Equality and Diversity.

**Ian.MacAllan** · 7th February 08, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Tommie

I know this cartoon may be a poor example,but who is in the wrong here?

The artist is in the wrong; he's trying to pass off a pleated skirt as a kilt. Note that he has the pleats all the way around.

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**Monkey@Arms** · 7th February 08, 12:02 PM

I guess what often surprises me the most is that these kinds of comments are made in the UK (the OP is in Yorkshire, UK).

I mean its often taken for granted in the US that some people might be unfamiliar with the kilt as a male garment, but you would think some working in education in Yorkshire would know better to say such a thing (and during diversity week yet!).

Best regards,

Jake

**Alan H** · 7th February 08, 12:12 PM

For heavens sake, you're in the UK!!! What, these people didn't know what a kilt was?

Chalk it up to a head made of cement and an education that didn't get past first grade.

**McClef** · 7th February 08, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Tommie

I know this cartoon may be a poor example,but who is in the wrong here?

A mixture of wrongs.

Firstly the artist has portrayed an abysmally short kilt which also appears to pleated all the way around.

Secondly a lady precedes a gentleman upon ascending and the other way around when descending so that he may catch her should she fall.

But such shocking scenes of horror are truly difficult to reproduce in a real life situation.

**davim19** · 8th February 08, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

For heavens sake, you're in the UK!!! What, these people didn't know what a kilt was?

Chalk it up to a head made of cement and an education that didn't get past first grade.

I work in a very diverse college, we are only 50% white british, so I would have understood if the students had been bemused. However, they would come up ask why I was wearing a "skirt" (they didn't know the correct term) and when told about kilts would usually comment "Cool, I like Scotland, you look good sir".

The comments came from a White british member of staff with a scottish surname and a black male teacher of law.

I wore my plain black kilt yesterday and got good remarks and will be wearing my grodygoose and Unionkilts soon hopefully to educate them in modern kiltage.

**Barry** · 8th February 08, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by davim19

I wore my plain black kilt yesterday and got good remarks and will be wearing my grodygoose and Unionkilts soon hopefully to educate them in modern kiltage.

Excellent! Now you are giving the students a proper education

As to the naysayers, you have shown them that their pathetic narrow minded attitude gets no where.