Ray Honeyford, RIP -- A Racial Realist Hounded from Education
Written by Paul Fromm
Sunday, 19 February 2012 06:51
1. Ray Honeyford, RIP -- A Racial Realist Hounded from Education

Ray Honeyford, who has died aged 77, was the unknown headmaster of a school
in Bradford until, in January 1984, he published an article critical of
multiculturalism and its effect on British education; widely accused of
racism, he was subjected to a barrage of abuse, forced to take early
retirement, and never taught again.
[image: Ray Honeyford]
Ray Honeyford Photo: JULIAN ANDREWS

6:09PM GMT 08 Feb 2012

Honeyford had been headmaster of Drummond Middle School — where some 95 per
cent of the pupils were Asian — for four years when he wrote his article
for the Right-wing Salisbury Review. Local politicians and pressure groups
responded with a campaign to get him fired; he received death threats, and
had to enter his own school under police protection owing to the presence
of pickets. His health, and that of his wife, began to suffer, and in
December 1985 he accepted early retirement.

Honeyford’s article did not pull its punches, and his critics viewed some
of his language as intemperate. He referred to “a growing number of Asians
whose aim is to preserve as intact as possible the values and attitudes of
the Indian subcontinent within a framework of British social and political
privilege, ie to produce Asian ghettoes”, and “an influential group of
black intellectuals of aggressive disposition, who know little of the
British traditions of understatement, civilised discourse and respect for
reason”.

He cast doubt on whether his pupils were best served by the local
educational authority allowing such practices as the withdrawal of children
from school for months at a time in order to go “home” to Pakistan on the
grounds that this was appropriate to the children’s native culture.

He added: “Those of us working in Asian areas are encouraged, officially,
to 'celebrate linguistic diversity’, ie applaud the rapidly mounting
linguistic confusion in those growing number of inner city schools in which
British-born Asian children begin their mastery of English by being taught
in Urdu.” Honeyford accused the “race relations lobby” of employing “a
dubious, officially approved argot which functions to maintain a whole set
of questionable beliefs and attitudes about education and race attitudes
which have much more to do with professional opportunism than the
educational progress of ethnic minority children”.

“The term 'racism’,” he wrote, “functions not as a word with which to
create insight, but as a slogan designed to suppress constructive thought.
It conflates prejudice and discrimination ... It is the icon word of those
committed to the race game. And they apply it with the same sort of
mindless zeal as the inquisitors voiced 'heretic’ or Senator McCarthy spat
out 'Commie’.”

Meanwhile, Honeyford said, there was “a small but growing group of
dispossessed, indigenous parents whose schools are, as a direct result of
the multiracial dimension, failing their children”.

This was not the first time that Honeyford had gone public with his views.
In November 1982 he had written an article for the Times Educational
Supplement (TES) attacking misplaced multiculturalism and political
correctness in schools.

It was the piece in The Salisbury Review, however, that led to his
downfall. The then mayor of Bradford, Mohammed Ajeeb, called for
Honeyford’s dismissal, because the headmaster had shown “an inclination to
demonstrate prejudice against certain sections of our community”.

Honeyford was suspended in April 1985, but reinstated five months later
after an appeal to the High Court. Some parents then formed an action group
and kept their children away from school, and in December 1985 Honeyford
accepted a financial settlement and took early retirement. Drummond Middle
School was eventually burned down in an arson attack.

It has since been rebuilt and has been renamed Iqra Community Primary
School, though it is still known locally as the Drummond.

Raymond Honeyford was born on February 24 1934 into a large, impoverished
working-class family. His father was an unskilled labourer whose wounds in
the First World War had left him able to work only intermittently
thereafter; Ray’s mother was the daughter of penniless Irish immigrants.

There were 11 children, six of whom died in childhood, and the family
occupied a small house in Manchester with no indoor lavatory (and not one
book). Ray failed his 11-plus and went to Manchester Technical School, but
left at 15 to work in an office to support his family. A the same time he
went to evening classes to train as a teacher. He later took an MA in
Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Honeyford taught at various secondary schools in the Manchester area,
including Lostock School. He was appointed headmaster of Drummond Middle
School in 1981.

After leaving Drummond, Honeyford never returned to teaching. He remained
bitter about his experience, believing that he had striven to do his best
for very disadvantaged pupils . He occupied himself with journalism and
giving talks, and was on the education panel of the Centre for Policy
Studies. He also served for three years on Bury council as a Conservative.

Ray Honeyford is survived by his second wife, Angela, whom he married in
1982, and by two sons of his first marriage.

