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NYC Ed Dept. eyes charge kids bullied, 1 beaten (called "cracker" and "white boy,")
NY Daily News ^ | 10.10.05 | KATHLEEN LUCADAMO

Posted on 10/10/2005 7:32:44 PM PDT by Coleus

Ed Dept. eyes charge
kids bullied, 1 beaten

Students victims of race hate, mom sez

 

Lisa Brown moved from Oklahoma so that her two sons, Sloan (l.) and J.T. and her daughter Robbie could experience diversity in Brooklyn.
City education officials are investigating the claims of a pair of boys from Oklahoma who moved to Brooklyn to experience diversity, and instead say they got schooled in racism and violence.

Mom Lisa Brown, 33, told the Daily News she relocated her family from their small Oklahoma town so her husband, a Brooklyn native and social worker, could more easily find work and her sons could experience different people and ways of life.

Brown enrolled her sons, Sloan, 12, and J.T., 13, at Ebbets Field Middle School in Crown Heights. But when the boys, who are white, showed up, their mom said, they got a chilling indication of what was to come.

"Oh my gosh, we are going to have fun this year," a security guard muttered, according to Brown.

Things quickly got worse.

Sloan was beaten mercilessly, called "cracker" and "white boy," and chased into traffic by his new classmates, his family said.

The abuse got so bad that Sloan routinely bolted out of the building to find his brother and run to a nearby subway, dodging verbal and physical attacks, he said.

"It almost makes me cry," Sloan said. "I'm scared to go back."

The brothers skipped school all last week while their parents tried to sort out the mess.

"Do I have to send the National Guard in to get my children an education?" asked the distraught mom.

When Brown tried to alert Principal Marge Baker to the abuse, "the principal refused to take the calls," she charged.

Brown filed several police reports at the 71st Precinct stationhouse about the alleged abuse, but said she was ignored.

Police sources said precinct cops did take the incident seriously but believe school staff are in a better position to deal with what appeared to be a series of schoolyard fights and bullying.

The boys' stepfather, Ken Brown, requested a transfer for the boys on Sept. 28, but Education Department officials noted he can't seek the change because he is not a custodial parent.

Eventually, the fedup mom went to nearby Elijah Stroud Middle School to transfer her sons there, but said the principal told her: "They'll have the same problem here."

Education officials promised to help the Browns - after being contacted by The News.

"The principal was not sufficiently attentive to this situation," the Education Department said in a statement. "Upon learning of the situation, the region is taking immediate action to arrange a transfer for these children.

"We will fully investigate what happened, including whether racist statements, which are not tolerated, were made and take appropriate action."

Brown said the Education Department called her several times over the weekend, after The News made queries, pledging to get the kids into Elijah Stroud and chastising her for calling in the press.

Despite the principal's warning, Lisa agreed to send her boys to Elijah Stroud tomorrow.

"I'll make sure my kids are safe because it is the school system's job to make sure they are," she said.

For Sloan and J.T., escaping Ebbets Field Middle School will be a relief. The school opened in September as one of the city's many new small schools, with plans to "become the crown jewel" of Crown Heights, according to the Education Department Web site.

The Browns said their ethnically and racially diverse neighbors in Prospect Heights have embraced them, and they thought New York was "the greatest place on Earth" - until they started battling the school system.

"I was excited to expose my children to a complete variety of people," Lisa Brown said. "I thought it would be an advantage. I always told my children that children could be cruel - but not to this extent."



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; blackonwhitecrime; boys; brooklyn; bullying; civilrights; civilrightsforwhites; crackerattacker; crooklyn; culturalentropy; decencydeficit; diversity; gangs; gobacktookwhitey; hatecrime; libkoolaidrinker; moforednecks; multiculturalism; nocivilrights; nonecallithatecrime; norightsforwhites; nyc; okeycrackers; redheads; schoolviolence; students; urbanbarbarians
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To: laz

Nah, this would be BS in Nassau County, where Cyborg and I spent much of my youth.


221 posted on 10/10/2005 9:32:08 PM PDT by Clemenza (Gentlemen, Behold!)
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To: Vision Thing

Yes, very much so. I have my own business now, building it up, and my quality of life is much better. That and bitter winters of a blustery 55 degrees! :-)


222 posted on 10/10/2005 9:37:57 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: sageb1

Same planet as I do?
Hmm,I guess all those young white punks who told"coon jokes"and yelled "the jig is up"to black folks walking by were actually NON racist.Or the people who told me"blacks have smaller brains"were just enlightened intellectuals.
Or maybe you could tell the group of white kids who yelled,"you nigger loving son of a bitch"at me while walking down the hiway minding my own business in Tupelo,Miss. that those remarks were in the tradition of rational discourse.


223 posted on 10/10/2005 9:39:09 PM PDT by Riverman94610
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To: Welsh Rabbit

think Jimmy Carter and Miss Lillian

it's the heaven by good deeds school of thought

which translates to "be nice" Christianity at it's most pedestrian


224 posted on 10/10/2005 9:46:31 PM PDT by wardaddy (I can be the next supreme court associate justuce...i swear....trust me)
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To: HitmanNY
Congrats on all the good news. I've heard great things about setting up a Nevada corporation. Unfortunately, those benefits are unavailable to those of who reside outside of Nevada.

