Asians started talking in what is believed to be Urdu. So Miss Scott approached the teacher:
The schoolgirl was then escorted out of the classroom and spent the rest of the day in isolation, before being arrested by the police a week later.
The school is currently considering what further disciplinary action to take. The headmaster, Dr Antony Edkins, said:
The incident occurred during a science tutorial at the Harrop Fold High School in Salford.
The girl, Codie Scott, has been released without charge.
Miss Scott had been unable to attend school the previous day to the alleged incident due to a hospital appointment, which meant that she had missed the start of a project. The teacher had therefore allotted her to a group of others to sit with. This group consisted of 5 Asians, only one of whom could speak English.
The alleged racist remark was a request by Miss Scott to be allowed to join a group who spoke English. Her mother said:
‘She asked to be taken out of her group because the other 5 students were Asians and 4 didn’t speak English so there was no point in her being with them. When she pointed this out to the teacher she was accused of being racist.’
Miss Scott said:
‘I had to sit there with 5 Asian pupils. Only one could speak English, so [the teacher] had to tell that one what to do so she could explain in their language. Then [the teacher] sat me with them and said, “Discuss”.’
The Asians started talking in what is believed to be Urdu. So Miss Scott approached the teacher:
‘I said “I’m not being funny, but can I change groups because I can’t understand them?” But she started shouting and screaming, saying, “It’s racist! You’re going to get done by the police”.’
The schoolgirl was then escorted out of the classroom and spent the rest of the day in isolation, before being arrested by the police a week later.
The school is currently considering what further disciplinary action to take. The headmaster, Dr Antony Edkins, said:
‘An allegation of a serious nature was made concerning a student towards a group of Asian students new to the school and new to the country.
We aim to ensure a caring and tolerant attitude towards pupils of all ethnic backgrounds and will not stand for racism in any form.'
posted by erc @ 1:36 pm
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