He taught the boy the ditty: 'Black Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Without.' Each word represents the first letter of the colours in the code which are; black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey and white. When the Year 11 pupil asked for help in remembering the code, Mr Hersey wrote part of the rhyme down on a piece of paper and showed it to him.
Mr Hersey was sacked on the spot after the boy told another teacher what he had been taught. He was found guilty of unacceptable professional misconduct because of the rhyme's 'racist and sexual content' by a disciplinary hearing of the General Teaching Council (GTC).
He was told the mnemonic was 'inappropriate in more enlightened times' and that it failed to 'demonstrate respect for diversity and promote equality'. Mr Hersey has 28 days to appeal the ruling.
4 comments:
I remember when I was taught this mnemonic. My instructor changed the "Black" to "Bad" if the student felt the Black was offensive. I also learned the BVGW at the end was "But Violet Gives Willingly"
That's actually really helpful, I do electronics so infrequently that I have to keep looking up the colour codes, but now I don't have to! Thanks sacked supply dude!
You might teach, "Bad Boys Ravage Our Young Girls But Violet Goes Without," but everyone is gonna figure out the other words in about 2e-3 seconds.
We knew all of the above versions but in class the teacher used Bad Boys Race Our Young Girls But Violet Generally Wins.
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