School slapped in bangle bungle
29/7/08
A British Sikh teenager won a High Court discrimination case today against a school which banned her from classes after she refused to remove a religious bangle. Sarika Watkins-Singh, 14, was excluded by Aberdare Girls’ School in south Wales for breaking its no jewellery rule. But she and her lawyers argued that she was a victim of unlawful discrimination and judge Stephen Silber agreed, ruling that the school was guilty of indirect discrimination under race relations and equality laws. The teenager is now due to start back at the school when the new term begins in September and will be allowed to wear the Kara - a narrow steel bangle. Ms Watkins-Singh said she was “overwhelmed” by the finding and added: “It’s marvellous to know that the long journey I’ve been on has finally come to an end.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24099982-12335,00.html
July 30th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
The Brits will ban anything, absolutely anything, from their schools, except sex offenders. They’re the only nation which can alter sex crime stats in a dozen jurisdictions by sending their teachers on study tours.