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How many races do the dolls at your kids' daycare represent?

Grizzly Adams

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The post at Popehat Blog does a much better job of mocking this lunacy than I ever could. Long story short, Colorado's Department of Human Services proposed som rule changes for daycare centers that are ridiculously detailed.

For example:
-TV and video games are limited to twenty minutes per day.
-Dolls must represent three races. Three shall be the number thou shalt represent, and the number represented shall be three. Four shalt thou not represent. Five is right out!

There's more. Read the link. Nanny-state for the nannies, even?
 
While it would seem to be overreaching for the state to enact those two rules into law, I don't see anything wrong with the rules as such. Do you?
 
You didn't click the link and the news story linked therein.

I sense it.

When can I pick up my million dollars?
 
Having read the blog entry a lot of it actually sounds not as outlandish as you make it out to be. And the whole sunscreen stuff sounds like provisions to keep them from getting sued.
 
Gazpacho said:
While it would seem to be overreaching for the state to enact those two rules into law, I don't see anything wrong with the rules as such. Do you?
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While I don't see anything wrong with the rules as such, it would seem to be overreaching for the state to enact those two rules into law. Wouldn't you agree?
 
"What do think you're doing, trying to play with my baby and talk to him? I don't care what the regulations say: I'm not PAYING you to interact with my baby, I'm PAYING you to prop him up in front of a television for four hours a day!"
 
ImaginalDisc said:
What's a race?
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Scientifically there is little support for the concept of race. However we still use the term in a more colloquial sense and I think for some good reasons. People are, demonstrably, treated differently based on perceived differences. Skin color is, by definition, superficial however it is demonstrable that we all harbor biases based on this superficial trait. I don't care much for multiculturalism but I don't toss it all out either.

Given the results of the Brown v. Board of education Doll test results I have to say that I don't think it a bad idea in principle.

When people are not treated differently based on the color of their skin then I would say these kinds of actions will not be necessary. However, we should note that intervention can have unforeseen consequences.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
The post at Popehat Blog does a much better job of mocking this lunacy than I ever could. Long story short, Colorado's Department of Human Services proposed som rule changes for daycare centers that are ridiculously detailed.

For example:
-TV and video games are limited to twenty minutes per day.
-Dolls must represent three races. Three shall be the number thou shalt represent, and the number represented shall be three. Four shalt thou not represent. Five is right out!

There's more. Read the link. Nanny-state for the nannies, even?
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Do you mean like Vulcan, Na'vi and Klingon?:D

Different species assure you of having different races.
 
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Eeeeek! It's a Randfan sighting.

Hi, guy - welcome home! (Saw the thread in FC, but honestly there are a couple of other Rand-whatevers around and I didn't notice it was you.... I'll go catch up some reading.

Good to see you.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Eeeeek! It's a Randfan sighting.

Hi, guy - welcome home! (Saw the thread in FC, but honestly there are a couple of other Rand-whatevers around and I didn't notice it was you.... I'll go catch up some reading.

Good to see you.
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Thank you soooo much. :)
 
RandFan said:
Scientifically there is little support for the concept of race. However we still use the term in a more colloquial sense and I think for some good reasons. People are, demonstrably, treated differently based on perceived differences. Skin color is, by definition, superficial however it is demonstrable that we all harbor biases based on this superficial trait. I don't care much for multiculturalism but I don't toss it all out either.

Given the results of the Brown v. Board of education Doll test results I have to say that I don't think it a bad idea in principle.
When people are not treated differently based on the color of their skin then I would say these kinds of actions will not be necessary. However, we should note that intervention can have unforeseen consequences.
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Perhaps, but why only three?
 
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