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Mother says school work sheet is racist
The Intelligencer ^ | October 27, 2009 | CHRISTINA KRISTOFIC

Posted on 11/19/2009 5:32:28 AM PST by SolidWood

When she was helping her son with his homework Saturday night, a Central Bucks mother noticed something that surprised and shocked her.

"I couldn't understand what I was looking at," said the woman, whose identity the newspaper has agreed not to disclose.

It was a work sheet called "Solving Equations using Multiplication and Division!" and it featured a photo of a black man wearing a straw hat, shirt and suspenders, with his mostly toothless mouth wide open. As if to underscore the man's stupidity, at the bottom of the picture was written, "No wai!!!"

The mother learned that her son, the only black student in his eighth-grade pre-algebra class at Lenape Middle School, was teased by another student when the assignment was distributed.

"One of the kids in the classroom turned around and said, 'Is that your father?' " she said.

"We are highly insulted and offended. We sent him to school to learn pre-algebra. He should be protected from this stuff, not have it thrown in his face...He gets enough (racial slurs) and negativity from the kids. To have the teacher encourage it?"

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The boy's mother said she spent much of the weekend angry and in tears.

"It's very stressful to be an African-American in the community and you want to fit in and you want to embrace all of the things Central Bucks offers you," she said. "Who's protecting us here?"

Monday night, after meeting with the boy's family, NAACP Bucks County President John Jordan issued a written statement denouncing the events.

[...]

She plans to keep her son home from school until she feels as though it's safe to send him again.

(Excerpt) Read more at phillyburbs.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isthatyourfather; mathishard; naacp; nowai; racebaiting; racism; whosurdaddy
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Drama!!!

1 posted on 11/19/2009 5:32:30 AM PST by SolidWood
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To: SolidWood

So if the picture was of a white man, it wouldn’t be racist?


3 posted on 11/19/2009 5:35:19 AM PST by rhombus
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To: SolidWood

For every BS charge of racism and insensitivity that comes out, occasionally they get one right. This pic has no business in an Algebra sheet.


4 posted on 11/19/2009 5:35:26 AM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: SolidWood

I’m about as white as white can be and even I find that offensive...to say nothing about disgusting as well.
(a pic like that would make me lose my lunch.)


5 posted on 11/19/2009 5:36:50 AM PST by ozark hilljilly (Ditherer In Chief = An appropriate acronym!)
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping


6 posted on 11/19/2009 5:37:05 AM PST by Tribune7 (God bless Carrie Prejean)
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To: SolidWood

out of school until it’s safe ? doesn’t she mean “until everyone feels and thinks the same wat I do” ?

i hope he learns what she intends for him to learn from Steve Wilkos.


7 posted on 11/19/2009 5:37:12 AM PST by Celerity
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To: icwhatudo

Exactly. Stupid decision on the part of the teacher.


8 posted on 11/19/2009 5:37:13 AM PST by TexasNative2000 (There's a reason the oath talks about defending the country from enemies both "foreign AND domestic")
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To: SolidWood

9 posted on 11/19/2009 5:38:24 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SolidWood

I thought pre-Algebra was a 7th grade subject. My 8th grader is in Honors Algebra.


10 posted on 11/19/2009 5:38:53 AM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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To: SolidWood

Geez.

That is kinda racist, isn’t it? Sheesh


11 posted on 11/19/2009 5:39:04 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: SolidWood

Curran is an idiot.


12 posted on 11/19/2009 5:39:06 AM PST by decimon
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To: ozark hilljilly
the woman, whose identity the newspaper has agreed not to disclose

her son, the only black student in his eighth-grade pre-algebra class at Lenape Middle School,

Looks like they didn't value her anonymity too much, eh!

13 posted on 11/19/2009 5:39:35 AM PST by Billg64 (It is my belief that this is our last opportunity to peacefully protect our republic.)
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To: icwhatudo

Why would an image like that be on an Algebra sheet???? Highly insensitive and racist.


14 posted on 11/19/2009 5:39:45 AM PST by Fred911 (YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
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To: SolidWood
One of the kids in the classroom turned around and said, 'Is that your father?' " she said.

Did she tell the boy "No Wai! We don't know who your father be."

15 posted on 11/19/2009 5:40:42 AM PST by Iron Munro (I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take another beating.)
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To: SolidWood

For all those offended, I’ll ask again... would this be less offensive if the guy was white? Why? What is the stereotype here? Ignorance? Poor dental hygiene? It’s OK to be ignorant and toothless as long as you’re white or any other race except African American?


16 posted on 11/19/2009 5:41:02 AM PST by rhombus
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To: icwhatudo

She should have pointed out that the image is in poor taste and has nothing to do with algebra.

“Spending the weekend in tears” and pulling the child from school “until he is safe” is BS drama. Pullin the NAACP into it is ridiculous to boot.


17 posted on 11/19/2009 5:41:10 AM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood
Mother says school work sheet is racist

Racist & racism have lost their meaning. Now, ANYTHING one doesn't like is racist.

I hate brussel sprouts....they're racist.

18 posted on 11/19/2009 5:41:33 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: icwhatudo

Agreed.


19 posted on 11/19/2009 5:41:36 AM PST by Tom_Busch (The big media IS the enemy)
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To: SolidWood

My question is, what was the intent of the picture to begin with?


20 posted on 11/19/2009 5:41:46 AM PST by marvlus
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