re: Staten Island Asst Principal in hot water after Facebook post

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didn’t see anything about race being mentioned

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This is the full post

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Stolen from someone who couldn't have said it better:

What is privilege?....

Privilege is wearing $200 sneakers when you’ve never had a job.
Privilege is wearing $300 Beats headphones while living on public assistance.
Privilege is having a Smartphone with a Data plan which you receive no bill for.
Privilege is living in public subsidized housing where you don’t have a water bill, where rising property taxes and rents and energy costs have absolutely no effect on the amount of food you can put on your table.
Privilege is the ability to go march against, and protest against anything that triggers you, without worrying about calling out of work and the consequences that accompany such behavior.
Privilege is having as many children as you want, regardless of your employment status, and be able to send them off to daycare or school you don’t pay for.
Privilege is sending your kids to school early for the before school programs and breakfast, and then keeping them there for the after school program...all at no cost to you....paid for by the people who DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH RISING TAXES AND COSTS!...you know, us so called “PRIVILEGED” the ones who pay while you TAKE TAKE TAKE!

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The message is very clear a shot at the ‘white privilege’ mantra & pointed around blacks

The illiterate slaves helped white southerners form businesses?

So... the truth hurts.

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seen a dude saying this in TIK TOK, not sure which one is the originator.

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It's been floating around Facebook for about a week. Not sure who the originator is.

I chose not to share on that platform but I don't disagree with it. I've actually been guilty of a few of these "privileges" during my lifetime. Poor isn't race selective

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educator posting a meme chastising poor kids and their parents and telling them how privileged they are isn't going to go well

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You may have noticed that the successful, educated, thoughtful majority in this country is getting sick of the lies. And sick of the silence. Speaking out when it's not popular is the hallmark of an independent and emotionally mature person.

Keeping your mouth shut because you're afraid to speak the truth is the greatest crime of all.

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You may have noticed that the successful, educated, thoughtful majority in this country is getting sick of the lies. And sick of the silence. Speaking out when it's not popular is the hallmark of an independent and emotionally mature person.

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There is nothing thoughtful or independent or emotionally mature about sharing a overly generalized FB meme.

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even if you want to be obtuse and say she never mentioned race

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But she literally did not. That's not obtuse, that is fact. We can infer as much as we like and make assumptions, but that's all they are at the end of the day. Where this will be particularly relevant is if she gets canned and this gets brought to court for wrongful termination.

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an educator posting a meme chastising poor kids and their parents and telling them how privileged they are isn't going to go well

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Yeah probably not, but that is in itself the problem now, isn't it? People can't say what they want without getting absolutely arse blasted due to cancel culture for having so much as an opinion.

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a little situational awareness goes a long ways

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True, but this needs to go both ways.

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posting a meme chastising poor kids and their parents and telling them how privileged they are isn't going to go well

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And There is the Rub. The comfortably poor in this country have a greater voice than the producers. The poor aren't poor enough to care about improving their situation. But...how dare a taxpayer shame them or at the very least, draw attention to their gaming a system designed to help people in need. Welfare should not be a lifestyle.

You should get on your personal Facebook or LinkedIn and start posting about "good whites" if it's so important to you.

But you won't. It's much easier to judge everyone, tell them what they are doing wrong, and call them idiots from a handle on Tigerdroppings.

You don’t know anything about my life or what platform I have outside of here.

And you’re right. I am judging you. Because you’re weak.