[cyborg]

These people need to GET OVER IT!!!!! They're just upset someone came along and knocked over their racial applecart.

[leadpenny]

Your first post. Welcome to FR. You here to stay?

[beaversmom]

I heard this story on the radio the other day. I say Trevor file a lawsuit.

[Kirkwood]

I don't think he was mocking MLK day. He was mocking the way society labels people. Some labels work pretty well (like liberal and conservative), but some labels like African-American are irrelevant.

[Dead Corpse]

You are not authorized to participate in this Two Minutes of Hate. Report to the Ministry of Love for an orientation session.

[Tribune7]

School choice is the solution. If administrators depend on happy parents for their salary, they'll stop being petty tyrants.

[Prodigal Son]

I'd like to see more made out of this. I've always wondered what would happen if a white from Africa asserted his African-American status.

[jimkress]

He dared to mock BuckWheat's birthday? Oh the horror!!!

[Condor51]

How un-PC. Didn't this white boy know that only blacks can be true African-Americans? Regardless of the fact that none of the 'African'-Americans in his school are really from Africa, except him of course.

And I wonder what the idiots at the school would have done if say an Egyptian student ran for the 'African'-American award? Last I checked Egypt was still in Africa. Wait, I know, he'd have to run for the Egyptian-African-American award.

Yep, being a pc race-pimp certainly does get complicated at times!

[CurlyDave]

Maybe someone from one of their civics classes could comment on freedom of speach. Last time I looked he was guaranteed freedom of speach. I haven't seen the part where blacks are guaranteed freedom from getting their feelings hurt.

While they are looking it up, check out the equal protection parts. An award at a public school reserved for African-Americans is not constitutional.

Why do I hope for a big lawsuit and the firing of the ones who imposed punishment?

[reg45]

Irony of ironies, MLK Day was celebrated on Robert E. Lee's birthday (January 19th). Dr. King's real birthday was the 15th.

[Poser]

A well written article that deserves a bump and full reading. Thank you and welcome to FR.

It's about time we stopped calling black people "African-Americans" because they aren't. Perhaps each of the different caucasian groups should start demanding to be hyphenated as well.

I want to be called "Euro-American" and I will be horribly insulted if you call me white! I will call you a racist and a xenophobe if you even say the word "white!" I want all of my cultural holidays to be recognized! Saint Patrick's Day should be a national holiday. Valentine's day and May Day as well should be observed with national holidays.

Does anyone know of any Welsh holidays? I want to start celebrating them.

[Prodigal Son]

Are you the author of this piece?

[Tench_Coxe]

The one bright light in this is, at least from what I see, is that the kids 'get it'. The administration doesn't. And the heavy handed manner, I suspect, will only help more kids to 'get it'.

[kenth]

Why can't he be the Distinguished African American Student? Clinton was the first black president and the left celebrates him.

[Natural Law]

If, as MLK stated, that people should be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, he should be a legitimate candidate.

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?

[JZoback]

Thought this might interest you

Bro

[solo gringo]

Why are people so upset about this is it because thie young man is african or because he is white.There are lots of us would like to know.

[the_daug]

[M Kehoe]

The more this story is told, the more the hypocrisy of the PC crowd, and the left is exposed. Believe me, if the left was as well armed and trained as most of the Right (or was able to disarm the populace), we all would be living in a communist country right now.

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