2 8th-graders suspended for telling a racist joke

The Worcester (MA) Telegram and Gazette (owned by New York Times) ^ | 6/1/02 | Reia

[THROW?]

Why should they have to do anything? The parents should of went to the school board and slapped 6 inches of law across their face. Oh wait, I'm black make that 8 inches. No, I'm Asian make that 5.

[gg188]

JUST what *I thought. "They can't stand by. They can't laugh." Like the Red Guard Block Committee. Tianemen Square. Bolsheviks. They must rise up against these offenders themselves and stamp out the offenders to the Peoples revolution! They must report them to the AUTHORITIES! Perhaps they must put them on trial, on a PEOPLES trial, find them guilty and punish them appropriately themselves! Perhaps marking them with the scarlet letter!

[calvin sun]

I just emailed the staff with my comments above.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Hate-speech = thought crime.

What is the e-maill address to this school so I can send them some nice jokes?

[Boxsford]

lol! have you had your morning coffee yet?

[Principled]

“They can't stand by and laugh at those kinds of things, think those kinds of things..."

There it is. Political correctness has now reached its goal of approving thought. If you think an inappropriate thought, you will be punished.

That's been the goal of the left. Now they'll be working harder on defining what is and isn't appropriate. EG talk radio is innappropriate, defending the 2nd amendment is innappropriate, etc...

The pendulum must swing back!!!

[TightSqueeze]

Is there anything more useless than government employees?

You bet, armed government employees!

[cynicom]

Mal....

Did you hear the one about, the white honky WASP that....

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I suggest we now make all our non PC conforming jokes into ones about the education bureaucracy. I personally prefer they all be turned on Texas Aggies, but educrats will do almost as well.

[Hildy]

These kids get to learn early that "Everyone's a Critic!" Think of how outrageous this truly is. On so many levels this is so counter to everything America stands for, but yet, we just let it happen. Day after day.

[glock rocks]

Aggies

or would that be Agro-Americans?

[Salman]

What's the difference between a white man and a trampoline?

You have to take off your shoes to jump on a trampoline!

No that wasn't it.

[StACase]

Superintendent of Schools Anthony J. Bent said that the incident was an example of how adolescents sometimes show bad judgement.

LOL Like it doesn't show bad judgment on the part of the school administration. First Amendment be damned!

[phalynx]

Ok, so there was an American Indian, a Muslim, and a Cowboy sitting around talking.
The Indian said, "we were many now we are few".
The Muslim said, "We were few, now we are many".

The Cowboy chimed in and said, "That's because we haven't played Cowboys and Muslims yet."

[Colonel_Flagg]

When the paper calls it "racist" without this qualification, it is supporting the principal's point of view and is editorializing.

Great catch. Well done.

[thinktwice]

According to Aristotle, in his "Poetics," the essence of comedy is in the ugly.

Slipping on a banana peel, pie in the face, Polish jokes -- hilarious, but ugly.

[Politicalmom]

Whatever happened to taking a kid aside and saying "That was an unkind joke. Don't do it again." Or something along those lines? I hate PC crap.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

"Respect is our cornerstone." Wonder if the recipient of the supposed respect is not worthy of respect?