Welsh childcare workers have been urged to contact police over suspected racist hate incidents involving children<\/p>\n
Childcare workers in Wales have been told to call police on children as young as three if they are suspected of \u201cracist\u201d behavior, according to a new official guidance backed by the Labour government.
\nThe document, produced by Diversity and Anti\u2011Racist Professional Learning (DARPL), an organization that has received over \u00a31.3 million ($1.7 million) from the Welsh government, advises childcare workers to assess whether a child\u2019s behavior could be deemed a \u201chate crime\u201d and, if so, to call authorities.
\nThe guidance applies to children aged 12 and under, even though the age of criminal responsibility in Wales is ten. Staff are told to record whether the alleged racism is \u201cchild to child,\u201d\u00a0\u201cadult to child,\u201d or \u201csystemic.\u201d Workers are also encouraged to assess their own \u201cwhite privilege\u201d and audit toys, books, dolls, posters and even snacks to ensure an \u201canti\u2011racist stance is visible.\u201d
\nThe guidance is part of the Welsh government\u2019s wider plan to make Wales an \u201canti-racist nation\u201d by 2030. Other projects under the initiative have included spending \u00a310,000 ($13,500) to \u201cdecolonize\u201d Welsh cakes and museums.<\/p>\n
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The call to report toddlers for \u201chate crimes\u201d comes amid growing outrage with the British government\u2019s years-long crackdown on free speech. Critics, including US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, have accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of authoritarian overreach, censorship, and establishing a \u201cpolice state.\u201d
\nLast year, the Times reported that some 12,000 Brits were being arrested each year for social media posts deemed to be potentially \u201coffensive\u201d or threatening. This has included a number of high-profile arrests such as of comedy writer Graham Linehan for posting gender-critical tweets last year.
\nMeanwhile, British authorities have continued to release violent criminals over fears of being labelled racist. In February, a public inquiry revealed that mental health workers had released Valdo Calocane, a violent paranoid schizophrenic, over concerns related to the \u201cover-representation of young black males in detention.\u201d In 2023, Calocane went on to stab three people to death and ran down several pedestrians in a stolen vehicle.
\nKeir Starmer\u2019s approval rating has plummeted to the second lowest in modern British history, with the gap between disapproval and approval exceeding 50 points. The Labour Party has also been losing voters over its continued failure to combat the flow of illegal boat migrants into the UK, address grooming gangs, and deport migrants who commit serious crimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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