I feel considerable sympathy for Jane Lane, whose important new book Young Children and Racial Justice has been ferociously attacked by the Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Telegraph.
A discussion in the book about young children's reactions to difference has been taken completely out of context to suggest that if a three-year-old says 'yuk' in response to a spicy snack, he will be reprimanded for racism and reported to the local authority. This debate has quickly moved on from bhajis to an over-heated discussion on the web resulting in the book's publisher, the National Children's Bureau, receiving more than 50 abusive letters and emails.
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