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Am I a Racist?

Posted on 11/16/2018 6:48:57 AM PST by 2nd Amendment

I had an unfortunate event happen to me this morning. For a semi-retirement job I decided to substitute teach. After hearing 2 black students tell me they hated history, I began to extol the rich contributions of blacks to American history. Moments later I was escorted to the office by the principal and escorted to the door. He implied I was a racist and we do not single out black students in our school. The parents of the students are coming in to support the students. and I will be blacklisted from subbing in county schools.I learned firsthand the sensitivity of race in American Schools and how Politically Correct educators must be in government schools.


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To: ealgeone

And in many cases, the tribes traded those slaves with Arabs who would then sell them across the Atlantic.

These Arabs refined the slave trade and their direct progeny count among themselves one Barak Obama, Sr.


61 posted on 11/16/2018 8:07:04 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Believe me if I ever sub again, I’m going to stay clear of AA students. I’m not going to come alongside of them and help them with their work. I’m not going to try to encourage them in anyway or try to help them see the real world outside. I am going to look at each one as a potential lawsuit or a career-ender.


62 posted on 11/16/2018 8:08:43 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: 2nd Amendment

Are you white? If you are, the answer is automatically yes.


63 posted on 11/16/2018 8:12:03 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Yes, I guess I am white. kinda pinkish or brown on some occasions. I guess the pigment in my skin is the most important thing these days.


64 posted on 11/16/2018 8:13:51 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: sanjuanbob

Why disagree? I have to assume you are not naïve.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. You and I would probably do exactly what 2nd did. And we too would be fired as well.

I would argue that - if there was a next time - and you persisted in “singling” out black for extra attention, you would face even more problems.


65 posted on 11/16/2018 8:15:05 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: 2nd Amendment

“I might just get a part time job at Costco, instead.”

Costco is where white people shop.

So guess what? You are still a racist.


66 posted on 11/16/2018 8:19:55 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: 2nd Amendment

Why focus on race anyway? Hate history, ask why, suggest impportance through examples. But too late. You played the liberal race card and got bit. Race should not have been part of the discussion.


67 posted on 11/16/2018 8:20:26 AM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m just a 63 year old discouraged old fart. I tried to do right. I tried to engage the students, maybe with a little liberal pandering. Instead I was treated like scum and escorted out of the school by Principal and Vice-Principal with their lofty sounding words. I’m just lost in this generation. I love all students because they are “imagio Deo” created in the image of God. What I experienced today was cold, hard PC racism and if this is what American Schools have become, then God help us!


68 posted on 11/16/2018 8:24:09 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: ml/nj

Plenty would not exist were it not for black pioneers; here’s a very small glimpse at what modern day inventions came from the African American community.

https://cw33.com/2016/02/05/30-inventions-you-can-thank-a-black-person-for/


69 posted on 11/16/2018 8:27:27 AM PST by GOPJ (Watch this for our survival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: 2nd Amendment

“I’m in a quandary here. I can’t talk about Banneker, Douglas, Carver, Johnsokn, Carson, Degrasse >>>>>>>and the 10,000 inventions by African Americans,”

Can you show same lists for sub-saharan African countries / tribes ?-— Whoops, I just got asked to leave.../sarc


70 posted on 11/16/2018 8:28:46 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Do you support Trump? If so, then, yeah! You be racist.


71 posted on 11/16/2018 8:31:21 AM PST by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: GOPJ

Bless your heart! This was all I was trying to say. At another school I showed a group of Black students this list and their eyes lit up and they said. These men look like my daddy and I want to be like them someday! This is all I want. I want all Americans to be included in the mosaic of accomplishment.


72 posted on 11/16/2018 8:32:47 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: 2nd Amendment
"....if this is what American Schools have become, then God help us!"

 

Indeed. God help us and forgive us! I'm reminded of this meme....

Image result for dear god why is there so  much violence in our schools

73 posted on 11/16/2018 8:34:03 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: 2nd Amendment

Not racist at all. Perhaps the 2 students felt like the spot light was on them. Which could be rectified by the principle saying “Please do not single out those 2 students” anymore. They feel awkward about it. There. Done.

I can understand. A black girl I met who hated sports told me she couldn’t stand it when people asked her how good she was at basketball. Just annoyed. That’s all. Not a freaking federal case.


74 posted on 11/16/2018 8:35:05 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: lgjhn23

Same here in Canada, which is why we have kids in private school. We did have the provincial health nurse hounding us though asking why we wouldn’t get our 11 year old the Gardisil vaccination.


75 posted on 11/16/2018 8:36:20 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: gaijin

Especially since they do not teach.


76 posted on 11/16/2018 8:37:46 AM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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To: Sam Gamgee

you’re probably right. I stand corrected. Institutions cannot look at motives or handle situations with commom sense, they must go full bureaucratic


77 posted on 11/16/2018 8:38:37 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: 2nd Amendment

Liberals need the black community to stay on the democrat plantation... and that takes ‘keeping wounds salted’...


78 posted on 11/16/2018 8:40:14 AM PST by GOPJ (Watch this for our survival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: GOPJ
Plenty would not exist were it not for black pioneers; here’s a very small glimpse at what modern day inventions came from the African American community.

https://cw33.com/2016/02/05/30-inventions-you-can-thank-a-black-person-for/

Color me unimpressed.

The link to the first guy listed on the page you linked is broken. So I Googled his name and the first thing they mentioned was that he invented the self-locking rack for billiard cues.<

WOW! Talk about changing the course of history!

ML/NJ

79 posted on 11/16/2018 8:45:51 AM PST by ml/nj (.)
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To: 2nd Amendment

“Am I a Racist?”

It appears anymore if you criticize a minority, no matter why, you are a racist. I wonder if whites become a minority that will still apply?


80 posted on 11/16/2018 8:52:18 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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