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41. OK I'm gonna be devil's advocate

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 03:22 AM

Feb 2012

I don't know the details, but then that hasn't stopped anyone else on the thread getting outraged.The funds were for low income students. Like any other big city, Dallas has problems with gangs, and thre is certainly a perception (which I don't know if is true or not) that low-income boys do not have good role models in their lives and that is one reason why gangs are so popular. So along comes a film showing some great black role models. Is is possible that the school district thought, here is an inspiring film these kids should see, and might not see otherwise? Now, put on the spot, they can hardly come out and say that, can they? Is it just possible that their motives were not based on sexism or any other ism?

obviously, as a girl, I too would have been annoyed at being stick in the classroom while the boys went to the movies, but does everything really have to be an outrage?

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Girls excluded from 'Red Tails' field trip; Thousands of Texas schoolboys brought to see the film [View all] Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 OP

"told the newspaper that the district often holds gender-specific events" lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #1

So, they're admitting to doing things like this OFTEN. pnwmom Feb 2012 #5

Maybe they did it on take your daughter to work day. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #7

They probably only let people bring their sons for that one. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #18

Except it is "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #69

The federal government funds "The Women's Educational Equity Program" lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #73

Thank you for admitting I was right!!! obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #75

"Right"? lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #76

Yes, I was right obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #95

wah wah wah ... did you get off your ass and organize a Take Your Son to Work Day? Scout Feb 2012 #104

Well, see, women can only fly small planes according to Rick Santorum tanyev Feb 2012 #2

Oh wow, that's some of the most blatant sexism i've seen in a while tech_smythe Feb 2012 #3

Really Really REALLY scary thought: Ken Burch Feb 2012 #19

Not to mention the bi-racial love affair that's a centerpiece of the movie. Doremus Feb 2012 #26

it's probably one of those "the principal read too many Kyle Onstott novels" things. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #28

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about oberliner Feb 2012 #61

Then it makes even less sense that they'd do that. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #79

I don't know oberliner Feb 2012 #80

why should the readers of the NY Daily News care about a field trip in a Dallas, TX school district? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #81

Are you familiar with the NY Daily News? oberliner Feb 2012 #82

ohh. now I get your comment in context. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #83

Can't answer that. But I can ask this: Ken Burch Feb 2012 #92

I loved that part of the film. It was so sweet and lovely...and they were a handsome couple. CTyankee Feb 2012 #58

+1 Scuba Feb 2012 #51

Oh yeah. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2012 #57

There is so much wrong with this I don't know where to begin tawadi Feb 2012 #4

Why did they spend funds designated for low income students pnwmom Feb 2012 #6

Good question tawadi Feb 2012 #9

A great group of men that did Pavlo Feb 2012 #17

They could have spent the 57k hiring a teacher for a year-- SunSeeker Feb 2012 #16

I hope Obama learns of this. I can just see the outrage he would have, thinking about Malia CTyankee Feb 2012 #59

The young ladies went to see a move about a spelling bee. LanternWaste Feb 2012 #100

I thought the same thing. unapatriciated Feb 2012 #84

This district put a spelling bee on the same level as Chappy James fighting racism and fascism? gejohnston Feb 2012 #8

Especially since one is 100% fiction XemaSab Feb 2012 #30

Little miss sunshine... tech_smythe Feb 2012 #39

Or Iron-Jawed Angels obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #71

This is so wrong, on so many levels. NT MADem Feb 2012 #10

There should be a film about the WASPS. Downwinder Feb 2012 #11

that probly won't happen until more women get into the director's chair BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #12

Kathryn Bigelow could probably get a WASPS movie greenlighted Ken Burch Feb 2012 #21

OMG, yes! The Hurt Locker was SUPERB BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #53

WASPS niyad Feb 2012 #20

After the war they went on to open new fields. Downwinder Feb 2012 #29

Haha, my first thought was XemaSab Feb 2012 #31

There should be, but someone'd have to fund it out of their own pocket, most likely Posteritatis Feb 2012 #32

While "Akeelah..." is a GREAT movie,... MarianJack Feb 2012 #13

It is really good. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #37

On second thought of this issue,... MarianJack Feb 2012 #93

wow. I liked Red Tails abelenkpe Feb 2012 #14

I loved it, too AnnieBW Feb 2012 #15

I loved it too. It's one of a very few movies that I was surprised when it was over. A Brand New World Feb 2012 #25

how in the HELL did it cost 57k to take a lot of boys to the movies? niyad Feb 2012 #22

