Wow. We've come so far as a society, and yet we still have incidents where people have issues over the skin colour and religion of others.
'Racist' school bus drivers 'refusing to stop for young Muslim girls who are wearing the hijab'
By Carol Driver - 2/26/2010
School bus drivers have been accused of racism after failing to stop for pupils wearing Muslim hijabs.
Young girls have claimed they are being bullied on board for dressing in the traditional veil which covers the head.
To avoid trouble, ‘cowardly’ drivers are allegedly ignoring pupils who wait at bus stops wearing the headscarf.
Following a police investigation, officers will now be drafted on to board the buses to protect the students from ‘racist’ taunts of other passengers.
The problems centre on Merseytravel and pupils attending West Derby's Holly Lodge Girls' College in Merseyside, where 10 per cent of the 11,274 11 to 18-year-old students are from ethnic minorities.
Members of the Muslim community said the issue was a long-running one.
Amina Ismail, who works at Liverpool John Moores University, was approached by the victims.
She said: ‘They said people driving past were being abusive because they were wearing the hijab.’
Ms Ismail said bus drivers refusing to stop were ‘cowardly’ and that ‘they should not push their own personal prejudices on young people’.
She urged people to ‘see past the scarf or skin colour and look beyond this’.
Holly Lodge has previously won praise from Ofsted for its ‘promotion of equality and diversity’.
Headteacher Julia Tinsley said: ‘There have been a small number of cases where ignorant people have directed racist comments at our pupils while they are on buses.
‘It is completely unacceptable and very upsetting for those involved and we have provided support to those affected.
‘We welcome the assistance from Merseyside police in tackling the mindless minority who think it is acceptable to make racist comments.’
Merseyside police has produced an action plan to prevent any further incidents, including looking at how victims can pass on anonymous information.
A spokesman said the force was committed to tackling racism, adding: ‘We will be putting police community support officers on public buses during the periods these incidents are happening to reassure passengers and deter would-be offenders.
‘CCTV will be routinely checked following allegations of any criminal offence.’
However, Colin Carr, regional adviser for Unite - whose members include bus drivers - said he would be surprised if they were failing to stop.
‘The union would condemn this kind of action, and equality and diversity is something we promote across the spectrum,’ he said.
Merseytravel said it condemned ‘all acts of racism’ and, after probing the claims, has ‘now drawn up an action plan to deal with and prevent any further incidents’.
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Such ignorant bigots shouldn’t even be allowed public jobs if they are going to impose their narrow minded prejudicial ignorance on little kids.
Wow. We've come so far as a society, and yet we still have incidents where people have issues over the skin colour and religion of others.
Since when has islam been a 'race'!format_quote Originally Posted by islamirama
Well you see , many people are ignorants and they don't even care to think about what they act upon. These kind of people are proud and think what they are doing is brave and right. Its because of these people that some misconceptions like all muslims are arabs , all people under veils are oppressed , all muslims are backward etc still live on.
Hope the world sees everything broadly because seriously i am starting to hate narrow minded people
format_quote Originally Posted by islamirama*
This logic actually reminds me of the hijab itself. In some other thread there was talk of women holding the blame for rape and how hijab supposedly protects them from it, rather then changing the rapist. This is similar. Rather than stop bullying, the dirvers simply don't take the girls on the bus..format_quote Originally Posted by islamirama
It is completely wrong of course.
these folks are simply racists to the core, what bothers me is how hard they try to evoke the notion that they are civilized and free, when they are nothing but worthless turds who like to regress to their hooligan roots and savagery and then the next minute they are on TV pointing the finger at someone else.
drag these retards to the dungeons where they will be humiliated endlessly till they beg for apology from each of those hijab-wearing girls.
There's no need to prompt others to do what you are too impotent to do.format_quote Originally Posted by mad_scientist
If your solution is to do as you have advised, lead, (drag), by example. What are you waiting for?
Always keep a note book to take down the number plate, time, date and bus stop location so you can report these insensitive drivers to the Tfl.
Last edited by Life_Is_Short; 03-01-2010 at 04:54 AM.
format_quote Originally Posted by Gossamer skye
No they are not racist. The passengers are made up of multiple races.
I was going to say they are sexist except there are females on the bus.
The story says they won't pick up girls with scarves - hence they are
scarf-ists.
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They are Islamophobes. I wonder if they pick up muslim lads?
Regardless, there are laws against this and they can and should be sacked.
or if you have camera phone, just take the bus picture with it.format_quote Originally Posted by Life_Is_ShortAlways keep a note to take down the number plate, time, date and bus stop location so you can report these insensitive drivers to the Tfl.
maybe there bus is not worth our muslim sisters getting onto anyway
well i remember very well going on the school bus and i swear people will bully you for anything not even remotely funny whether your white or asian or blackits so true. if you are sitting alone they will bully you for that or maybe your hair is wet and uve just gotton outa the shower.
and that old grumpy bus driver would not even wait even if he saw people coming through his mirror
bus drivers are a race of their own. who knows what goes thru their minds. they think they rule the road. except my uncle of course who is the nicest bus driver out there
yh and wen i was learning to drive it was the bus drives that would put me of
I wasn't aware discrimination was a laughing matter.format_quote Originally Posted by Joe98No they are not racist. The passengers are made up of multiple races.
I was going to say they are sexist except there are females on the bus.
The story says they won't pick up girls with scarves - hence they are
scarf-ists.
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