Caucasian Student Club Developer Drops out of School

CNSNews.com ^ | 10/23/03 | Jon E. Dougherty

[kattracks]

CNSNews.com) - A 15-year-old high school freshman who proposed the creation of a Caucasian student club at a California high school has transferred to another facility, citing harassment from other students.

Lisa McClelland reportedly left the predominantly white Freedom High School in Oakley, vowing never to return because of pestering from other students, some who accused her of being racist. With her parents' permission, McClelland transferred to La Paloma, a continuation high school in nearby Brentwood, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

"Some people would say words like 'racist' when they see me," Lisa told the Chronicle. "Some people would give me a look. Some people would whisper something."

She said in one incident, a group of boys too far away for her to see called out the word "racist." Another incident involved an acquaintance. Principal Eric Volta dealt with both cases, the paper stated.

Louis Calabro, founder of the European-American Issues Forum, told CNSNews.com he was initially contacted by McClelland regarding her idea for the Caucasian club. Despite her decision to leave Freedom High, Calabro said he would continue to support McClelland, "act as an informal advisor to Lisa and her family, and help her any way that we can."

"In all of California or maybe America, there is not a Caucasian student club," Calabro said. "All students have a right to honor and celebrate their identity," even if they're not minorities, he added.

As CNSNews.com previously reported, conservative critics have denounced opposition to McClelland's proposal as a racial double standard.

"There is incredible public hypocrisy over the entrenched double standards that have come to be taken for granted by the American educational establishment," David Horowitz, founder of the Los Angeles-based Center for the Study of Popular Culture told CNSNews.com last week. "Our (high school and college) campuses are the most segregated and racially discriminatory institutions in the entire country."

Lisa McClelland's problems at Freedom High began shortly after she developed, then circulated, a petition in late August with "Caucasian/White Club" as the headline. In three weeks she said she collected 300 signatures from students and townspeople.

McClelland defended the idea of a club for whites, arguing that many other ethnic groups had their own clubs at the high school. Among those are the Black Student Union, the Latinos Unidos for Latino students and the ALOHA club for Asian students.

But as support for her club grew locally, others in the community and surrounding areas saw problems.

The Chronicle reported the East County Chapter of the NAACP was "vehemently" opposed to the formation of any Caucasian club, ostensibly because it would foster segregation.

"It's not culturally sensitive to the community we're addressing. The club, in name, seems like a backdoor approach to separation," the paper quoted chapter vice president Darnell Turner as saying. "From a historical perspective, this will bring up fears."

Pedro Noguera, a sociologist at New York University who specializes in race and diversity issues, said he agreed with Lisa's club "to an extent." But, he told the Chronicle that a Caucasian club had a different meaning than clubs for other ethnic groups as a result of U.S. history.

"On one level, it is understandable that when white students see other students celebrating their cultures and participating in activities that recognize their backgrounds, like Cinco de Mayo or the Chinese New Year's Parade, those students might feel some degree of resentment," he told the paper. "But almost everything else, though it's not named as a celebration of white people and white culture, is just that. Most of U.S. history glorifies the experience of individuals and groups of people who are white. That is the norm."

Calabro blasted such a view, calling it "bigoted" and insisting it had no place in 21st century America. "That's sick," he said. "Those old bigoted ideas must be left in the past."

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[metalboy]

Too bad she wasn`t Arab and Muslim, she could have joined the Muslim club and not only that, watch her fellow students take a three week course in Islam that was mandated by the California legislature.

[Clock King]

What the article leaves out is that a number of "minority" students supported Lisa's idea. Kids don't want to see their friends left out of activities.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I would not be proud if I had a son who tried to form or join an "all white boys" club, but at the same time, I'm sick of the double standards. Liberal laws are pervading the free spirit of our culture.

The USA is not the Land of Seatbelt Laws. It's not the Land of Quotas. It's not the Land of Gun Control. It's not the Land of Cigarette Lawsuits. It's not the Land that Bans plastic knives from airplanes. It's the Land of the Free.

Our manifest destiny is to return to the freedom our ancestors enjoyed. And the privacy. We will again, I believe, because that is what the people of this great nation want.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Even if minorities supported a "white club", so what? It spreads discord and dissention. I do want a colorblind society. But at the same time, I don't like the pervasive atmosphere that crams conformity down everyones' throat. There used to be a lot of Irish jokes. Nowadays, the Irish laugh at those jokes to the point that they are rarely said anymore. Polish jokes are more fun because the Polish are very sensitive. But they, too, will one day be shluffed off as a myth-based nothing. But if the law had stepped in, then it would have become like the Forbidden Fruit. That is what's beginning to happen today. The Forbidden Fruit is like a magnet, and it is polarizing. It spreads discord. The youth of our nation will be drawn to it.