How did it cost 57K? Well, you know, there's popcorn and drinks and ya gotta have candy.... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #24

The tickets alone could hit that price easily Posteritatis Feb 2012 #34

The very first sentence of the article answers that question Posteritatis Feb 2012 #33

Why would a movie theater charge full price under such circumstances....? Wouldn't they strike.... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #63

The distributors forbid theaters from offering discounts on new releases. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #72

Ugh! Fire whoever arranged this. They wasted 57K to no good purpose! There was no friggin' reason... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #88

with 5,700 students going quakerboy Feb 2012 #35

For newly released films like "Red Tails" Pab Sungenis Feb 2012 #56

gosh, to look at their website, one couldn't tell they are a bunch of sexist jerks. niyad Feb 2012 #23

Can't let their innocent girls be sullied by watching the bi-racial love affair in the movie. Doremus Feb 2012 #27

Dallas Independent School District is 95 percent students of color oberliner Feb 2012 #62

Texas makes Missouri look like New York Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #36

Don't know their thinking. Igel Feb 2012 #38

I have heard the movie is embarrassingly bad, so maybe the girls got the better deal. tblue37 Feb 2012 #40

OK I'm gonna be devil's advocate PaulaFarrell Feb 2012 #41

It is basically not fair nor just. roody Feb 2012 #42

there are things a lot more unfair and unjust in public education PaulaFarrell Feb 2012 #45

That would be wrong-headed Heathen57 Feb 2012 #46

"does everything really have to be an outrage?" niyad Feb 2012 #70

You're missing the point! It was $10 per kid!!!! Release the hounds! n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #74

Beyond Absurd Sherman A1 Feb 2012 #43

Somewhere in an alternate universe dmallind Feb 2012 #44

+1 a2liberal Feb 2012 #87

Is that the exact name of the new film ? dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #47

Might be... GTurck Feb 2012 #48

The movie is about combat and flying fighters. Women aren't emotional suited to that. tclambert Feb 2012 #49

It's the middle. I have a friend who will tell you that either coast is OK, but you renie408 Feb 2012 #50

what fuck is going on? a war against women? madrchsod Feb 2012 #52

YES niyad Feb 2012 #67

We need to give Texas back to Mexico Joey Liberal Feb 2012 #54

And You Need To Remember That 3.5 Million Texans Voted For Obama. Paladin Feb 2012 #55

well we could use some more democrats here in northern il. plus... madrchsod Feb 2012 #60

It's Texas n/t tooeyeten Feb 2012 #64

No, it's a dumbass running a school district. kentauros Feb 2012 #85

what? tooeyeten Feb 2012 #102

Your response can still be construed as region-bashing kentauros Feb 2012 #103

certainly tooeyeten Feb 2012 #106

Red Tails is about bigotry stopping the military from giving minority pilots the opportunity to fly abelenkpe Feb 2012 #65

apart from the gender discrimination, the sheer sexism and obvious stupidity of the event-- niyad Feb 2012 #66

Boys excluded from 'Akeelah and the Bee' field trip; Thousands of Texas schools girls brought Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #68

That wasn't a field trip. LeftyMom Feb 2012 #78

Guess they didn't know "women are capable of flying small planes" n/t reACTIONary Feb 2012 #77

War propaganda for boys only. No one should be forced to see war propaganda! nt valerief Feb 2012 #86

This is history, not propaganda. kemah Feb 2012 #90

As a retired teacher I would not take a coed teen age crowd to a movie. I would make two trips. kemah Feb 2012 #89

Girls don't need to know about history?! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #91

Of course not! primavera Feb 2012 #99

What about the boys who were restricted from seeing Kayla and the bee? Islandlife Feb 2012 #94

Don't hold your breath Zax2me Feb 2012 #96

They're destined to become homophobic Republican Senators. sofa king Feb 2012 #97

There are simply no words to describe the profundity of their stupidity lunatica Feb 2012 #98

If I was one of the girls Great Caesars Ghost Feb 2012 #101

I'd like to know if the girls have ever gotten to go to the movies HotRodTuna Feb 2012 #105

Nope...and it definitely would have been reported locally had they gone rainbow4321 Feb 2012 #107