Long story short; I was on the Daily Mail website, and a story caught my eye. Apparently, a woman who runs her own alternative hair salon has lost a court case against a Muslim woman who sued her for £4,000 (not the original amount, however) because she felt she was being discriminated against because she covered her hair. Let me break this down; She wants to be a hair stylist, yet refused to un-cover her own hair. I know. Apparently, she's been turned down by jobs as a hair stylist before because of this, and the lady who ran this salon said it would have been the same for someone who refused to take a cap off. She wasn't being racist, she was being practical. If you want to know the bulk of the story, here's the link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1027300/How-I-driven-brink-ruin-refusing-hire-Muslim-hair-stylist-wouldnt-hair.html
This story got me thinking about how stupid political correctness really is. We are so afraid of hurting other people because of discrimination, that we come across as idiots who don't judge a situation fairly. I have a book about political correctness, and I'm just gonna briefly summarise some of the stories. I honestly can't believe that some of these are true...
- People have tried banning the nursery rhyme 'Baa Baa Black sheep' because it's racist and "portrayed negative stereotypes." I can't even comment on this one...
- One place in England has stopped serving hot cross buns in schools because the symbol of the cross "will spark complaints from Jewish, Hindu and Muslim pupils and their families." A spokesperson stated "We are moving away from a religious theme for Easter and will not be doing hot cross buns...We will probably be serving naan breads instead." Ok, first of all, Easter is a religious holiday! It's a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus! Also, how is serving naan bread better? I love naan bread, but it's not like it's a universal thing, is it? It's Middle Eastern and Indian, hardly multi-cultural.
- A book by a prize-winning author was not stocked in libraries in an area in London because it reinforced racist messages. "We were surprised you chose to use a circus with performing animals. In our experience this is now widely disliked by most carers, who recognises that it raises issues about animal rights...The storyline of a child being threatened by this creature [a gorilla, normally pictured-as in this book-in black fur] and saved by a little white horse seems to be very insensitive. The presentation of a black, apelike creature as evil and small white creature as good has obvious overtones which many carers find offensive, and which they would not wish to use with children and young people because they may reinforce racist messages." ...
I feel so disgusted with humanity that I feel like slapping myself right now...
