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re: St. Michael's of BR Student Writes Controversial Paper on MLK
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:39 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:39 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
I always hated having to do black history month papers and projects.
yeah but you werent dumb enough to write something like this were you?
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:53 am to Thacian
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Sad but a lot of what he said is true about blacks
NOT.A.HE.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:54 am to Thacian
also it was a chick who wrote this
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:59 am to Antonio Moss
quote:
The difference of course being that Chambers is on the city advisory council and this student plays no role in local government.
Other than that, same thing.
yeah that comparison was so bad.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:05 am to Darth Aranda
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Just another overblown controversial topic. Meanwhile, people are killing each other in the streets while we're sitting here debating whether or not this student/school were in the right or wrong. Seriously though, a student has a dumb arse opinion that gets made public and everyone in Baton Rouge is talking about it. Why not focus on more important things?
Because nothing can be done about the other things that's why.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:07 am to meauxjeaux2
i hope this girls identity stays sealed. but it's prob out there not hard to find....
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:08 am to Topwater Trout
quote:
is this wrong?
His fricking grammar sure is.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:18 am to tke857
In order of worst sins possible in the modern USA
1. Racism against minorities
2. Killing puppies
3. Pedophilia
4. Rape
5. Murder
1. Racism against minorities
2. Killing puppies
3. Pedophilia
4. Rape
5. Murder
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:23 am to theunknownknight
it is probably the one thing people can rally around and feel that they are making a difference in.
The other 4 things listed, on an individual level, cannot be fixed.
The other 4 things listed, on an individual level, cannot be fixed.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:27 am to tke857
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i hope this girls identity stays sealed. but it's prob out there not hard to find....
Unfortunately you might be right. As a black man I don't like like some of her opinions, but she's a high school kid.
Leave her the frick alone.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:34 am to tke857
should we really give a frick what color jesus was..
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:39 am to theunknownknight
quote:
2. Killing puppies
3. Pedophilia
both of these are perpetrated on creatures that have absolutely no control over their situation. Nor are their false accusations of pedophilia or killing puppies (generally). Racism and rape can be co-opted to promote an agenda.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:41 am to tigerinthebueche
quote:
Racism and rape can be co-opted to promote an agenda.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:51 am to Wayne Campbell
quote:It's things like this that I wish more people knew about. There's so much misinformation out there about slavery in general. All black americans are considered to be descendants of slaves and every white person a slave owner. White americans went and took Africans out of their homes. Only blacks were slaves. Only whites were slave owners. More slaves in American than anywhere else. Slavery started in America. America was the last place to end slavery.
FTR, when slavery was abolished the importation of slaves from Africa had been illegal in the U.S. for 60 years
Slavery is/was terrible. There's no need to make shite up or exaggerate it, unless you need the rhetoric/hyperbole for personal/political gain.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 9:05 am to tke857
My thoughts on all of this:
1. This is a prime example of the stupidity of youth.
2. The bad grammar, misinterpretations of evidence, and the scattershot nature of her "argument" indicate that this is not a very good student, and may have a learning disability of some sort. She is obviously not up to normal 12th grade standards.
3. St. Michael is not on the same level academically as Catholic, U-HIgh, Episcopal, and others. Everyone knows that. But this is not indicative of the typical St. Michael student. The school will just have to take its black eye on this one.
4. St. Michael's principal, Ellen Lee, is actually a pretty good principal. One rogue student isn't indicative of a leadership or culture problem at St. Michael.
5. Get ready, St. Michael, to take it in the teeth when the "dialogue about race" crowd comes knocking on your door. They won't miss this opportunity to demonstrate their self-righteousness to you.
6. What the girl wrote just can't be defended. It's flat wrong. I wish the reaction to this story would be a focus on helping this student, as opposed to a focus on blanket statements about race and schooling. The first statement where she says "I hate almost every black person" indicates that she needs help. If she's telling the truth, then that's too much hate to carry around. More likely, if she's overstating her feelings, then she needs to learn how to control them, express them, and frame her position more accurately. Either way, this young person apparently has difficulty socializing and/or communicating on a basic level. Honestly, my main reaction is that I feel sorry for her.
1. This is a prime example of the stupidity of youth.
2. The bad grammar, misinterpretations of evidence, and the scattershot nature of her "argument" indicate that this is not a very good student, and may have a learning disability of some sort. She is obviously not up to normal 12th grade standards.
3. St. Michael is not on the same level academically as Catholic, U-HIgh, Episcopal, and others. Everyone knows that. But this is not indicative of the typical St. Michael student. The school will just have to take its black eye on this one.
4. St. Michael's principal, Ellen Lee, is actually a pretty good principal. One rogue student isn't indicative of a leadership or culture problem at St. Michael.
5. Get ready, St. Michael, to take it in the teeth when the "dialogue about race" crowd comes knocking on your door. They won't miss this opportunity to demonstrate their self-righteousness to you.
6. What the girl wrote just can't be defended. It's flat wrong. I wish the reaction to this story would be a focus on helping this student, as opposed to a focus on blanket statements about race and schooling. The first statement where she says "I hate almost every black person" indicates that she needs help. If she's telling the truth, then that's too much hate to carry around. More likely, if she's overstating her feelings, then she needs to learn how to control them, express them, and frame her position more accurately. Either way, this young person apparently has difficulty socializing and/or communicating on a basic level. Honestly, my main reaction is that I feel sorry for her.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 9:07 am to SpqrTiger
I basically imagine this girl to have the same mental capacity as the "Cash me ousside" girl.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 9:09 am to StopLightObservation
quote:
That's what the world has come to, parents scared for their child's life because of what she wrote on a paper never meant others eyes.
Then why did she share it with someone other than the teacher?
Posted on 2/21/17 at 9:11 am to SpqrTiger
quote:
3. St. Michael is not on the same level academically as Catholic, U-HIgh, Episcopal, and others. Everyone knows that. But this is not indicative of the typical St. Michael student. The school will just have to take its black eye on this one.
get ready to incur the wrath of a certain poster here....
Posted on 2/21/17 at 9:11 am to npt817
quote:
Then why did she share it with someone other than the teacher?
just stop
Posted on 2/21/17 at 9:15 am to meauxjeaux2
I don't have time to sift this entire thread but I'm just wondering why they felt the need to address this in the media in the first place. Did she post this on fb or something? If not, and it was only turned into teachers and perhaps peers..what was the purpose of making a public statement that has only created negative publicity for this school-especially academically.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 9:16 am
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