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White teachers sue Philadelphia School,claim race bias
KYW news ^
| 5/17/2011
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Posted on 05/17/2011 12:21:51 PM PDT by SueRae
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Four white Philadelphia teachers charge in federal race-bias lawsuits that a black principal suggested they were unfit to teach black students.
The teachers work at a predominantly black school in the citys East Falls neighborhood.
Their lawsuits say a former principal had them read an article that said white teachers do not have the ability to teach African American students.
(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: discrimination; education; filthadelphia; holderspeople; philthadelphia; publicschools; racism
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:21:54 PM PDT
by
SueRae
To: SueRae
Eric Holder and his goon squad will fight this with everything they have, They even admitted it. No whites need apply.
To: SueRae
Four white black Philadelphia teachers charge in federal race-bias lawsuits that a black white principal suggested they were unfit to teach black white students. Can you imagine the outrage at the reverse situation?
But those same outraged people probably see absolutely nothing wrong with racism against whites.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:25:25 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islamophobia: The fear of offending Muslims because they are prone to violence.)
To: SueRae
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:25:49 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: SueRae
white teachers do not have the ability to teach African American students.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:25:49 PM PDT
by
TSgt
("Some folks just need killin'" - Sling Blade (2006))
To: SueRae
Oh brother. Now the lawyers are going to get rich off of White people. We seriously need to stop litigating every single thing that irritates us. Stop with these worthless lawsuits. I know that it might be horrible to hear they you aren’t as good as a black teacher when teaching black kids but we have enough problems. Even FREEPERS will agree with this because it is big news when blacks sue and we think it is ridiculous so to not be hypocritical I say it is not good for anyone to sue.
To: SueRae
Won’t fly. Whites aren’t Holder’s people.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:27:11 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: GeronL
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:27:35 PM PDT
by
TSgt
("Some folks just need killin'" - Sling Blade (2006))
To: SueRae
Textbook
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:28:15 PM PDT
by
TSgt
("Some folks just need killin'" - Sling Blade (2006))
To: SueRae
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:29:28 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: SueRae
If I were to bite my tongue any harder, it will surely bleed.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:37:17 PM PDT
by
Gator113
("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
To: TSgt
Tony Williams,the former mayor of Washington D.C., was criticized because he was not black enough and spoke standard English correctly. He replied that he was taking a Berlitz class on Ebonics was working on his pronounciation of “Yo.” I laughed my ass off.
To: AU72
They can easily win-
Just have to claim to be gay/trangendered-/other..
Just like the Mcdonald case, the homosexual minority
trumps the black race card.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:39:40 PM PDT
by
mj1234
To: napscoordinator
Oh brother. Now the lawyers are going to get rich off of White people. We seriously need to stop litigating every single thing that irritates us. Stop with these worthless lawsuits. I know that it might be horrible to hear they you arent as good as a black teacher when teaching black kids but we have enough problems. Even FREEPERS will agree with this because it is big news when blacks sue and we think it is ridiculous so to not be hypocritical I say it is not good for anyone to sue.
This FReeper doesn't agree. It is about time the cannons are turned back on those firing them all the time. Lawsuits (especially if successful) and stories like this reinforce the point that whites can and are subject to racial discrimination. Putting up with it says the opposite, and can even establish precedent.
I realize the lawyers will make dough from this, but in the long run if we make it clear that whites won't put up with discrimination either, maybe these organizations will be scared of getting sued by EVERYONE,throw up their hands and implement truly color-blind policies (i.e, basing things on merit instead of skin pigment). When that happens these lawsuits stop and the lawyers go back to chasing ambulances.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:40:25 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: SueRae
No surprise - Philly’s a sewer.
To: SueRae
White teachers not proficient enough in ebonics?
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:45:56 PM PDT
by
Carley
(We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
To: SueRae
When whites look at this suit and say, “Whites should not sue, in this manner...” what they REALLY mean come from the French slogan, “Nobless oblige”.
Literally that slogan means, “nobility obligates”, which means being NOBLE obligates you do do something you don’t want to (like alm for the poor), or to refrain from some action you feel tempted to give into (like kicking a sleeping drunk from your doorstep).
But unwittingly that impulse is VERY racist —why does simply BEING white make you, “noble”...?
No...the proper reaction is to ABSOLUTELY sue the pants off them, in other words, to go about a practice of...
...KEEPIN’ IT REAL.
The long term is for everyone to be mature, but if they can’t, “act white”, might whites instead act black?
NOME SAYIN’...?
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:51:44 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: SueRae
Well you whiney white teachers can you speak ebonics? Can you rap? Got a criminal record so you can relate? Do you know who your father is?
If you answered no on the first three questions or yes on the last you are unqualified to “teach” black students. Case dismissed. Next.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:59:42 PM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: TSgt
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posted on
05/17/2011 1:04:51 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Jack Hammer
"No surprise - Phillys a sewer." I was only in Philly once, and it was a close 2nd for the most disgustingly filthy city I have ever seen in my entire life. Number 1 was Manila.
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posted on
05/17/2011 1:07:09 PM PDT
by
libs_kma
(JIMMY CARTER - HE'S BACK IN BLACK)
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