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Olathe district apologizes after only black students invited on trip
http://www.kctv5.com ^ | march 28, 2014 | DeAnn Smith, Nathan Vickers

Posted on 03/29/2014 5:29:19 PM PDT by lowbridge

Officials with the Olathe School District issued an apology Friday after only black students were invited on a school outing.

On Wednesday, a letter was sent to Olathe South High School students by Assistant Principal Candy Birch. In the letter, Birch said in her role as activities director that she wanted to give students an additional opportunity to connect with each other.

"So we are planning an outing open to our African-American sophomores and juniors," she wrote.

The event on April 5 would include a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the American Jazz Museum, lunch at Arthur Bryant's and then a visit to the Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery to see the "History and Hope: Celebrating the Civil Rights Movement" exhibit.

(Excerpt) Read more at kctv5.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: academicbias; blackseparatists; kansas; naughtyteacherslist; neosegregation; racism
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To: Mastador1

That district’s tax dollars hard at work! No doubt they are really into the Common Core Standards and Data Base as well.


21 posted on 03/29/2014 5:50:39 PM PDT by Maudeen (Maudeen - Proverbs 3:5-10)
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To: lowbridge

Maybe this was surreptitiously meant to be “WHITES ONLY” day at school.

/s


22 posted on 03/29/2014 5:53:34 PM PDT by Chasaway (Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?)
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To: A_perfect_lady
Let them go. Let the rest of the kids see what the school is like on that day.

Would it be racist to say it might be quieter?

23 posted on 03/29/2014 5:53:45 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Lots of European countries? Which ones?
24 posted on 03/29/2014 5:55:56 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Publius

Those areas thrived before the predators took over. Bryants, Strouds, BB’s BBQ, with all the great places with wonderful jazz and blues.
Who want to go there now when they take over even the Plaza?


25 posted on 03/29/2014 5:56:12 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: MeshugeMikey

There is nothing more stupid on the planet than a white liberal.


26 posted on 03/29/2014 5:56:28 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Im very nearly surrounded by them.

Im astonished that they can get across the street under their own power without externally proscribed directions!

being as out of touch as they are they have no real BEARINGS whatsovere


27 posted on 03/29/2014 6:01:52 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: dfwgator
There is nothing more stupid on the planet than a white liberal.

Amen bro.

28 posted on 03/29/2014 6:02:44 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“any country that promotes every minority group at the expense of the majority culture - is waging war on the majority culture.”

Even worse: they are separating those minority students from any mainstream, increasing the chance that they become marginalized, unassimilated malcontents...


29 posted on 03/29/2014 6:02:45 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: A_perfect_lady

“Let them go. Let the rest of the kids see what the school is like on that day.”

That’s very funny!


30 posted on 03/29/2014 6:04:46 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Publius

So true! Jazz and good BBQ brought the races together.


31 posted on 03/29/2014 6:05:58 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: MrEdd
You weren’t paying attention in the 1980s.

You just had to be a jerk about it.

32 posted on 03/29/2014 6:06:02 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: kearnyirish2

And then there are stories like this

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/03/22/going-ruin-entire-life-18-year-old-aspiring-firefighter-charged-felony-pocket-knife/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_term=headline&utm_content=140329&utm_campaign=saturday


33 posted on 03/29/2014 6:12:54 PM PDT by Maudeen ( Jesus is the Answer. . .now what is the question?)
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To: lowbridge
an additional opportunity to connect with each other - school trips used to be educational, not a social event
34 posted on 03/29/2014 6:13:27 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: lowbridge
OK, Here's what I think. Olathe South High is mostly made up of white kids. A trip to the museums and Arthur Bryants is definitely going to cost more than the $9 fee being charged to the kids. It was probably affordable for the school to subsidize the handful of black kids, but if a lot of the white kids decide to go it will be very expensive. More buses etc.

By the way if I was a student, the tour would be well worth the $9.

35 posted on 03/29/2014 6:17:13 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: lowbridge

Maybe they can reschedule it, invite the white kids, but make them sit at the back of the bus.


36 posted on 03/29/2014 6:17:39 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: cloudmountain

the more they allow muslim immigration and sharia, the more they are doing it.


37 posted on 03/29/2014 6:19:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: deport

My granddaughter’s school district. Actually its got one of the most conservative school boards in the country. Interesting. There will most definitely be an uproar.


38 posted on 03/29/2014 6:23:11 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: Mark17
Would it be racist to say it might be quieter?

I suppose, but... look, I hate to say it, I really do, but that culture just sucks, from what I can see. There are black folks in my life that I like and respect. But they don't demonstrate the more visible elements of modern-day African-American culture. In fact, they usually seem determined to put plenty of space between themselves and the rest, and I don't blame them one bit.

39 posted on 03/29/2014 6:23:42 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Repeal 16-17

You are right.
Mea culpa.
I apologize.

Its a personal issue.


40 posted on 03/29/2014 6:31:28 PM PDT by MrEdd (vHeck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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