Q: My 7-year-old daughter goes to a multicultural school. It’s really diverse, with students from across Europe and Asia. They are planning their first ever ‘international day’ to bring all the different communities together and celebrate diversity. Kids are invited to dress up in national dress for the day. My daughter is British, though one of her grandparents is Israeli. But she’s dead set on coming to school in a sari from Bangladesh that I was given by a Bangladeshi friend.
Should I let her? Does that distract from celebrating the children from minority cultures who are usually side-lined in mainstream British culture? Or should all kids be encouraged to explore other national identities?
Worried of Luton
