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romanic

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19. I noticed you haven't responded at all to my last post
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:26 AM
Oct 2015

so im going to ask again; what about my post was racist? I'm a biracial darker skinned man that grew up in a low-income district with gang violence and drug trafficking in and around the crummy, broke high school i was forced to go in.

Racist shit? You know what's really racist? School districts that are left to rot and fall apart because of white flight. Districts that have little to no money to do repairs or rebuild because the surrounding (mostly white) towns that fall underneath part of the district WENT TO THE POLLS AND OVERWHELMING voted down millages to improve a failing district. Districts that hired SROs with hefty salaries while the teachers and janitors have thier wages cut and thier supplies dwindle because of cuts made by fat cat administrators. And let's not forget all the few positive things like art and music and shop classes being cut while class sizes double in numbers, some mixed with problem children from a different school in the district because that building was closed...due to more cuts.

I've experienced the appalling conditions of my schools in the mostly black city i lived in, just like kids that live in other mostly black cities here in Michigan (Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Benton Harbor, Inkster and Buena Vista - the latter two dissolved by our white GOP governor ) Violence, little opportunity, overworked staff, and no one who gives a shit.

If anything is racist it's the conditions that plague mostly black/ poor school districts; not me detailing my experience in a district similar to it. Again if that offends you're delicate sensibilities then too god damned bad. It's my opinion and my life experience and i refuse to be silenced by someone like you.

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Have they fired the principal yet? Bok_Tukalo Oct 2015 #1
Unlikely.... Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #2
Why should he be? nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2015 #3
Fail. giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #27
do people even read the entire subject line anymore? snooper2 Oct 2015 #39
I don't have any idea how these kids will survive in society once out of school. cwydro Oct 2015 #4
That's some serious coded language there. LeftyMom Oct 2015 #5
Sure. Happy to, and that is not coded language. cwydro Oct 2015 #6
I live here. I attended that school. If my kid weren't homeschooled he would have been in the room. LeftyMom Oct 2015 #7
Um no, I would assume that white kids listen to rap because they do. cwydro Oct 2015 #8
I've never heard a white kid's misbehavior blamed on rap feuds or Nikki Minaj. LeftyMom Oct 2015 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Oct 2015 #12
+1 Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #17
I wouldn't worry too much about what others say cwydro, GGJohn Oct 2015 #35
I'd maintain that pretense too if my bias depended on it. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #42
Amazing how authoritarians... OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #18
You nailed it. It is an attempt to justify that SC cop's behavior. n/t FSogol Oct 2015 #33
Weird, I was a terrible teenager. giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #29
School violence is getting out of control! romanic Oct 2015 #10
The school in question is overwhelmingly Asian and Latin@ LeftyMom Oct 2015 #11
I was describing my own experience romanic Oct 2015 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Oct 2015 #13
Racist shit? romanic Oct 2015 #14
I noticed you haven't responded at all to my last post romanic Oct 2015 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Oct 2015 #20
So you don't give a shit about what I said then? romanic Oct 2015 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Oct 2015 #23
If you're looking for an argument you're not getting one so... romanic Oct 2015 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author GGJohn Oct 2015 #36
There are millions of students in thousands of schools jberryhill Oct 2015 #28
This same sort of crap is currently happening in a few Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #16
That's bc teacher's aren't supposed to intervene. giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #30
Many times the teachers are drawn into the conflict without their consent. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #32
They are supposed to back away & call admin giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #34
And this attitude of tying teachers hands is why cops get called in for minor stuff that Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #38
It's not "my" fucking attitude towards it. giftedgirl77 Nov 2015 #45
That is some stupid shit right there Egnever Nov 2015 #43
A dumb one. giftedgirl77 Nov 2015 #46
And your point is? If it's to compare to the female student merely sitting before getting assaulted, WinkyDink Oct 2015 #21
In my suburban mostly white high school Bettie Oct 2015 #25
one student 'fighting' and a couple kids & adult trying to hold him back. in a lunchroom. Sunlei Oct 2015 #26
Welcome to the real world. giftedgirl77 Oct 2015 #31
Nice try. Rex Oct 2015 #37
Is there a point to this post? justiceischeap Oct 2015 #40
The point is some kids need/deserve a beat down NightWatcher Oct 2015 #41
Looks pretty tame to me Egnever Nov 2015 #44
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