Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'

Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency. This could include a child of as young as three who says "yuk" in response to being served unfamiliar foreign food.

The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among youngsters in their care.

The 366-page guide for staff in charge of pre-school children, called Young Children and Racial Justice, is designed to draw attention to potentially-racist attitudes in youngsters from a very young age...

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