*Ray Honeyford, born February 24 1934, died February 5 2012*
 
Bill C-304 Passes Second Reading: NDP. Liberals (with one exception), Bloc & Greens B
Written by Paul Fromm
Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:15
*Bill C-304 Passes Second Reading: NDP. Liberals (with one exception), Bloc
& Greens Back Censorship*
**
*Dear Free Speech Supporter:*
**
*This is great news: Bill C-304 which will repeal Sec. 13, the Internet
censorship provisions of the Canadian Human Rights Act passed second
reading on Wednesday night. This is the big hurdle. Now it goes to
theJustice Committee for study and amendments, if any. It then returns to
the House of Commons for Third and final reading, which is usually a
formality. We are told it may be law by the summer.*
**
*However, we mustn't break out the champagne just yet. Powerful forces are
still committed to censorship. Yes, every "Liberal" Party MP, once a party
that championioned freedom, but one voted for censorship. So, too, did all
the NDP and Bloc MPs.*
**
* So, too, did Elizabeth May, who had been lobbied on several occasions,
especially since Richard Warman, the chronic complainer and major user of
Sec. 13, had been a former Green Party candidate (although before her
time). She knew all about the censorship claws of Sec. 13 and evinced
concern. Still, she voted for censorship.*
**
*We have to keep this issue hot. You can help.*
**
*First, if your MP voted yes -- to support C-304 -- phone or e-mail him/her
your congratulations;*
**
*Second, if your MP voted not**, phone or e-mail him/her and express your
disappointment that support for freedom do**es not seem to be a bi-partisan
issue. Demand an explanation as to why he/she supports highhanded
censorship of Internet tho9ught, where truth and intent are no defences.*
**
*Paul Fromm*
*Director*
*CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION*


