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Portland school sees racism in peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
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Posted on 11/26/2012 7:15:43 PM PST by chessplayer

In an effort to combat perceived discrimination, one Portland school seems to have gone off the deep end by suggesting peanut butter and jelly sandwiches carry racist connotations, Twitchy reported Monday.

According to the Portland Tribune, Verenice Gutierrez, principal of Harvey Scott K-8 School, "picks up on the subtle language of racism" on a daily basis.

“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” Gutierrez asked. “Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”

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To: kearnyirish2

How right you are.


61 posted on 11/28/2012 7:41:41 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (I'm going Galt.)
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To: Conservative4Ever

“How right you are.”

Thanks; I wish I wasn’t.


62 posted on 11/28/2012 2:30:05 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: chessplayer

I think that there is a dog whistle going off here that only leftist racists can hear.


63 posted on 11/28/2012 2:32:17 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist Totalitarian Fascism coming to a country like yours.)
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