Posted on 04/12/2019 2:16:58 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KTRK) -- A Nevada school board trustee received instant criticism from parents after she used the term "colored" to describe students while trying to resolve racially-motivated social media attacks at a high school.
Clark County School District board member Danielle Ford made the statement during a public meeting intended to ease fears by parents.
"There's two different problems that we are experiencing right now," Ford began. "One is our lack of safety protocols, and the other one is the safety of colored students in general."
She continued, "These are two different conversations. There is a clear problem with our culture."
TV station KTNV recorded the statement, as well as several parents walking out once the term was uttered.
After that, parents still at the meeting let in on Ford.
"Your words have fallen on deaf ears. Anything she said at this point is null and void and means nothing to us. Because, right now, all of your words mean nothing. You just showed your true colors," one parent said.
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But she's right. There most certainly is a "clear problem with our culture".
‘Colored’ = BAD
‘People of Color’ = GOOD...........................for now............
So the words i said out loud just now...probably not a good idea to post on FR?
What’s the C in NAACP stand for again?
People of color/colored people.
Same.
it is still very proudly the National Association for the Advancement of COLORED people
Communist—but thanks for asking!
Yep. Colored people. NAACP.
Probably not..................
You just showed your true colors,” one parent said. = GOOD
Colored People = BAD
what is the problem
Gonna see if i can find this woman’s twitter address and send her what you stated.
Not that she would use it in defense but I just want it out there.
She should have said negroes?
This was the proper word in the 1950s. How old is this guy? It was probably an innocent mistake. Like when the president pronounced Tanzania the way we used to say it.
The hypocrisy knows no bounds.
I.e., “...students who are POC....” She might have been okay with that. Well, for now like you said. I suppose saying “people” will soon be a dog whistle and we all know what it really means. All aboard the triggerville trolley! SMDH!
Danielle is not a guy.
Click the link. She’s a hottie. A young hottie. She clearly stumbled over her words. Her mouth got ahead of her brain. She didn’t mean to say “colored”. But it happened.
And snowflakes are going spastic over it.
She should have said negroes?
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Maybe should have said “them people”?
Oh sorry. But if she’s young, it was just a slip. Same point.
Or even if the person is old, it could be a different kind of slip.
Why is everyone always trying so hard to prove that white people are racist? I think because their whole political raison d’etre falls apart if we’re not racists. So tired of it all.
there cannot be a ‘discussion on race’ of any relevance if one side cannot speak freely. until that is rectified, there will be no conversation of an meaning
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