> **
>
>
> <http://blog.freedomsite.org/2012/02/video-second-vote-on-bill-c-304-act-to.html>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> *Bill C-304 Passes Second Reading! One more nail in the Section 13 coffin*
>
> ** **
>
>
> http://blog.freedomsite.org/2012/02/bill-c-304-passes-second-reading-one.html
> ****
>
> *[VIDEO OF VOTE]*
> http://blog.freedomsite.org/2012/02/video-second-vote-on-bill-c-304-act-to.html
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Earlier today Bill C-304 passed Second Reading in the House of Commons.
> Bill C-304 is an act to strip the censorship powers<http://www.stopsection13.com/>from the fanatics at the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The vote was
> 158 in favour and 131 opposed. The Conservative Party and one Liberal MP
> carried the vote to a cheer in the house. This is one more nail in the
> censorship coffin of Section 13 <http://www.stopsection13.com/>.****
>
> ** **
>
> The next steps for Bill C-304 are:****
>
> ** **
>
> **1. **Review at the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Organization&ResourceID=16754&language=1&DisplayMode=2>.
> ****
>
> **2. **Bill is referred back to Parliament with any amendments for
> third and final reading. ****
>
> **3. **Senate of Canada reviews bill. ****
>
> **4. **Once passed in the Senate the bill becomes law and Section 13<http://www.stopsection13.com/>and 54 of the Canadian Human Rights Act are repealed!
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Here is the details of what happened today in Parliament from the Feb 15,
> 2012 Journal<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Pub=Journals&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=1>
> .****
>
> ** **
>
> *Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of
> the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Storseth
> (Westlock—St. Paul)<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Affiliation&ResourceID=170665&language=1&DisplayMode=2>,
> seconded by Mr. Rathgeber (Edmonton—St. Albert)<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Affiliation&ResourceID=170123&language=1&DisplayMode=2>,
> — That Bill C-304<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Document&ResourceID=5124394&language=1&DisplayMode=2>,
> An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom)<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Document&ResourceID=5124394&language=1&DisplayMode=2>,
> be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on
> Justice and Human Rights<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Organization&ResourceID=16754&language=1&DisplayMode=2>
> .*
>
> * *
>
> *The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following
> division*
>
> * *
>
> *YEAS: 158, NAYS: 131*****
>
> YEAS -- POUR****
>
> ** **
>
> Ablonczy
> Adams
> Adler
> Aglukkaq
> Albas
> Albrecht
> Alexander
> Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac)
> Allison
> Ambler
> Ambrose
> Anders
> Anderson
> Armstrong
> Ashfield
> Aspin
> Baird
> Bateman
> Benoit
> Bernier
> Bezan
> Blaney
> Block
> Boughen
> Braid
> Breitkreuz
> Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
> Brown (Newmarket—Aurora)
> Brown (Barrie)
> Bruinooge
> Butt
> Calandra
> Calkins
> Cannan
> Carmichael
> Carrie
> Chisu
> Chong
> Clarke
> Clement****
>
> Daniel
> Davidson
> Dechert
> Del Mastro
> Devolin
> Dreeshen
> Duncan (Vancouver Island North)
> Dykstra
> Fantino
> Findlay (Delta—Richmond East)
> Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk)
> Flaherty
> Galipeau
> Gill
> Glover
> Goguen
> Goldring
> Goodyear
> Gosal
> Gourde
> Grewal
> Harper
> Harris (Cariboo—Prince George)
> Hawn
> Hayes
> Hiebert
> Hillyer
> Hoback
> Hoeppner
> Holder
> James
> Jean
> Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
> Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
> Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
> Kerr
> Komarnicki
> Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
> Lake
> Lauzon****
>
> Lebel
> Leef
> Leitch
> Lemieux
> Leung
> Lizon
> Lobb
> Lukiwski
> Lunney
> MacKay (Central Nova)
> MacKenzie
> Mayes
> McColeman
> McLeod
> Menegakis
> Menzies
> Merrifield
> Miller
> Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
> Moore (Fundy Royal)
> Nicholson
> Norlock
> O'Connor
> Oda
> Paradis
> Payne
> Penashue
> Poilievre
> Preston
> Raitt
> Rajotte
> Rathgeber
> Reid
> Rempel
> Richards
> Richardson
> Rickford
> Ritz
> Saxton
> Schellenberger****
>
> Seeback
> Shea
> Shipley
> Shory
> Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) [Liberal]
> Smith
> Sopuck
> Sorenson
> Stanton
> Storseth
> Strahl
> Sweet
> Tilson
> Toet
> Toews
> Trost
> Trottier
> Truppe
> Tweed
> Uppal
> Valcourt
> Van Kesteren
> Van Loan
> Vellacott
> Wallace
> Warawa
> Warkentin
> Watson
> Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country)
> Weston (Saint John)
> Wilks
> Williamson
> Wong
> Woodworth
> Yelich
> Young (Oakville)
> Young (Vancouver South)
> Zimmer****
>
> Total: -- 158****
>
> ** **
>
> NAYS -- CONTRE****
>
> ** **
>
> Allen (Welland)
> Andrews
> Angus
> Atamanenko
> Aubin
> Ayala
> Bélanger
> Bellavance
> Bennett
> Benskin
> Blanchette
> Blanchette-Lamothe
> Boivin
> Borg
> Boulerice
> Boutin-Sweet
> Brahmi
> Brison
> Brosseau
> Byrne
> Caron
> Casey
> Cash
> Charlton
> Chicoine
> Chisholm
> Choquette
> Chow
> Christopherson
> Cleary
> Coderre
> Comartin
> Côté****
>
> Cotler
> Crowder
> Cullen
> Cuzner
> Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)
> Davies (Vancouver East)
> Day
> Dionne Labelle
> Donnelly
> Doré Lefebvre
> Dubé
> Duncan (Etobicoke North)
> Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona)
> Dusseault
> Easter
> Eyking
> Fortin
> Freeman
> Fry
> Garneau
> Garrison
> Genest
> Genest-Jourdain
> Giguère
> Godin
> Goodale
> Gravelle
> Groguhé
> Harris (Scarborough Southwest)
> Harris (St. John's East)
> Hassainia
> Hsu
> Hughes****
>
> Hyer
> Jacob
> Julian
> Karygiannis
> Kellway
> Lamoureux
> Lapointe
> Larose
> Latendresse
> Laverdière
> LeBlanc (Beauséjour)
> LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard)
> Leslie
> Liu
> MacAulay
> Mai
> Marston
> Martin
> Masse
> Mathyssen
> May
> McCallum
> McGuinty
> McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)
> Michaud
> Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue)
> Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord)
> Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
> Morin (Laurentides—Labelle)
> Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot)
> Mourani
> Murray
> Nantel****
>
> Nash
> Nicholls
> Nunez-Melo
> Pacetti
> Papillon
> Patry
> Péclet
> Perreault
> Plamondon
> Quach
> Rae
> Rafferty
> Ravignat
> Raynault
> Regan
> Rousseau
> Sandhu
> Savoie
> Scarpaleggia
> Sellah
> Sgro
> Sims (Newton—North Delta)
> Sitsabaiesan
> St-Denis
> Stewart
> Stoffer
> Sullivan
> Thibeault
> Tremblay
> Trudeau
> Turmel
> Valeriote****
>
> Total: -- 131****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Accordingly, Bill C-304<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Document&ResourceID=5124394&language=1&DisplayMode=2>,
> An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom)<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Document&ResourceID=5124394&language=1&DisplayMode=2>,
> was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on
> Justice and Human Rights<http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Organization&ResourceID=16754&language=1&DisplayMode=2>
> .****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
 
Hear Paul Fromm: The Fighting Side of Me: Facing Truths
Written by Paul Fromm
Thursday, 16 February 2012 06:28
Hear Paul Fromm: The Fighting Side of Me: Facing
Truths<http://reasonradionetwork.com/20120214/the-fighting-side-of-me-facing-truths>

February 14, 2012
[image: Dresden
stamps]<http://reasonradionetwork.com/images/2012/02/Dresden_stamps.jpg>

*Paul Fromm*

- … slams those ID bullies;
- … quotes Bill from Montreal’s caustic comments on Indians, multicult
and “diversity”;
- … mocks media evasions when covering Gypsy crime stories; thieves in
"Eastern European dress" LOL
- … exposes the goodies offered Gypsy “refugees” — $200/month 4-bedroom
apartment; $3,600 monthly income; free medical and dental care;
- … mourns the Allied war crime in the murder of 250,000 German
civilians in Dresden on Feb. 13, 1945.

http://reasonradionetwork.com/20120214/the-fighting-side-of-me-facing-truths
 
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