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Parents Complain About School Ad Excluding Whites From Tutoring Program (video)
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Posted on 02/15/2013 12:58:59 PM PST by ExxonPatrolUs

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A school principal said no white children were allowed at an after-school tutoring program, and now some parents call it discrimination.

The principal at Mission Viejo Elementary in Aurora sent a letter telling parents the program is only for students of color. Parents CBS4 talked with said they were shocked to see, in this day and age, what they consider to be segregation.

“I was infuriated. I didn’t understand why they would include or exclude certain groups,” said parent Nicole Cox, who is white.

Cox’s 10-year-old daughter needs tutoring. After receiving the notice, other parents complained to the school’s principal, Andre Pearson.

“We have come so far in all of these years to show everybody that everyone is equal, that everyone should be treated equally … this is a form of bullying,” Cox said.

Before Cox could complain to the school, Pearson contacted her directly. His voicemail only seemed to reinforce the segregated tutoring idea.

“This is Andre Pearson. It’s focused for and designed for children of color, but certainly, if we have space for other kids who have needs, we can definitely meet those needs,” Pearson told Cox in the voicemail.


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1 posted on 02/15/2013 12:59:08 PM PST by ExxonPatrolUs
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

“If”? How many illegals will be in the program taking up space for other students who are citizens?


2 posted on 02/15/2013 1:03:11 PM PST by JMS
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To: ExxonPatrolUs
I have a dream! I dream that all Americans, not just thinking conservatives, but that all Americans will finally see these racists for what they really are. I dream that the scam known as affirmative action will be dismantled and that those leeches will stand, or fall, on their own merit. I dream that the discriminatory minority hiring quotas and minority business loans will be trashed and the more qualified people can get the jobs.

And enough crap like that in the article might wake us up.

3 posted on 02/15/2013 1:04:54 PM PST by LouAvul
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

Guess he was admitting to whites being too smart?


4 posted on 02/15/2013 1:15:08 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

AND counting down until the homeschool zealots claim this is going on at every school in the land...

4.. 3.. 2...


5 posted on 02/15/2013 1:17:45 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

>>“We have come so far in all of these years to show everybody that everyone is equal, that everyone should be treated equally … this is a form of bullying,” Cox said.

Really? White people have become so scared/stupid that they don’t even know how to complain about injustice anymore! This isn’t “bullying”, especially as it is applied these days to include anything that makes some kid feel bad.

This is RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. Call it like it is, Cox! These schools are teaching your kids that they are second-class citizens and by the time they grow up, they’ll be slaves to the US Government, which will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Peoples’ Republic of China.

“Bullying” is the least of their problems.


6 posted on 02/15/2013 1:24:40 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: LouAvul

I am personally disgusted that affirmative action is allowed to stand, and as long as it does I could care less for anyone who fits into the “preferred” groups. Their sob stories on the news stir no reaction at all, except that I see them as possible job openings for people that look like me.

Like many of my urban ghetto counterparts, the concept of “country” has become meaningless (though for a different reason).


7 posted on 02/15/2013 1:27:06 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: humblegunner

If you don’t like homeschooling, then don’t homeschool (or let your children date a homeschooler).


8 posted on 02/15/2013 1:27:41 PM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (Those who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Guess he was admitting to whites being too smart?
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
JJ already have already made that statement.

When a ‘Black guy’ was accosted in a ‘White’ Neighborhood, the battle cry was ‘This is terrible, that gentleman has a Constitutional Right to be in any neighborhood, especially while just passing through and causing no trouble’.

When a ‘White guy’ was accosted in a ‘Black’ Neighborhood they had the following observation ‘He should have known better than to be in THAT neighborhood at that time of night’.

So, the natural assumption ala JJ is

“The Black guy has RIGHTS to be in a ‘White’ neighborhood while a White guy should be SMART enough than to be in a ‘Black’ neighborhood”.


9 posted on 02/15/2013 1:29:22 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Guess he was admitting to whites being too smart?
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
JJ made that statement a couple of years ago.

When a ‘Black guy’ was accosted in a ‘White’ Neighborhood, the battle cry was ‘This is terrible, that gentleman has a Constitutional Right to be in any neighborhood, especially while just passing through and causing no trouble’.

When a ‘White guy’ was accosted in a ‘Black’ Neighborhood they had the following observation ‘He should have known better than to be in THAT neighborhood at that time of night’.

So, the natural assumption ala JJ is

“The Black guy has RIGHTS to be in a ‘White’ neighborhood while a White guy should be SMART enough than to be in a ‘Black’ neighborhood”.


10 posted on 02/15/2013 1:32:46 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: Tea Party Terrorist
If you don’t like homeschooling

Please point out where I stated any such thing.

Appears to me that on THIS thread, I've objected to zealotry.

Try to pay attention.

11 posted on 02/15/2013 1:40:43 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

I see they removed the comments from the original article.

At one point, I believe there were over 1,000.


12 posted on 02/15/2013 1:41:14 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
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To: ExxonPatrolUs
Take care of your own. Don't subject your children to this kind of abuse. Why would any parent prefer their child being in a government run school over homeschooling?
It is not that difficult anymore. All of the technology out there and curriculum allows you to be ready to teach. You tube has videos and there are so many educational websites out in cyberspace to help you teach your children. In fact, I predict that colleges will be out of business in a few years because of technology and it's presence in our homes. you do not need a physical campus to learn anymore. it can all be found on the web.
Who knows, maybe you could learn a few new things too.
13 posted on 02/15/2013 1:49:27 PM PST by lucky american (The Democrats will follow the big "D"even if it means going over a cliff.)
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

Was waiting to hear what the principal’s name is. “Andre” is almost as good an indication of the fellow’s agenda as Tyrone or Lamont would have been.


14 posted on 02/15/2013 2:10:39 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: ExxonPatrolUs

The ad?

They aren’t complaining about being excluded, they are complaining about the ad?

strange...


15 posted on 02/15/2013 2:14:42 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Guess he was admitting to whites being too smart?

No mention of Asians. I assume they were excluded, too, but none of them felt the need to join the catch-up tutoring program. /S

16 posted on 02/15/2013 2:14:53 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: humblegunner

I got a robo-phone call from the school about Latino night... I hung up.


17 posted on 02/15/2013 2:19:59 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: humblegunner

not every school, but its not uncommon

there was a school district in New Mexico that planned to have harsher punishment for whites than minorities until they were hit with a backlash


18 posted on 02/15/2013 2:23:33 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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but its not uncommon

Have you anything to cite, any statistics, to back that up?
The tutorial discrimination mentioned upthread?

It irks the dogcrap out of me when a SINGLE INSTANCE is assumed to be a systemwide occurrence.

And then in jump the zealots, making retarded assumptions.

Folks will now proceed to read this as my defending public schools,
rather than objecting to zealotry and retarded generalizations.

19 posted on 02/15/2013 2:33:04 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

students suspended for saying “USA!”

white students facing harsher penalties than minorities

special programs for minorities

these don’t happen at every school, but it is more common than we think. I bet a lot of times it is kept under wraps.

I would never say it is everywhere. yet. But it is totally acceptable to a huge portion of our population.


20 posted on 02/15/2013 2:40:58 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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