"Sadly, kids are very cruel and no matter what you do, there will always be bullying to some degree. The victim does not need to have any form of 'difference', just having an unusual name is enough.

They usually come through OK though"

Well chidren's charities and the education authorities see things differently. There is a 'zero tolerence' policy to bullying at the schools my children go to, as there is Nationwide. This is not a comment on the efficacy of that policy, I don't know how well it works, but I've seen it work really well with a friend's child.

I don't know where you are Silas, but have you come across Bill Bailey or Harry Hill? They don't need victims for their humour, so victimless humour is possible.

At the risk of labouring a point, I still don't see the difference between mocking someone's race and mocking a disability, and I still do not understand why Captain Birdseye posted that link.