[Closed] Is this right in 2011?

Go for heavy irony. Tell them that they, the teachers, like all New Zealanders are racists who don't understand the way civilised people should behave and act towards others. Explain that in advanced European countries and places like Australia using derogatory language to imply, whether implicitly or explicitly (pause to check if they understand the difference), other ethnic groups are lesser humans is plain wrong, but you're not surprised that a bunch of boguns would hold such unsophisticated ideals close to their hearts.

10/10 Captjon, outstanding! including 'Australia' as a place where comparatively civilized people live is gold! I'm going to write a rant right away based on your suggestion. Great stuff! 😀

Okay I had to google it, so here are the lyrics.

Take a pinch of white man
Wrap him up in black skin
Add a touch of blue blood
And a little bitty bit of red Indian boy
Oh like a Curly Latin kinkies
Oh Lordy, Lordy, mixed with yellow Chinkees, yeah
You know you lump it all together
And you got a recipe for a get along scene
Oh what a beautiful dream
If it could only come true, you know, you know

What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough enough enough to take
The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score

Rabbis and the friars
Vishnus and the gurus
We got the Beatles or the Sun God
Well it really doesn't matter what religion you choose
And be thankful little Mrs. Graceful
You know that livin' could be tasteful
We should all get together in a lovin machine
I think I'll call up the queen
It' s only fair that she knows, you know, you know

What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough enough enough to take
The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score

Either seriously WTF? Or fine troll sir, I can't decide.

You really are applying a Pommie sensibility to all this - get on that plane home now before you do any damage !

("****s" is only a racist term in the UK btw. In NZ it's like calling Australians "aussies" or Americans "yanks". And I refuse to believe that anybody uses the term "darkie" except maybe in the redneck south.)

But will be interested to hear how you get on with the staff meeting. Any chance you could film it for us ??

Speaking as a honky white man I find it OK.

alan partridge is the only man who can sing that song.

hels - Member

You really are applying a Pommie sensibility to all this - get on that plane home now before you do any damage !

I've thought of that, i'm not offended as such (and anyone that know's me from my bike shop days knows that I am not easily offended!), i just think that it's Sh1t, making us sing a song that calls Chinese kids yellow. And I think that the reason that they think that no one might find it a little wrong annoys me. They annoy me, so I want to kick up a stink as my trouble in staff meeting swan song.

I think in 1973 (or whatever) it might have been quite good for winding up Enoch Powell types with its talk of a coffee-coloured future.

But the only person who could possibly want to sing it now is Mr G.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_G

The song lyrics are great, Regards Enoch.

You really are applying a Pommie sensibility to all this - get on that plane home now before you do any damage !

Indeed, get on that plane out of that cultural backwater.

I'm in the WTF camp - you're definitely not trolling?

You really are applying a Pommie sensibility to all this

The Pommie sensibility of not being horribly backwards and racist? 🙂

Racist or not it's an awful, awful song. Do people really sing this in schools? Amazing.

100% not trolling, I thought that i might even film it, youtube it and link it to the international community that they are trying to attract as an IB (international bachaloriate) school. I'm sure that the Koreans would love it!

I've watched Alan Partridge sing that several times and never knew what it meant.

i just think that it's Sh1t, making us sing a song that calls Chinese kids yellow

the song was promoting (forced?) universal racial integration - by breeding. Hard to see that as racist (against any one particular race anyway).

anyhow, some of my best friends are <early 70s hippie/pop crossover fans>

Bloody moaning Pakeha

I always thought it was an anti-racist song (of a sort).
Mixing people up, like. Not sure if they literally meant everyone should be coffee coloured.

piha - Member

Bloody moaning Pakeha

Ahem, that's Honkey to you Westie! 😀

I know i'm moaning, that's the point. I'm just after ideas on the best plan of attack.

DezB - Member

I always thought it was an anti-racist song (of a sort).

Yup. that's about it. But I do have an issue on the benefits implied or otherwise of interbreeding and disseminating this through the medium of 'song' to a group of 11 to 13 year olds.

And I see it as a prime opportunity to give the middle aged grumpy cow that's organizing the whole thing a dressing down.

[i]..interbreeding...11 to 13 year olds[/i]

Maybe it's good that they're a bit backwards down there. Interbreeding between 11-13 year olds is an everyday occurrence over here.

Yer, not so much where I am. They are nice kids. There was an incident with some snogging at the beginning of term, but we don't talk about it.

I can just imagine these kids going home singin:

And a little bitty bit of red Indian boy
Oh like a Curly Latin kinkies
Oh Lordy, Lordy, mixed with yellow Chinkees, yeah..... etc etc....

What the heck their ultra conservative Korean/Chinese/Japanese parents are going to think.

In my mind it's all wrong, on so many levels.