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Can't progress when all you do is switch the roles between various groups. The oppressed become the oppressor and our society has only encouraged such.
I went to dinner last night with friends who had guests visiting from Philadelphia. During dinner, the woman from Pakistan related how her child came home crying from her first day of school in a southern city saying tht she wanted to put chalk on her face. This was 30 some years ago. Why did the child feel this way? The teacher told the child that she looked like a N word. How pathetic is that? The child was transferred to a different classroom with a non racist teacher. The child's new teacher asked the mother to come in to speak to the class about Pakistan. Too bad we can't be so enlightened or tolerant in this day and age. Let us substitute political bias for racism and learn to be tolerant.
Isn't it ironic that you only hear stories like this that happened in Southern States, but you never hear of the many incidents of the same that happen all of the time in northern states.- Ignorance will always prevail. Sad
There isn't a thread about a teacher mocking Christian students. There is a thread about a teacher making mocking comments about the Christian faith when it's been involved in historical/political activities. Please note the distinction.
Who do think he was talking to when he said "you" when he was addressing the students?
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I think he was talking about the people in the historic situation he was teaching about that day, and how they did things to hurt themselves materially at the behest of the Catholic Church. You might actually READ the article, that would be a good place to start.
Isn't it ironic that you only hear stories like this that happened in Southern States, but you never hear of the many incidents of the same that happen all of the time in northern states.- Ignorance will always prevail. Sad
Probably because the incidents aren't as widespread in the "northern states."
The South has the history of institutional and legal racism, not the north. No matter how you cut it, the South has been historically far more racist.
I went to dinner last night with friends who had guests visiting from Philadelphia. During dinner, the woman from Pakistan related how her child came home crying from her first day of school in a southern city saying tht she wanted to put chalk on her face. This was 30 some years ago. Why did the child feel this way? The teacher told the child that she looked like a N word. How pathetic is that? The child was transferred to a different classroom with a non racist teacher. The child's new teacher asked the mother to come in to speak to the class about Pakistan. Too bad we can't be so enlightened or tolerant in this day and age. Let us substitute political bias for racism and learn to be tolerant.
(sigh) Really, PM? An incident from 30 years ago and "are Southern teachers still racist?" Who is "we" who needs to be so enlightened or tolerant, compared to who? Have you ever been anywhere else, ever left the US, or even your hometown? Yes there is bigotry here but overall Americans these days bend over themselves backwards to be tolerant and understanding and correct.
Today, the intolerance leans towards the lower classes more than anything.
Do you think if someone had a call name of "whiteandproud" they would be called racist? Just a thought to ponder.
He and others will likely say "no they wouldn't be called racist," but don't be fooled. You can't have any opinion regarding racial issues on this forum that aren't Government Approved Politically Correct without people asking you about "Stormfront."
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