HP has passed the racial scandal baton to Southlake Carroll (Dallas: to rent, hotel)

[CMC_TX]

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/l...225609435.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wfa...=287-615084857

“...One time, Cornish said her daughter, who is now 22, wanted to dress up as a nurse during what she called a ‘Colonial Day’ at school. She says a student told her that wasn’t possible.

“A kid told her that she couldn’t be a nurse and that she had to be a slave because 'that’s what you were.'”

None of this is surprising to me living in the area, but I do laugh when people on this board say Carroll is diverse, well, “because they have Asian students.” That about sums it all up.

[numbersguy100]

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[arkroyal2223]

haha, stop the presses... another news piece about racist white kids

[tcualum]

When I was in high school I had a close friend whose family moved from the diverse RISD to Carroll ISD. After she moved she became friends with a Chinese girl who spoke like a valley girl. I chatted with her once and she complained that the other students assumed she was a foreign student. She wasn’t and it was perfectly clear when you spoke to her. Her parents owned a local chain of successful restaurants.

[kyam11]

Originally Posted by numbersguy100

cue kyam11 in 3... 2... 1...

Yes I will have an opinion as I live here. Should I say cue you every time someone posts something regarding Dallas?

After all this is an opinion board so without opinions what is the point of the board?


Having said that there is no defense for this. There was another video a few months ago showing kids (from Carroll) saying the same word in a hotel room after a dance. Again there is no defense of this. I am married to an Asian and of course my 3 kids are half Asian. We have asked them over the years if they have ever felt any racist attitude or words towards them. Other than their close friends making jokes (which is fine) they have said no. My wife has also felt nothing geared towards her

My friend saw a picture of the starting 11 of the soccer team the other day and he texted me nice picture with the token 1 non white kid.

In the end the racial makeup of a city is what it is.

Too bad these kids in these videos have likely ruined their lives as if anyone ever sees these videos they probablY get turned away from colleges and jobs later in life. We teach our kids that things you do now can affect you in the future.


Not sure this is that shocking that a person made racial slurs against another person. It happens every day and will continue to happen.

I do find it funny that someone wants to bring politics in at the end of the article. That is like saying when Clinton was in office that sexual harassment is fine because the President did it.

[Rakin]

Gee.. I wonder if this ever happens in predominately Black schools like Duncanville or SOC. Stupid kids mixed with alcohol, pot and cell phones.

It's only news when it's some rich white kid is doing it. I would suspect the majority of the kids in Southlake get along very well and are pretty much color blind.

[Acntx]

Originally Posted by Rakin

Gee.. I wonder if this ever happens in predominately Black schools like Duncanville or SOC. Stupid kids mixed with alcohol, pot and cell phones.

Just to clarify, Duncanville High isn't predominately Black. The school and ISD are majority Hispanic.

Originally Posted by Rakin

I would suspect the majority of the kids in Southlake get along very well and are pretty much color blind.

i agree. That's likely the case in most high schools, regardless of location.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by kyam11

Yes I will have an opinion as I live here. Should I say cue you every time someone posts something regarding Dallas?

After all this is an opinion board so without opinions what is the point of the board?


Having said that there is no defense for this. There was another video a few months ago showing kids (from Carroll) saying the same word in a hotel room after a dance. Again there is no defense of this. I am married to an Asian and of course my 3 kids are half Asian. We have asked them over the years if they have ever felt any racist attitude or words towards them. Other than their close friends making jokes (which is fine) they have said no. My wife has also felt nothing geared towards her

My friend saw a picture of the starting 11 of the soccer team the other day and he texted me nice picture with the token 1 non white kid.

In the end the racial makeup of a city is what it is.

Too bad these kids in these videos have likely ruined their lives as if anyone ever sees these videos they probablY get turned away from colleges and jobs later in life. We teach our kids that things you do now can affect you in the future.


Not sure this is that shocking that a person made racial slurs against another person. It happens every day and will continue to happen.

I do find it funny that someone wants to bring politics in at the end of the article. That is like saying when Clinton was in office that sexual harassment is fine because the President did it.

Occurrences like this strike me a couple of ways.
1). It is sad and regrettable that "white" kids ever utter the n-word in public or private or think it for that matter - outside say an academic illustration or maybe as part of play or a reading etc. That word is packed with more hate and inflammatory power than any word I'm aware of....calling a white guy a cracker isn't close.

2). I'm not one for banning much of anything. The n-word should remain in Huckleberry Finn and other legitimate works. However, especially the parents of white kids should banish that word from their children's vocabularies.

3). All that said these kids will suffer. Their families will suffer. Reaction to incidents like this are disproportionate to the offense. Kids murder other kids and receive less press and their families suffer less push back.

[Taub201]

The kids won't be scarred for life, unlike the affluenza case in the greater Ft Worth area. However, hopefully they learned a lesson.


HP certainly still has its issues. One thing I believe HP could do is to rent yellow dog school buses instead of Greyhound type buses for its road trips. They don't have a fleet of buses so they rent for every road trip. One group considered using yellow dogs but then their group would be looked down upon because they'd be the only one to use them.

[numbersguy100]

Originally Posted by Taub201

The kids won't be scarred for life, unlike the affluenza case in the greater Ft Worth area. However, hopefully they learned a lesson.


HP certainly still has its issues. One thing I believe HP could do is to rent yellow dog school buses instead of Greyhound type buses for its road trips. They don't have a fleet of buses so they rent for every road trip. One group considered using yellow dogs but then their group would be looked down upon because they'd be the only one to use them.

Wait, so a part of the solution to being insulated from other races and thereby not being aware of how your actions will appear to others..... is to rent yellow school buses instead of charters? Beyond the fact that I don't think this solves anything, I very much doubt there is excess capacity in many districts to support chartering buses to smaller districts like HPISD which lacks its own fleet. We showed up in yellow buses in high school and sometimes we played wealthier towns. The way we got over "being looked down on" (which I'm not even sure was happening) was to kick their butts on the field.