School apologises for Hitler costume prize..
Is this taking PC too far ? Would you take offence ?
An Australian school has apologised after a child dressed as Adolf Hitler won a costume parade.
The school principal said Hitler was a 'fairly famous person'
The boy was judged best dressed among his class of nine and 10-years-olds by the principal and other teachers in a book week contest, with the costume which featured the swastika.
The unnamed Perth Catholic school sent a letter of apology to parents after a number of complaints that commending an outfit of the Nazi dictator was inappropriate.
It’s a one-off thing that in retrospect we’d do differently,” the principal, who was not named, told The West Australian newspaper, defending himself by saying Hitler “was a fairly famous person”.
The letter to parents said future dress-up days would be restricted to characters “appropriate for primary school-aged students” and said care would be taken to ensure students understood the “sensitivities” around certain people.
Meanwhile a US High School principal has apologised after a quote from Hitler ended up in the school yearbook.
Easton Area High School Principal Michael Koch, said the quote, which reads “And in the last analysis, success is what matters”, was a mistake and oversight by the administration.
Source: The Telegraph
A catholic school. Now what a surprise
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What should I wear if I go for G W Bush? Errr...thats a difficult one to decide :(
for my next fancy dress party :(
Well, in my school days, I did receive a first prize in the Fancy Dress Competition by dressing up as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Father of Nation).
Nobody objected to that!
The difference is that this was a school project for 10/11 year olds.
I would not call it offensive, distasteful as Brit mentioned, would me my choice of term.
Then again, if people dressed up like those...Ossma, Hitler etc during Halloween, it would be spot on...non?
People dress up as Osama all the time... This is ridiculous and over the top.. If you are soooooo sensitive then you should stay at home where nothing can offend you..
I can understand your point..
As per the head teacher, the children had been asked to dress up as "famous people"
So, although Hitler is famous, this is distateful for many. As would someone dressing up as OBL.
It seems a lot of people do not know much about Hitler. Maybe by now one should take that into account...PC too far? Well, I suppose there are a lot of people who would be offended by children dressing like a mass murderer....what would happen if somebody dressed like Genghis Khan or Che Guevara? Also men who murdered a lot of people.
We had this fuss a few years ago, when Prince Harry went to a fancy dress party in a German Uniform..
Aren't we taking PC too far ???
The teacher said Hitler is fairly famous.yeah,he is responsible for the greatest crime in human history.
the parents are obviously from a lower sociodemographic part of OZ.....perth.
Please tell me what are you posting.
Comeon what's wrong with the quote... Success is what matters at the end..