Sad FReegards....

[G.Mason]

"A 15-year-old high school freshman who proposed the creation of a Caucasian student club at a California high school has transferred to another facility, citing harassment from other students."

Say it ain't so! Who wudda thunk that?!

Now all she has to do is change her name, have some facial plastic surgery and dress like a male, so's she won't get stoned to death by the "liberals".

[Graybeard58]

"Some people would say words like 'racist' when they see me," Lisa told the Chronicle. "Some people would give me a look. Some people would whisper something."



...Did anyone else read the above quote? Is this the reason Lisa changed schools? If so, it's time for Lisa to grow up.
...Gimme a break. If this is the worse thing the girl ever has to face in high school she should thank her lucky stars and get on with her life. What a wuss-- even if she is a 15 year old girl.
..."Some people would give her a look"--- Poor little Lisa.

[TaxRelief]

Lisa wasn't even a conservative to begin with. She was a "principled liberal" and this was her first taste of the hypocracy of the "tolerant".

This was the type of lesson that teaches the young to become conservatives.

[Consort]

Her political viability is permanently damaged.

[Yeti]

You should have heard the ruckus when I was in engineering school and some guys wanted a room allocated for the National Society of White Male Engineers, to match the digs that the black and women engineering societies had. It wasn't pretty, and the school refused the space.

[Rebelbase]

"It spreads discord and dissention."

Where do you draw the line? At some point a person has to make a stand and bring to attention the hypocricy of the left. The liberal indoctrination is strongest at the school level, thus all the commotion over this.

I admire the girl for making a stand on principle.

Do you have kids in public high school? I do and the constant liberal brainwashing from the course material, teachers and students is analogous to a Chicom human wave.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I heard this young girl interviewed on local radio and she indicated her mother was "very liberal" and her father was not political.

After their first-hand glimpse at the "tolerant" left, I suspect they will have different political views.

[Graybeard58]

"Lisa wasn't even a conservative to begin with. She was a "principled liberal"

...Never having met a "principled liberal" I can't take a position on that. What it does smell like to me is that Lisa and her parents may be setting her up as a "victim"
... I look for Lisa's next move,to be to "lawyer up" if she hasn't already.After all, people are giving the poor girl "looks" Move little Lisa aside and you may see some greedy parents, which is the "classic liberal" as opposed to the principled liberal.
...I don't want to be too hard on the girl and I think she should have a right to form her club. Having raised four kids(two of each gender) through their teen years and more importantly having been one myself back in the stone age. I am qualified to know B.S. when I smell it. I think that Lisa has been shoved into a rather large pile of it by some older people possibly parents and as a result the whole affair reeks of it.

[FreedomPoster]

>>That is what's beginning to happen today. The Forbidden Fruit . . .

I don't think this is a case of The Forbidden Fruit. I think this is a case of a student with a well-developed sense of political theater of the absurd, making a very needed political statement.

[bitcon]

I do want a colorblind society.


I don't. If we're going to ignore the color of ones skin what's next? Hair color? Eye color? Height? Try filing a police report without the suspects height, weight, hair eye or skin color and see what the chances are of finding the person. It's not that people notice the skin color of someone it's what it means to them. The best thing is for skin color to mean nothing more then hair color.

[Graybeard58]

"I do want a colorblind society"

...That was well put bitcon. I started reading your statement and immediately disagreed with you, by the time I had finished it I agreed...One of those "just damn" things I guess.

[bitcon]

Thank you.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

She may have made a political statement, but unfortunately she wasn't strong enough to withstand the controversy it brought.

[Graybeard58]

"but unfortunately she wasn't strong enough to withstand the controversy it brought".

...We had better build Lisa a bubble to live in if she can't withstand the following:


"Some people would say words like 'racist' when they see me," Lisa told the Chronicle. "Some people would give me a look. Some people would whisper something."

[Pan_Yans Wife]

After she wins a lawsuit, she will be able to buy a bubble.

Not to mention, it seems that her parents aren't helping to strengthen her and teaching her that life isn't fair. They are allowing her to play the victim. I sincerely hope this child never has to endure a worse tragedy than this one, because she seems ill equipped.