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LITIGATING PREJUDICE:. RESPECTING MINORITY RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS. PREJUDICE Preconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience DISLIKE HOSTILITY Unjust behaviour deriving from preconceived & unfounded opinions . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LITIGATING PREJUDICE:
RESPECTING MINORITY RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS
PREJUDICEPreconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience
DISLIKE
HOSTILITY
Unjust behaviour deriving from
preconceived & unfounded opinions
Little Rock Central High – Arkansas, USA 1957
LITTLE ROCK 9 – Elizabeth Eckford:“They moved closer and
closer...Somebody started yelling...I tried to see a
friendly face somewhere in the crowd—someone who
maybe could help. I looked into the face of an old
woman and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at
her again, she spat on me.”
LITTLE ROCK 9
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF LITTLE ROCK 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g
Leseding Technical High – Bloemfontein, SA 2013
LERATO RADEBE
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE RADEBE’S BEFORE EE INVOLVEMENT
22 JANUARY 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olWcgk5Rt0A
Lerato Radebe:
“It gives me a painful feeling to be taken from class and not to be able to learn like
my classmates just because I have dreadlocks. I just want
to learn like the other learners.”
Lerato Radebe:
“I am worried I am falling behind especially in maths.
When the administrator takes me to the staffroom I
sometimes sit there and do maths exercises by myself. I
want to return to class.”
COURT HEARING
STATE’S CASE - URGENCY
• The matter was not urgent
• Mr Radebe caused his own urgency by delaying. He should have brought the matter to court much sooner.
STATE’S CASE - MOOTNESS
• A matter is moot if the situation has already resolved itself and there is no need for the court to get involved
• Saying the Department had already registered Lerato at a different school so court did not need to get involved
Doron Isaacs: @doronisaacs
17 May
The word from Wilfred Phalatsi JA Free State HC: "Not leaving this
court without making sure this child in school on
Monday.“
RADEBE JUDGMENT
“It cannot be overemphasised that
religion is a very sensitive issue and that
religious intolerance can ruin the whole
country.”
RADEBE JUDGMENT“The courts of this country must be alert
and proactive and root out the evil of
religious intolerance in any form. They
should nip it in the bud wherever and
whenever it raises its ugly head.”
RADEBE JUDGMENT“I would appeal to the respondents and
the powers that be, to educate and make
our people aware of the importance and
advantages of religious diversity.”
LERATO RADEBEVIDEO FOOTAGE OF LERATO OUTSIDE
OF COURT AFTER THE JUDGE ORDERED THAT SHE BE ALLOWED TO
RETURN TO SCHOOL
17 MAY 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxATOdOcOzQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5FVvK2L8J8
TrendsmapSthAfrica @TrendsSthAfrica
16 May
#supportLerato is now trending
in South Africa !!!
Simphiwe Dana @simphiwedana
16 May
I don't understand why some schools
take issue with natural black hair. Has our world not
changed at all? #supportLerato
Zahr @ntokozo29
16 May
Wts her locks gotta do with it tho? RT
Pierre de Vos @pierredevos
17 May
At heart of Bloemfontein school's Rasta case is
the inability and unwillingness of schools
to deal with and accommodate diversity.
Zakes Mda @ZakesMda
17 May
We didn't fight for the freedom of this
country for any child to be discriminated
against #supportLerato
Kate Wilkinson @kateomega
17 May
#supportLerato I got a bit teary when I heard that the court had ruled in Lerato's favour. She is so brave!
Well done @Eelawcentre!
Chairperson of Leseding SGB
“The learner is not going to stay in the classroom. We are
going to take them out so that the minister or whoever
must see we are serious about this problem.”
FREE STATE MEC COMMITS TO
WORKSHOPS TO COMBAT PREJUDICE
IN FREE STATE SCHOOLS
Greetings in the name of the Most High JAH RASTAFARI I
On behalf of RASTAFARI HOUSE OF NYAHBINGHI we want to thank you and your team, and Equal Education ( law centre) for playing the important role by assisting one of our child in Rastafari community, to be accepted at school as a true born African, representing her true identity. This is part of the work done by Equal Education to educate our people, today our brothers and sisters learned another chapter in life.We also appreciate the role played by Equal Education by relieving, and healing the stress, pains and confusion that was trying to break the family of Elder Radebe's family, we are glad to tell you that, the family is united as one now, and love is the way of life. Lastly we wish all the best, more strength for Equal Education to keep on representing the, future of future leaders of this country.
RegardsRasanki MotaungRastafari House Education Co ordinatorBlessed.