Catherine Birbalsingh
Appearances
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
510. The Greatest Hits
Hmm. And so what you're talking about there is being able to live a life of dignity. So we, our values, our small C conservative values that we talk about with the children all the time, the idea of being able to take responsibility, not being a victim, somebody who has a sense of duty towards others.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
510. The Greatest Hits
I don't disrupt my class, not just because I don't want to get a detention, but because I wouldn't want to disrupt the learning for my classmates. Being somebody who is able to sacrifice. So that position on prayer, for instance, you know, the Muslim children, Well, they put up with not having a prayer room. They make that sacrifice for the betterment of the whole.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
510. The Greatest Hits
The Jehovah Witness children, there's Macbeth that we teach as a set GCSE text. It has witches in it. They don't like the magic. We also teach a Christmas carol, Christmas in there. They don't like it because of Christmas. but they put up with it because they think about, they self-sacrifice for the betterment of the whole.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
510. The Greatest Hits
The Hindu children who think, well, we want our separate plates at lunch because the eggs have touched the plates, so we don't like that. They too self-sacrifice for the betterment of the whole. Because the problem with multiculturalism is that if each group is vying for their rights
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
510. The Greatest Hits
and it's always, I want this, I want that, and you're a racist or you're an Islamophobe unless I get it, then we'll never be happy. We'll never be successful. And schools struggle with this because they are multicultural communities. And unfortunately, our whole culture encourages them to divide children according to race and religion and sexuality and so on.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
510. The Greatest Hits
So you have your LGBT group over there, you have your Hindu group over there, the Muslim group over here, and so on.