This reminds me so much of the press behavior in the early Iraq War. Over and over and over, "sources" would feed reporters just fucking horseshit — Judith Miller being the most notorious example — and reporters would breathless print their nonsense claims totally uncritically. No matter how many times the claims…
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"Sterling got $2 Billion!? I, uh, just *found* a racist Mad Lib I did in 2007!"
With a mouth like that she should change her name to Boston Strong.
I agree. Way to many black children are taught by people who hate them, fear them and under value their worth as human beings.
I vaguely remember in third grade, our social studies teacher asked the class what caused the civil war. I show my hand up and said slavery, and she made a point to to point out I was extremely wrong and it was about state's rights. The funny thing is, I believed her for the longest time. I thought about that when I…
White cishet feminists do all sorts of fucked up shit, but they like to hide behind their oppression in order to avoid culpability in other systems of oppression.
Sadly, my first experience with racism was in 1st grade. I didn't recognize it as racism until years later. I just thought my teacher really, really hated me and I didn't know why. It's an awful thing to experience an adult that doesn't like you at 6 years old. Years later when I talked to my parents about it they…
A larger phenomenon that is not just white men. Plenty of comments on the Darrin Wilson fundraisers were white women, plenty of people at the "protests" in favor of were too.
I kind of do too but then when black male confronts white female regarding something the white female did wrong, chances are the only thing they'll see is Angry Black Man and the point will be lost.
Well, that's a great question! Without pretending to be an academic authority, I will share what comes to my mind when I see images like this (and I'm aware this may be seen as melodramatic, but this is genuinely what comes to mind): images of lynchings. Of families, grandparents, smiling children standing around a…
NYC public school teachers are disproportionately white Catholic conservatives with family members in civil service. I.e., they think they're taking a stand for their brothers, fathers, husbands, boyfriends, etc.
I've posted about this before, but when judging a science fair in Mississippi, I was told on more than one occasion 'Look how good this poster is and (in a whisper) she's black'. The expectations are completely different for children of color. I also work with a guy who has his kids in public school around here and…
Pretty much. You can't expect students to respect or learn anything from teachers who seemingly don't care at all that you and people just like you have been victimized. Teachers can only teach effectively if they remain neutral in the classroom. Shouldn't that be something teachers already know? WTF, teachers?
the educators in Staten Island and Queens
You know what? I am not surprised one bit. I am not hurt. I am not angry. I am not disappointed. Nothing makes me feel like shocked anymore when white people like this pull a stunt of this level. This is America after all. And by the way, all people of color know, that they will not be fired! Suspended? Maybe (nope,…
"New York's Brightest Support New York's Finest"
No need to put "biased prosecutor." That phrase is redundant.
Think about everything you hear about Washington in the news: The disingenuous, corrupt, racist white jerkoffs bankrupting the country. The gutless fucks who say that there's "no simple solution" to people with AR-15s shooting up public places... but legislate what gay people can order at Chipotle. The defense…
Also I noticed straight white men are the ones who decry about infringed "rights" more than any other persecuted group. They suddenly "feel" like the world is not fair for them more intensely because they have never experienced it before and don't know how to handle it with grace or maturity and they react like a…