Racially charged Facebook posts by DOE leader vanish after AJC questions

[Larry X]

The sad part is that most likely many of his colleagues and even others around the country think the same way but are not stupid enough to post in on social media.

[jeoff]

Originally Posted by Larry X

The sad part is that most likely many of his colleagues and even others around the country think the same way but are not stupid enough to post in on social media.

Sort of wonder-- if his group of friends and family were so insulated and bigoted that none of them thought that posting this *stuff* was, at at a minimum, a really bad idea, or did he have some friends and family all but begging him not to post this *stuff*, and but he was too stupid to listen. Either way, it's good he's gone.

[CCATL]

Yet another example of how institutional racism injects itself into our classrooms.

Georgia lawmaker wants amendment protecting Confederate carving | The Watchdog blog

Now a Georgia Lawmaker (aka: somebody who votes on educational policy in this state), Benton was a middle school history teacher. Here is a quote from him out of the AJC article I linked:

'"...Benton said there are two sides to that story as well. The Klan “was not so much a racist thing but a vigilante thing to keep law and order,” he said. “It made a lot of people straighten up,” he said. “I’m not saying what they did was right. It’s just the way things were.”'

Again, please think about it before you comment. This man was a history teacher! He taught students, black and white. He thinks the Klan WASN'T RACIST. Do you think he gave his black students equal attention and opportunity as his white students? Do you think he made any minority student feel that they were capable of learning or achieving, when teaching history he taught his students that the Confederacy wasn't about slavery, and that the Klan was what was needed to keep law and order at the time? Come on now, as more of these nutbags are outed, how can people continue to stay institutional racism doesn't exist, and doesn't impact our students - and in the long range, our society? Unbelievable.

[jero23]

Originally Posted by CCATL

Yet another example of how institutional racism injects itself into our classrooms.

Georgia lawmaker wants amendment protecting Confederate carving | The Watchdog blog

Now a Georgia Lawmaker (aka: somebody who votes on educational policy in this state), Benton was a middle school history teacher. Here is a quote from him out of the AJC article I linked:

'"...Benton said there are two sides to that story as well. The Klan “was not so much a racist thing but a vigilante thing to keep law and order,” he said. “It made a lot of people straighten up,” he said. “I’m not saying what they did was right. It’s just the way things were.”'

Again, please think about it before you comment. This man was a history teacher! He taught students, black and white. He thinks the Klan WASN'T RACIST. Do you think he gave his black students equal attention and opportunity as his white students? Do you think he made any minority student feel that they were capable of learning or achieving, when teaching history he taught his students that the Confederacy wasn't about slavery, and that the Klan was what was needed to keep law and order at the time? Come on now, as more of these nutbags are outed, how can people continue to stay institutional racism doesn't exist, and doesn't impact our students - and in the long range, our society? Unbelievable.

Now that is one idiotic moron. He knows the Klan would have killed any person of color or Jew on sight, yet he makes these type of "they weren't this..." statements. This is why nonwhites and social egalitarian whites need to vote in every single election that is held from here on out because these type of a-holes need to be removed from the majority of public offices in this state...

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by CCATL

Now a Georgia Lawmaker (aka: somebody who votes on educational policy in this state), Benton was a middle school history teacher. Here is a quote from him out of the AJC article I linked:

'"...Benton said there are two sides to that story as well. The Klan “was not so much a racist thing but a vigilante thing to keep law and order,” he said. “It made a lot of people straighten up,” he said. “I’m not saying what they did was right. It’s just the way things were.”'

Again, please think about it before you comment. This man was a history teacher! He taught students, black and white. He thinks the Klan WASN'T RACIST. Do you think he gave his black students equal attention and opportunity as his white students? Do you think he made any minority student feel that they were capable of learning or achieving, when teaching history he taught his students that the Confederacy wasn't about slavery, and that the Klan was what was needed to keep law and order at the time? Come on now, as more of these nutbags are outed, how can people continue to stay institutional racism doesn't exist, and doesn't impact our students - and in the long range, our society? Unbelievable.

That kind of revisionist "history" is really bad. Yes, it is true that the Klan also attacked some white folks, but it's indisputable that Klan members were white and that their primary focus was on terrorizing blacks.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by CCATL

Yet another example of how institutional racism injects itself into our classrooms.

Georgia lawmaker wants amendment protecting Confederate carving | The Watchdog blog

Now a Georgia Lawmaker (aka: somebody who votes on educational policy in this state), Benton was a middle school history teacher. Here is a quote from him out of the AJC article I linked:

'"...Benton said there are two sides to that story as well. The Klan “was not so much a racist thing but a vigilante thing to keep law and order,” he said. “It made a lot of people straighten up,” he said. “I’m not saying what they did was right. It’s just the way things were.”'

Again, please think about it before you comment. This man was a history teacher! He taught students, black and white. He thinks the Klan WASN'T RACIST. Do you think he gave his black students equal attention and opportunity as his white students? Do you think he made any minority student feel that they were capable of learning or achieving, when teaching history he taught his students that the Confederacy wasn't about slavery, and that the Klan was what was needed to keep law and order at the time? Come on now, as more of these nutbags are outed, how can people continue to stay institutional racism doesn't exist, and doesn't impact our students - and in the long range, our society? Unbelievable.

I was also taught that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. I knew that this was complete bulls*** and I could recognize it from that early on. Most people don't think and that is the problem with our society. People don't think and just believe everything they hear. That is why there is such a huge push in Texas to continue the whitewashing of history books (which are already whitewashed if you ask me). They know people won't care about the truth enough and will just believe everything they read/are taught.

I'm very concerned with the students he was teaching. I'm curious to know if and how many black and Hispanic students received lower marks on their papers, quizzes, tests, etc., than they deserved; I am also curious to know how harshly he punished black students versus white students. These teachers know what they are doing and are in this position to further their hatefulness and keeping certain people down while helping out their own. You will find the same in the police force, etc. They are everywhere and have a mission.