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I don't live in Maplewood, but why do we have to do any thing?
"Second, all the white children in earshot also need to see that resistance and be taught that standing by silently is an endorsement." Why? It sounds like he wants special treatment for being black.
It sounds like he doesn't want to live in a black area, but lives in a white area and cries racism and others have to stand up for his son. If he feels this way, move.
I don't live in Maplewood, but why do we have to do any thing?
"Second, all the white children in earshot also need to see that resistance and be taught that standing by silently is an endorsement." Why? It sounds like he wants special treatment for being black.
It sounds like he doesn't want to live in a black area, but lives in a white area and cries racism and others have to stand up for his son. If he feels this way, move.
It's appalling that you see it this way. He's not asking for special treatment for being black. He's asking for his son to be treated like everyone else. The right thing to do as a human being, regardless of race, when you see someone being cruel to someone else is to try to correct that behavior. If your kid was being bullied in school, wouldn't you want other kids to step up in his defense? It's the right thing to do.
Also, Maplewood is about 35% black which is almost 3 times as high as the country as a whole. Not that any of that should matter, because people should be able to live wherever they please. It's insane that the solution in your eyes would be to move. You sound like one of those "well then go back to Africa" people.
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Originally Posted by doc1
Reading this "story" made my bullsh*tometer peg.
It's too well laid out.
I'm calling out this is a bouncy.
I know right. Racism in 2016? That's so 1960's. Totally not believable.
That said, it's not entirely unbelievable. You know kids can notice differences and split into groups based on them even without any cues from their parents, right?
It's appalling that you see it this way. He's not asking for special treatment for being black. He's asking for his son to be treated like everyone else. The right thing to do as a human being, regardless of race, when you see someone being cruel to someone else is to try to correct that behavior. If your kid was being bullied in school, wouldn't you want other kids to step up in his defense? It's the right thing to do.
Also, Maplewood is about 35% black which is almost 3 times as high as the country as a whole. Not that any of that should matter, because people should be able to live wherever they please. It's insane that the solution in your eyes would be to move. You sound like one of those "well then go back to Africa" people.
I know right. Racism in 2016? That's so 1960's. Totally not believable.
I highly doubt that's his intention. Why not talk about bullying/being nice to others? Nope, he even says in the end he specifically going to talk to his child about events that happened against black people. He's playing the race card. What if everyone was picking on a kid that wore glasses? The author probably wouldn't care or tell his kids, or ALL kids, to jump in. I sort of agree, at some point you have to learn to stick up for yourself and/or not care what other think.
I'm just tired of this double standard. The author gets special treatment and everyone should defend HIS kid because they're black. Just as notice the he doesn't want to live in a black area. That's "ok" because he's black. When others don't want to live with blacks, it's racist.
I'm just saying if he has so much "racism" go live in an all black area, but he doesn't want to. That speak volumes to me.
That said, it's not entirely unbelievable. You know kids can notice differences and split into groups based on them even without any cues from their parents, right?
I believe that's what the child did. If the child said "I don't play with Chinese people", the author wouldn't care. I think that's the problem. If you have a problem with a child playing that way you have problem whether she's doing to a race or any nonbehavior trait (say glasses). The author is making it clear, he's sticking up for his own. Which is ok, but I don't like the message of we have to stick up for him to. Why? Is he sticking up for others? No, blacks people like to throw around the word racism for special treatment.
I highly doubt that's his intention. Why not talk about bullying/being nice to others? Nope, he even says in the end he specifically going to talk to his child about events that happened against black people. He's playing the race card. What if everyone was picking on a kid that wore glasses? The author probably wouldn't care or tell his kids, or ALL kids, to jump in. I sort of agree, at some point you have to learn to stick up for yourself and/or not care what other think.
I'm just tired of this double standard. The author gets special treatment and everyone should defend HIS kid because they're black. Just as notice the he doesn't want to live in a black area. That's "ok" because he's black. When others don't want to live with blacks, it's racist.
I'm just saying if he has so much "racism" go live in an all black area, but he doesn't want to. That speak volumes to me.
I don't even know where to start dissecting this nonsense but here goes...
How do YOU know what his intentions are?
Of course he's going to talk to his kid about black people! Do you not live in the same America as the rest of us? Have you not seen the number of unarmed black people killed by law enforcement, sometimes with their hands up in the air? Who wouldn't want their kid to be aware of this?
The author gets special treatment? Huh? His son being told he cannot play with white kids is special treatment in your warped point of view? He's asking for equal treatment. You bringing up hypothetical situation about a kid with glasses being picked on means absolutely nothing because the fact is you don't know whether the author would have reacted the same way or not. You're making a whole lot of assumptions
Who said he doesn't want to live with black people? How many towns in NJ have a predominantly black population and are regarded as a good place to raise a family? Probably none. In fact, he probably chose to live in Maplewood because of the quality of school systems paired with the high population of black people.
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