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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on March 04, 2010, 10:40:54 AM
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Three teachers at a South Los Angeles elementary school have been suspended for allegedly encouraging students to celebrate O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul during Black History Month, officials said Wednesday.
Children at Wadsworth Avenue Elementary School were carrying pictures of the men at a parade Friday on the school playground, said Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Gayle Pollard-Terry.
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She said Supt. Ramon C. Cortines learned about the incident Tuesday and had the teachers, who are white, pulled from their classrooms for the duration of an investigation. The suspension is without pay for the first three days.
"The superintendent believes there are better choices," Pollard-Terry said.
Other students were carrying pictures of President Obama and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The teachers have not been identified and could not be reached for comment.
District officials did not provide specific details about what the teachers did, saying the investigation was still ongoing.
Some community leaders aren't satisfied with the suspensions and are calling for the dismissal of the instructors, who teach first, second and fourth grades.
"I just can't fathom what these teachers were thinking of except to make a mockery of African American history," said Leon Jenkins, president of the Los Angeles branch of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. ...
link (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/03/local/la-me-teachers4-2010mar04)
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I can see OJ as a bad choice, but RuPaul and Dennis Rodman? Are blacks ashamed of gay members of their race? Are they ashamed of flamboyant characters?
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I can see OJ as a bad choice, but RuPaul and Dennis Rodman? Are blacks ashamed of gay members of their race? Are they ashamed of flamboyant characters?
It seems so. I couldn't see the problem with RuPaul and Rodman, perhaps one of the teachers is gay.
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These teachers should thank their lucky stars. Just think what would happen to them if they encouraged the kids to carry pictures of Clarance Thomas or Condi Rice.
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