Posted on 10/22/2015 1:34:42 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
When San Francisco middle school principal Lena Van Haren saw which kids on her campus had been elected to the student council, she was disturbed at the lack of diversity among the winners. There were no Latino or black candidates chosen for the top four spots. Her concern for a representative student government, given the preponderance of students of color at Everett Middle School in the Mission District, may have been understandable. What she did about it, however, swiftly raised a different kind of alarm. Van Haren decided to withhold the results of the Oct. 9 election for more than a week, saying the school community needed to figure out how to have a more representative government. “This is complex, but as a parent and a principal, I truly believe it behooves us to be thoughtful about our next steps here so that we can have a diverse student council that is truly representative of all voices at Everett,” she told parents in an e-mail Thursday.
he response was immediate and at times vehement. Parents complained; students were angry. It appeared, some parents argued, that diversity was trumping democracy.
“My criticism of the Everett administration is their good intention got in the way of their common sense,” said parent Todd David. “It’s really, really disturbing to me that withholding the results somehow equals social justice or equity. That is where I totally disconnect. I’m like, ‘Whoa.’”
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KommiFrek’N’Fornua Again.
And being that this principal is a White girl in a predominantly non=White school, perhaps she should do the right thing and resign?
Something new: Affirmative action elections!
“It appeared, some parents argued, that diversity was trumping democracy.”
Well, duh: That’s intrinsic to democracy.
“Democracy? I want nothing to do with a system which operates on the premise that my rights don’t exist simply because I am outnumbered.” ~ R. Lee Wrights
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” ~ H. L. Mencken
diversity kills
Obama will try this next Presidential election
it would certainly increase the diversity of that school’s administation if they hired someone with a few brains
Death to Diversity!!
Remember that the left has a different working definition of the word “diversity” than that of the dictionary.
“Equal opportunity” has been replaced with “Equal results”.
and California sucks why???????
Naked, feral, bared-teeth, white-hating racism, from a feminist school administrator Rat Hillary slave in SF.
What a surprise.
Why is a WHITE woman the principal of a school with an 82% minority population???? She should be FIRED immediately or she should resign. Anything else would be RACISM!!!!!!!!!
Simple solution- Each race and gender needs to elect its own President.
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