Proglodytes are determined to bang the "white privilege" drum loud and long until they can openly say white people matter less.
Well, they're getting their wish.
philosslayer (630 posts)
Parents upset 'Black Lives Matter' assembly excludes other races
A Black History Month event at Oak Park and River Forest High School may have kick-started a schoolwide discussion on race — but not in the way school officials intended.
Several white parents, none of whom would speak on the record, expressed confusion and dismay that their children were prevented from participating in a "Black Lives Matter" event Feb. 27 that was limited to black students only.
"(Some) students and parents expressed confusion and concern about the event being for black students only," the release said. "Information about the event lacked clarity about this aspect of the conversation, and the high school is committed to improving communications in the future."
The white parents reported that their students were turned away when they tried to attend the Black Lives Matter event. The parents said they were offended that in a school and community that prides itself on diversity and inclusion that students who wanted to attend would be excluded.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-black-lives-matter-tl-0312-20150306-story.html
Once upon a time Black History month and its attending observances were meant to show people, whites included, that blacks have contributions to make and have made them in the past.
It's where as a young kit I came to learn about -- and admire -- the Tuskegee Airmen.
But now it seems BHM has morphed into an exclusionist ritual.
That'll help, I'm sure.
marym625 (6,274 posts)
2. hmm
Not gonna lie. I'm confused. I think I agree with the principal. However, I think there should have then been a second, or extended event, to include everyone. Not being allowed to support doesn't help.
pipoman (13,977 posts)
4. Can't think of a single reason there would need to be any exclusion...
Or how doing so would help anything...
Rex (50,831 posts)
9. That wasn't the intent, maybe you should read the article first.
It may not have been the intent (actually, it was) but it certainly was the practice.
pipoman (13,977 posts)
12. Yeah, I read it...dealing with racial issues
Through segregation...not a new idea...
But an idea consistently practiced BY DEMOCRATS
kwassa (19,032 posts)
24. If that is what you drew from this article, you didn't read it.
You certainly didn't understand what the principal was trying to do through affinity groupings.
Rex (50,831 posts)
3. HMMmm...sounds like they got a taste of, you know...
NOT harping on the white parents or making any kind of excuse for the school (I don't think this was intentional), but they expressed dismay...yet it is easily washed away when they return home with their kids. In some places POC live with that dismay when they go to bed and wake up the next day for the rest of their lives. So unintentionally those folks got a taste of what it is like to be discriminated against.
Just a taste, we white folks are still the lucky bunch.
And there it is.
It's not about equality, it's about getting even.
These hateful ****ers won't be satisfied until white people are being lynched; which obviously would be a crime against the new victims but it would also disgrace the memory of those who suffered racial injustice in the past.
LittleBlue (7,463 posts)
10. This is why these movements ultimately fail
The other side is already so good at divide and conquer, then we give them ammunition like this. Some will never learn.
AverageJoe90 (10,600 posts)
17. As I said in #15.....
Is it any wonder why the activist left is in trouble? We have a major image problem that not many people are willing to address at this point.
AverageJoe90 (10,600 posts)
15. ******* it. Are we ever going to ****ing learn?!?!?
This, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly what certain types of SJW bullshit has lead to. Exclusionary actions(those based on ethnicity, religion, etc., that is.) have never done a damn bit good for *any* progressive movement. Not once. I think if MLK were still alive today, he'd have been terribly disappointed by this conduct. *Shameful*.
Honestly, is it any wonder that the activist left is still in trouble?
NEWS FLASH: It isn't about justice; it never was. The only reason the dems seized on racial equality is because it was a way for the hippies to indict America in the name of tearing down the system for their beloved communist fantasies. Well, communism failed and this is all they have left.
Nye Bevan (19,278 posts)
16. Did the biracial kids get to go for half of it?
I'm guessing the principal is one of those "all whites are racists" folks.
bravenak (10,099 posts)
25. Stupidest thing I read today. Did the biracial kids get to go to half. Stupid.
Hey! Mixed blacks are BLACK. Ask the police. Read about one drop rules before you make offensive jokes like that. It is very racially insensitive.
NoJusticeNoPeace (2,137 posts)
26. Save your breath, this board is not the place for people like you and me
you know, liberals.
No, you're just racists.
kwassa (19,032 posts)
45. You are creating a phony argument to avoid dealing with the article's substance.
Tell me about affinity groups.
Affinity Groups --
Maybe I'm just being racist but...
...they all look alike to me.
bravenak (10,099 posts)
48. Ameria uses the one drop rule. You are being deliberately obtuse as usual.
People like you are relics.
"people like you"
bravenak (10,099 posts)
103. I have goals not goal posts.
Black kids need a protected space to discuss racism without white kids overtalking them and minimizing their issues. It's hard to discuss racism with white people if you are black. By giving them a place to talk about it, it helps them compare with other experiencing the same things. The fact that that bothers you, shows you don't ****ing get it.
kwassa (19,032 posts)
40. When are you going to read the article and deal with the principal's purpose?
Nye Bevan (19,278 posts)
44. Most people who want to racially discriminate come up with a bogus excuse (nt)
kwassa (19,032 posts)
47. Are you accusing these people of wanting to racially disciminate?
If you wish to make this charge you had better be prepared to back it up.
I think that this idea is only your own individual prejudice, because it is not reflected in the news article.
Nye Bevan (19,278 posts)
51. Banning students from an assembly based upon their perceived race
would seem to be an example of racially discriminating.
SickOfTheOnePct (2,739 posts)
77. No, I don't need to discuss it
I read the article, I read and understand the principal's POV, I just don't agree with his strategy.
The kids that need most to hear the message are being told "You're not welcome here". That doesn't seem to be a useful strategy, IMO.
kwassa (19,032 posts)
78. OK. Your white experience is more important than his black experience.
Got
There you have it.
Some animals are more equal than others.
MrScorpio (62,282 posts)
107. Many times as black people, we can't have anything for ourselves in this country...
It's not the first time some have tried to appropriate our lives.
They've tried it before with slavery.
^ See this ^
This is on the anniversary of the Selma marches.
You know...
...the marches that protested the fact that blacks had their own water fountains and seats on the bus.
Liars
hypocrites
petty-minded assholes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026327065
