Why not call for Bill Clinton to fix it? Or Bush 43? Or Bush 41 for that matter? Why is the black man Obama expected to be the one to step up and correct what’s wrong?

HamNo is the worst kind of white liberal asshole. He always knows what’s best, his shit never stinks, and if you don’t do what he tells you when he tells you, you’re the asshole. Isn’t this the guy who went to Howard because he “loved hip-hop?” Yeah. Fuck this guy.

You know the guy in Happy Gilmore that really wants to take Shooter McGavin to the Sizzler?

“We used this word to humiliate and degrade black people for centuries. It’s bad enough they had the unmitigated gall to take it back and repurpose it as a term of solidarity and fraternity among themselves. Now we can’t even use it to elbow our way into conversations that have nothing to do with us? That’s offensive!”

Nobody knows what the teacher said, but her response to him is complete and utter horseshit. “Disappointment” should be reserved for a kid half-assing a journal entry, which King certainly didn’t do. The teacher had an opportunity to have a real conversation with a student, and instead she took issue with her getting…

I always thought that there is a subset of people who go into teaching because they are authoritarians who like demanding respect from people who are subordinate to them.

i only wanted to read you not talking

It’s the teacher’s response that sells this as the teacher being in the wrong for me.

Oh, I’m sure his teacher gave an in-depth analysis of Columbus! Including the fact that nobody is exactly sure where his ships landed before he summarily decided a land that had already had a thriving indigenous population was his to “claim.”

My wife teaches world cultures. In middle school. In Texas. Yes, schools are catered to parents who think they know better than teachers. Students have an... odd kind of power over their teachers. This is all true.

there is no down vote option on here so I just wanted to write how much I dislike this comment

As a history teacher in high school, I think this kid’s letter is the visual representation of awesome. At nine he is coherent, asking legitimate questions and pointing out problems. The real problem is the teacher’s dismissive comment that didn’t actually say anything. The teacher is disappointed? Maybe they should…

King is a child. The teacher is an adult. He did in fact pose a challenge to this educator. Some teachers are bureaucrats. Some truly are talented artists who inspire. You can either accept a challenge as an opportunity or a disappointment.

You’re taking a lot of liberties in assessing what did and did not happen in this situation. I wonder if she actually did say this and not the perhaps bullshit that you assume she probably said. In my experience, teachers will often treat young students as if they are completely clueless to anything that their lesson…

I don’t know how to do gifs and emojis. But I’ll just type blank face and leave

*blank face*

That was the part that wore me down. Not the abusive asshole. The fact that there is no justice. There is no savior. Nobody is going to stop him from doing what he does.

There’s gonna be a lot of emotions at the next few spin classes, especially when the instructor says “Hurry it up” but everyone of them hears the name of the devil himself: HARRIOT. Wailing and lamentations will ensue, set to some 21 Pilots or Chainsmokers song.

There are people who preach against masturbation, but fuck those people.