SitiTalk From Around the World
- SitiTalkBlog
- Jun 29, 2016
- 2 min read
Stories from around the world.
23 June 2016
Crèche ‘subjects toddler to racism’
The Citizen (Zambia) reports that “A crèche in Centurion came under severe public criticism for allegedly segregating a black child from her white classmates. This after the Koeitjies en Kalfies Kleuterskool crèche sent a picture to her mother, who was at work at the time. In the picture, which cannot be shown here for legal reasons, there are seven kids, six white and one black. The black child is seen sitting alone at a separate table, while the other six are sitting together on their own table enjoying cupcakes. Upon receiving the picture, the mother of the black child, whose name cannot be made public for fear of identifying the child, claims she immediately rushed to the crèche to take fetch her child. “My beautiful 19-month old is made to sit on a table by herself while the rest of her class sits cosy on the table next to her, indulging on delectable spread and my poor child sits with just her lunch tin,” she said.
June 27, 2016
Time reports that “The poster — titled “Be Cool, Follow the Rules” — shows more than a dozen cartoon children playing in a pool. It points out five instances in which children are engaging in “not cool” activities, like running around the edge of the pool, pushing their peers into the water and diving. Four of the fictional rule-breakers are either black or Hispanic children.”
25 May 2015
21 month old boy mutilated by stepmother
The Angels of Hope Foundation brought the attention of Nigerians and the world as a whole to a 21-Month Old Boy named Musa who was severely mutilated in Kano by his stepmother.
As reported by www.bellanaija.com “Musa is a 21 month old boy is a victim of domestic violence in Kano. His parents are divorced. Musa’s stepmother cut off his private part, broke his arms, his legs, cut his tongue, Injured him in the eye, his feet and other parts of his body. The 21 month old was operated on and his getting better physically but has gone through the worst kind of emotional trauma. The police arrested his stepmother (After days of hide & seek), his father and his grand mother. The stepmother has denied the accusation laid on her, his father and grandmother claim that the little boy’s body was mutilated by Jinns and his father has not paid a penny or contributed in any way to help Musa’s treatment, instead he his supporting his wife and emphasizing that she is innocent.
