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Posted on 01/24/2004 8:31:11 AM PST by PoliticsInCT
Trevor is a junior at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day Trevor, along with a couple of friends, decided to orchestrate a campaign that he be named the recipient of the "Distinguished African American Student Award" for next year. In the best American political tradition, they printed and plastered throughout the school about 150 posters showing a smiling Trevor giving a thumbs up and encouraging votes for him. The award has been given for eight years on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to a senior selected by teachers.
There was only one slight problem. Though Trevor was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, he is white. This apparently did not sit well with the powers-that-be at Westside High School. In very short order, Trevor and his band of merry men found themselves on the receiving end of disciplinary action. Though the punishment of the other students has not been publicly disclosed, Trevor himself was suspended for two days. This was his reward for publicly spoiling the spirit of this inspiring award on no less than the holiest of the politically correct holidays.
I suppose an insignificant punishment for unsanctioned poster hanging may have been in order but the resulting punishment was certainly out of proportion to the crime. The students were not officially disciplined for the hanging of the posters themselves but for the particular ideological message that was contained on them.
Even more disturbing and serious was the punishment of another student for circulating a petition the following day criticizing the practice of recognizing only black student achievement with the award. This gallant expression of grassroots activism was swiftly squashed by the now on-guard school administration that was boiling at the audacity of mere teenagers hanging, as they put it, "inappropriate and insensitive" posters in this culturally aware and enlightened society.
There is no law that says one has to be "appropriate and sensitive" (as defined by who?) but the speech codes in public high schools and college campuses are mercilessly used to strangle any suggestion of dissent of the policies and ideologies of the Left.. Never mind that Trevor is more "African" than any other student attending his high school and is probably more knowledgeable of African culture than the other 1,842 students combined.
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This is by design, I'm quite sure. The idea, at one point, I seem to remember reading, was to eclipse the celebration of the Confederate leader's birthday.
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I hope they do, not because I believe in all these ridiculous lawsuits, but because you have to speak to the PC tyrants in a language they can understand, and their common language is litigation. We have to start fighting fire with fire.
You are absolutely right, although in some nations it is through the maternal line. By that definition, I am Cherokee, even though my ancestry is predominantly Dutch.
If he was punished because of the color of his skin he should own the homes of the school administrators that issued the punishment. I think the Feds should launch a civil rights violation investigation over this one.
Lastly, where the hell is the ACLU?
Decent people will show respect, and there are always those who won't, and no amount of PC will change that. Better the enemy that you know than the one who is hidden. Just because someone is pressured into keeping his opinions to himself doesn't mean they are changed. In many cases, it fuels resentment to feel you have to keep your mouth shut about what you think. I'm not for name-calling, but I'm not in support of artificially induced "respect" either.
I like your home page. You're very pretty. No wonder Laz is hitting on you. 
Yes! (I didn't know either, but I did some quick peeking on the internet.)
"Another recent release claim which has also generated some concern is that of the proposed Tiger Moon Sanctuary in South Africa. The plan involves the introduction of tigers into South Africa. Readers should note that tigers are not naturally found in this part of the world and never have been; this common belief is a myth.
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/release10.html
At first glance I thought that said "Tiger Moose" sanctuary and that you were being a smart*ss. LOL!
As I said on another thread, I wonder if these same school administrators would be just as outraged if someone proposed that an Arab student originally from North Africa win this award?
(I just wasn't being one this time when I responded to your post)
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Oh, don't worry about that; he's likely to have changed ladies at least 3 times before the day is over anyway. LOL!
"Just let me know when Arkansas wants Hillary Clinton back"
She don't belong to us. She's rightfully Illinois' bitch native "daughter." We have enough problems with our own spawn of hell her husband.
Black race baiters suck. But not all blacks are race baiters. Similarly, white race baiters suck. But not all whites are race baiters. That's how I interpret that sentence. And I think you're pretty too BTW.
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