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Saint Mary's punishes professor for choosing racist song
Contra Costa Times ^
| 4/26/10
| Matt Krupnick
Posted on 04/26/2010 9:01:53 PM PDT by SmithL
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:01:54 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
So the original lyrics of
Old Man River have been erased from history?
I didn't know that.
Does anyone know exactly when that happened? I could not have been before 1950.
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:08:53 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(10% of muslims, the killer murdering radicals, are "only" 140,000,000 of 'em)
To: SmithL
It contains the word “darkies.”
The WHOLE SONG is about how WHITE FOLKS are keeping “darkies” subservient.
The WHOLE SHOW is anti-racism.
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:09:42 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:12:05 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:15:39 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: Publius6961
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:15:54 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Craven spirits wear their master's collars but real men would rather feed the battlefield's vultures)
To: Arthur McGowan
They could have just balanced it off by the black rap song “Cop Killer”.
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:16:19 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: SmithL
Just one more attempt at the pussification of America by a bunch of hysterical pussies.
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:19:43 PM PDT
by
davisfh
( Islam is a very serious mental and social illness)
To: davisfh
More action from dumb kalifornia blacks, like the teacher who almost lost her job for using the word “niggardly.” The ig’nant black folk got all up in her face.
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:23:50 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
To: SmithL
Apparently the “derogatory terms” in question are so taboo that the Contra Costa ties can’t even give us a clue as to what they were. Was it the ultra-original version that contained “niggers”, or the not much later version that changed “niggers” to “darkies”, or is even the later later “colored folks” considered too derogatory to mention. How the heck is poor Mr. Lebherz supposed to know exactly what words are so taboo that they are prohibited in any context, if the words can’t be written or spoken anywhere?
To: LouAvul
"More action from dumb kalifornia blacks, like the teacher who almost lost her job for using the word niggardly. The ignant black folk got all up in her face." I thought that happened in Baltimore.
To: freedumb2003
Youve never heard Elderly man River?I believe the new PC term is "Senior Citizen Pristine Wetlands"
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:36:09 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: SmithL
...forced to apologize to the class and to complete diversity training... Oh yes, self-criticism and a tearful confession in the re-education camps of Diversity Training. The Soviets may have lost the Cold War but the communists are still holding out in academia.
To: SmithL
Death, would death do it for you “equal treatment” folk? Do you want to watch? Perhaps participate?
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posted on
04/26/2010 9:41:17 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: Publius6961
The musician already has been forced to apologize to the class and to complete diversity training. Sig Heil! Nonconformers vill be sent for reprogramming!
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posted on
04/26/2010 10:22:54 PM PDT
by
apillar
To: SmithL
Saint Mary's College has punished a singing instructor... for his choice to use... the original version of the show tune "Old Man River," which refers to slaves and African-Americans in derogatory terms... The musician already has been forced to apologize to the class and to complete diversity training, said Beth Dobkin, the college's provost.
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posted on
04/26/2010 10:40:32 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: SmithL
I remember watching a black guy sing “Old Man River” on the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City when I was a kid. Now, it’s a problem? It’s a classic song.
The guy should sue St. Mary’s.
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posted on
04/26/2010 11:04:50 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(I'm voting for Sarah Palin because she pisses off the right people.)
To: Billthedrill
I would have told them to take their diversity training and shove it up their fat behinds.
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posted on
04/26/2010 11:06:55 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(I'm voting for Sarah Palin because she pisses off the right people.)
To: july4thfreedomfoundation
I think like you do, but your more polite than me..
To: SmithL
Lebherz, an artist in residence at Saint Mary's, had been asked to teach classes this year, Dobkin said. His choice to use the original version of the show tune "Old Man River," which refers to slaves and African-Americans in derogatory terms, will affect his employment, she said. "It already has, but I can't tell you to what extent," Dobkin said. "We're continuing to discuss our future relationship with him."
This case appears to be about a religious institution, as opposed to a tax-payer supported school. Thus, regrettably, Dobkin's pension will not be directly affected when California goes bankrupt.
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posted on
04/26/2010 11:16:22 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
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