Primary Pupils As Young As Nine Excluded From School For Racist Abuse in Britain

Primary school pupils as young as nine are being excluded from class for racist abuse, an investigation has revealed. The nine-year-old was suspended for half a day for physical attacks, racist jokes and verbal abuse, according to the Surrey Comet. The local Kingston paper conducted an investigation into racist abuse in the area's schools and found 14 children were suspended from school in the last year in the borough alone. Read the full story here.

In 2011, teachers logged more than 10,000 incidents nationally involving primary school students making racist insults during the previous year according to the sources here.

These figures are shocking as they show how much racist insults are common in Britain. Looking at other sources here also reveals racist insults are increasing in the UK.