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(1) The video father tried to address the issue through the school and talking to the bigot, and got nowhere.
(2) The bigot dad started making racist phone calls to the bullied girls' dad. The bigot dad sound drunk in one of the messages. The bigot dad used the N word in the call in a name-calling way.
(3) There had been a kid in the neighborhood that had committed suicide.
(4) It was only then that the bullied girls' dad took further steps by making this video.
(5) The video is unemotional, clear, concise, and factual, and full of evidence.
Video dad did the right thing, without a doubt. Standing by and waiting for these things to work themselves out or for others to work them out is not the way to go. Every day this goes on is a day that bullying is preventing a child from having a normal, happy childhood. It can leave scars and affect a child's mental health and entire future. This is serious business.
BTW, I would also enroll a bullied child in a self-defense course, like karate. It will give the child physical tools to use for protection, should that be needed, AND instill confidence at the same time. It also discourages others from messing with the child, in the first place.
Children are being bullied in ways that have far reaching effects, these days. The bullied children are sometimes killing themselves, the pressure and humiliation and alienation being so unbearable. It's a serious problem that needs immediate and strong handling, IMO.
(1) The video father tried to address the issue through the school and talking to the bigot, and got nowhere.
(2) The bigot dad started making racist phone calls to the bullied girls' dad. The bigot dad sound drunk in one of the messages. The bigot dad used the N word in the call in a name-calling way.
(3) There had been a kid in the neighborhood that had committed suicide.
(4) It was only then that the bullied girls' dad took further steps by making this video.
(5) The video is unemotional, clear, concise, and factual, and full of evidence.
Video dad did the right thing, without a doubt. Standing by and waiting for these things to work themselves out or for others to work them out is not the way to go. Every day this goes on is a day that bullying is preventing a child from having a normal, happy childhood. It can leave scars and affect a child's mental health and entire future. This is serious business.
BTW, I would also enroll a bullied child in a self-defense course, like karate. It will give the child physical tools to use for protection, should that be needed, AND instill confidence at the same time. It also discourages others from messing with the child, in the first place.
Children are being bullied in ways that have far reaching effects, these days. The bullied children are sometimes killing themselves, the pressure and humiliation and alienation being so unbearable. It's a serious problem that needs immediate and strong handling, IMO.
... did he go to far? I mean kids get bullied all the time, especially if they aren't white. it's kind of an accepted part of life. I'm a mixed race child, and I was bullied at times. I certainly wouldn't have told my parents or had my parents confront anyone (not that they would, they would have told me to sucked it up).
Accepted by WHOM? Seriously? Do you actually think you deserved to be bullied because you are multi-racial? If a child is white and is a minority in her/his school, would that kind of bullying be OK? I have a friend who is mentally disabled and she was bullied all through school. Should her parents have told her that she's different so she's going to have to learn to be disrespected? I'm sorry you were abused as a child but that doesn't make other children's experiences with abusive behavior something to ignore.
I applaud parents who stand up for their children and I question school authorities who don't recognize bullying and deal with it immediately.
I also heard on a local radio show yesterday that the 2 boys have been moved out of state for their safety.
That "apology" is a piece of work. I loved this in particular:
"The Puro family is not racist, nor do we use the "N" word lightly in our household." Say what?
And the use of the phrase "terroristic threats" was charming as well. No wonder the children and their POS father are screw ups.
basic a white man and wife adopted an african american girl. The girl is now in 8th grade and was subjected to some "bullying" in the form of some presumably white high school boys calling her the n word and some other not so nice thing.
anyway the father caught wind of it and went to the police and other thing. He talked to the "bullies" dad and the "bullies" dad was like, "whatever, it what I use to do as a kid. we use the n word all the time" and also insulted the father.
the "victims" father made an youtube video about what was happening (he also outed the bullies).
did he go to far? I mean kids get bullied all the time, especially if they aren't white. it's kind of an accepted part of life. I'm a mixed race child, and I was bullied at times. I certainly wouldn't have told my parents or had my parents confront anyone (not that they would, they would have told me to sucked it up).
This is yet another gray area. Kids should know how to deal with some name calling, and standing up for themselves in certain cases. However, this is typically the kind of thing that'll get you fired in the workplace (unless you're in the military, of which I hear some hazing and peer pressure is still part of some rite of passage/initiation), so kids should learn that this is typically NOT acceptable. If folks have a problem with something not related to discrimination, then learn to address them in ways that don't constitute as bullying.
I mean kids get bullied all the time, especially if they aren't white. it's kind of an accepted part of life. I'm a mixed race child, and I was bullied at times. I certainly wouldn't have told my parents or had my parents confront anyone (not that they would, they would have told me to sucked it up).
Bull****. I was physically bullied in 8th grade. A group of about 7 girls made it their daily goal to try and wear me down every day, because I was the "new girl", smart, and I had an accent (I had moved from a southern state). I was a pretty tough cookie, and very much my own person, so I simply took it, for the most part. But one day they ganged up on me at my locker, and grabbed my arm and pinched the flesh, hard, in several places. My mom noticed the resulting bruises that night, and immediately she was on the phone with the main girl's mom - who of course completely denied that her precious daughter could have done such a thing. Next day, unbeknownst to me, my parents (after dropping me off at school) paid the principal a visit. Those girls got theirs, and then some. I never had a problem again. They were called out, parents notified, and punished by the school with detentions, and all were forced to apologize to me. It was awesome. There is never a reason to tolerate bullies. EVER. It was one of the most often harped-on things I told my son and his friends - I would not ever tolerate any bullying, by any of them. I demanded they respect each other, and everyone else, at all times.
Bull****. I was physically bullied in 8th grade. A group of about 7 girls made it their daily goal to try and wear me down every day, because I was the "new girl", smart, and I had an accent (I had moved from a southern state). I was a pretty tough cookie, and very much my own person, so I simply took it, for the most part. But one day they ganged up on me at my locker, and grabbed my arm and pinched the flesh, hard, in several places. My mom noticed the resulting bruises that night, and immediately she was on the phone with the main girl's mom - who of course completely denied that her precious daughter could have done such a thing. Next day, unbeknownst to me, my parents (after dropping me off at school) paid the principal a visit. Those girls got theirs, and then some. I never had a problem again. They were called out, parents notified, and punished by the school with detentions, and all were forced to apologize to me. It was awesome. There is never a reason to tolerate bullies. EVER. It was one of the most often harped-on things I told my son and his friends - I would not ever tolerate any bullying, by any of them. I demanded they respect each other, and everyone else, at all times.
Suck it up? Right.
there's a difference between physical violence and some person calling you a racial insult/
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