Gainesville, FL Girls leave school after racist rant on Youtube [View all]

[and ur bird can sing]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/gainesville-high-school-s_n_1290929.html?ref=black-voices&ir=Black%20Voices

I don't know how many saw this video. I just watched it this afternoon. My verdict? I don't think it's what it looks like.

These girls are from a different generation. I never say the N-word but they go to a school which is 60% Black. I am sure they hear that word being said left and right and very casually.

Their rant is more about class than race. They are decrying the dropout rate of the majority of Blacks in their school. The more vocal girl says she has a Black male friend who is the child of two surgeons. So she is looking beyond color (she's half-Cuban, by the way) but is quite insensitive about those from the lower end.

I feel a frustration about certain subgroups myself. It's not racist. It's wondering how anything will change if we just scream 'racism' any time someone brings up dysfunctional behavior like dropping out of school and having children way too young.

*Edit: Being poor does not mean that a young person is destined to drop out or make babies but since we cannot do social engineering, how do we have higher expectations for people in this category?