Grown-ups have a lot to learn "Racism is mean": Lola Johnson. Adults who tell racist jokes should go to "some sort of adult school" to be reminded that these jokes aren't funny, said Lauchlan Kiely, a 10-year-old from Chatswood. Lauchlan was one of the many year 5 and 6 students who chose the topic Racist Jokes Aren't Funny in this year's multicultural speaking competition in NSW Public Schools. Many of the 10- and 1 1-year-olds who gave three-minute speeches on this topic to their classmates were amazed that adults continued to make racist comments. Lauchlan, who is in year 5 at Lindfield Public School, said he disapproved of adults making these comments. "I am very surprised because the message goes out to children so easily by giving a speech, but adults need reminding," he said. Ten-year old Lola Johnson, who is in year 5 at Darlinghurst Public School, couldn't bring herself to include a racist joke to illustrate her speech. "'How could they be called jokes?', I asked myself," she told her class. I decided not to put one of those 'jokes' on my speech because they were just way too mean. Racist Jokes Aren't Funny was one of eight topics year 5 and 6 students in NSW public schools could choose in the multicultural public speaking competition. Introduced in 1996 to heighten awareness of multicultural issues, the competition's topics also included "When Does a Migrant Become an Australian" and "Many Languages, One Land." The finals of the multicultural public speaking competition will be held around the state over the next few months.