You do know it snows every other winter in Vegas, don't you? It doesn't accumulate, but still, that's 32 cold degrees Fahrenheit. :-)
225 posted on 10/10/2005 9:46:40 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: Coleus

"Don't you be bringin' your rednecks into our black school, heah?"


226 posted on 10/10/2005 9:48:20 PM PDT by drlevy88
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To: Vision Thing

Yep. On my birthday in Janyuary we had some snow which was pretty wild! Still, daytime highs tend to be fine! I like it here, though I always consdiered Las Vegas as a transitional place for me, and not where I would wind up.

Wait and see and thanks for the good wishes!


227 posted on 10/10/2005 9:48:36 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: Coleus

Stupid liberal. She actually believed the diversity BS. Her children now know better.


228 posted on 10/10/2005 9:51:04 PM PDT by Aznar5
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To: TheBigB

I have a s-i-l who thinks the same way. She was disgusted that her former town was "so white" and was happy that they were moving to a city down south and that it would be more diverse. They hate it down there but I don't think she's made the connection. I just can't believe someone would move to a city just to expose their kids to diversity. I hope she's happy with the experiences her kids are recieving.


229 posted on 10/10/2005 9:56:17 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Coleus

This is actually a good thing. It reminds people of the reality.
What the liberals call "diversity" is in fact racism against whites. I simply don't understand why would the liberals hate themselves so much.


230 posted on 10/10/2005 9:57:10 PM PDT by ConservativeChinese (I'm a Chinese, no affirmative action needed, thank you.)
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To: Riverman94610
Yes,black kids can be vicious to white kids,Mexican kids and Asian kids and quite often to each other. My advice to the white kid-and I have personally witnessed this dynamic numerous times in my "diverse" school district-if you get harased by a bully of ANY color stand up for yourself.Hold your ground.Fight if you must and fight hard. Even if you lose,the young "brothers" will give you some respect for going down fighting. Most black kids in the hood respect toughness and many will stand up for you later if you aren't a "punk". Today I was at a junior high school in the ghetto and witnessed two black kids picking on a smaller Mexican kid. I went over to intervene but before I could a larger black kid jumped in front of the bullies and said, "hey,man,leave him alone,He's cool"End of drama.

Hmmm... so it's just like prison, then. I think I'd be maybe just a smidgen concerned what my kid might do to be "cool" to these young upcoming urban thugs.

231 posted on 10/10/2005 10:01:58 PM PDT by zipper (Freedom Isn't Free)
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To: opinionator
I can see Senator Clinton standing on the school steps, blocking these boys from attending classes.

I can see Senator Clinton standing on the school steps and telling people "nothing to see here, move along".

232 posted on 10/10/2005 10:08:58 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: SuziQ

Some homeschooling advocates think that NY has some of the most burdensome regulations going. I never minded the accountability. Knowing that I had to report what I was doing gave me extra incentive to be sure I kept on track. There are no educational requirements for the parents, high school diploma is good enough. You have to mail in a Letter of Intent to Homeschool, send them at most a list of textbooks you're using and file quarterly reports for the 4 marking periods. I dislike paperwork but it's more of an annoyance than burden. The mistake a lot of people make is thinking that you have to get permission to homeschool when, in fact, you TELL them you're homeschooling. There is the factor of getting over the mentality of thinking that you answer to the school district because we are so used to the schools telling us what to do as if they have authority over us; which they don't.


233 posted on 10/10/2005 10:14:18 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Vision Thing

The whole NYC liberal thing is something created for tourists, etc. As I said, it's like the electronics stores in Times Square. But at its heart, NYC is about business and nothing else. You can rise as high as your talent and ambition take you or fall as low as possible, which is pretty low.

Whatever systems are in place, serve business. Like the public baths erected in the late 1890s and early 1900s, they allowed immigrants to keep marginally clean, stop the spread of disease to keep the sweatshops humming along.


234 posted on 10/10/2005 10:19:20 PM PDT by durasell
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To: zipper

Don't get me wrong.I'm not saying this state of affairs is POSITIVE.I am just saying it reflects REALITY.
Personally,I wish everyone would get along,be nice to each other and greet everyone with a warm smile.I only stated what I have seen dozens of times working in an urban school system.


235 posted on 10/10/2005 10:26:47 PM PDT by Riverman94610
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To: Coleus

This woman is a complete moron...I'm beginning to see why the joke around here (Kansas)is so funny, when someone says to you after you notice something odd about somebody, "well, they're from Oklahoma" OOOOhhhhh, ok, I get it. I really don't, but I swear it IS SAID


236 posted on 10/10/2005 10:27:36 PM PDT by SaintDismas (Jest becuz you put yer boots in the oven, don't make it bread)
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To: wardaddy

Miss Lillian truly believed that Larry Flynt could make Christian porn.


237 posted on 10/10/2005 10:29:33 PM PDT by Clemenza (Gentlemen, Behold!)
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To: Riverman94610

understood


238 posted on 10/10/2005 10:32:40 PM PDT by zipper (Freedom Isn't Free)
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To: wequalswinner
It's been said that when the Okies moved to California they raised the cumulative IQ of both States.
239 posted on 10/10/2005 10:33:34 PM PDT by durasell
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To: Riverman94610

My father who grew up in Newark, NJ, ie the Oakland of the East Coast, told me the same thing with regards to "respect." He was and is right.


240 posted on 10/10/2005 10:34:22 PM PDT by Clemenza (Gentlemen, Behold!)
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