Parents put blame on daughter for racist remarks

A young girl’s head was shaved, and her parents described themselves as a skinhead family, court was told on Day 2 of a child custody hearing in Winnipeg. The case involves a girl, now eight years old, who went to school with white supremacist symbols drawn on her skin. Her mother and stepfather, who are accused of racist teachings and failing to provide adequate care for their children, began a court battle for their children this week. The girl and her brother have been in the care of the government’s Child and Family Services agency since March 2008, when the girl showed up in school with a swastika on her arm. Her teacher scrubbed it off in the afternoon but the girl showed up again the next day with another one, along with other white supremacist symbols drawn on her body.
Neo-Nazi symbols and flags in family residence

Caseworkers were alerted and went to the family’s apartment, where they found neo-Nazi symbols and flags, and took custody of the couple’s two-year-old son. CFS officials picked up the daughter at her school.
Girl famous for lying: parents

They told the social worker their daughter often makes things up, and was famous for lying, the worker testified. The parents also said the girl had likely drawn some of the symbols on her body herself. When the social worker asked why the girl was able to talk about certain things, like hurting people or killing people of colour, the stepfather said it was probably something she’d heard in a private conversation and was probably a joke, the hearing was told.
Girl said stepdad brought in neo-Nazi views

The girl told the social worker that her mother used to read her stories but had stopped when she met and married a new man, the social worker testified. “She was not a nice mommy anymore,” the social worker quoted the girl as saying.
Parents separated, each seeking sole custody

The parents no longer live together, and each has asked for custody of the children. She has said she can’t afford to travel but will attempt to when the parents have an opportunity to make their case next month.News Source

Mother says officials coached child to make racist remarks

“I think my daughter was either force-fed to say these things … or she was coaxed, maybe into saying them, if she did in fact say them,” the woman, who now lives in another province, said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press. “I’m looking at these things that are being said, and I think, ‘no, my daughter would never say that.”‘ Manitoba Child and Family Services removed the girl and her younger brother from the family home last year after the girl showed up at her elementary school with white supremacist symbols and slogans drawn on her skin in permanent marker. No one involved in the case can be identified under Manitoba law. Two social workers have testified this week the girl told them in separate interviews that her mother made the drawings. They have also testified that the girl talked about being raised in a hate-filled home where violent racist videos were displayed, where the parents discussed killing minorities, and where drugs were used frequently.