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Well, there really is not any controversy. This was an extremely minor thing that was addressed right way.
The problem was with the incorrect wording and the lack of communication. If I were a parent and got a sign-up flyer for colored students only tutoring, I too would have called the school and asked what the hell was going on. They would have then explained the flyer was mistaken - that there is a parent organization that works with the school called PASS that is trying to close the minority student achievement gap, and as part of that effort those parents offer tutoring primarily for struggling minority students, but that non-minority students are also welcome, and that this parent organized tutoring is separate from the general, school-run tutoring programs that are open to all.
A normal, reasonable person would respond by saying "Oh, that makes sense. I support that, but next time pelase communicate better." An insecure bigot who views race as an us vs. them construct would respond by saying "That's a racist attack on whites, so I am going to form my own white-students only tutoring program to balance things out." This area isn't populated with insecure bigots who view race as an us vs. them construct, so the prediction you guaranteed would happen has not happened.
LOL. If a tutoring program had been set up for white kids Jesse and the boys would be on a plane right now screaming at the moon and the principal would be a KKK member according to the media and left wing loons. You go on pretending it's nothing though.
All Pat Dollard did was put the CBS4 Denver news link with their news report video on his website and that was it. What gets me is it's CBS4's story but everyone is attacking Dollard.
All Pat Dollard did was put the CBS4 Denver news link on his website and that was it. What gets me is it's CBS4's story but everyone is attacking Dollard.
LOL. If a tutoring program had been set up for white kids Jesse and the boys would be on a plane right now screaming at the moon and the principal would be a KKK member according to the media and left wing loons. You go on pretending it's nothing though.
What are you laughing at? And what am I pretending?
All Pat Dollard did was put the CBS4 Denver news link with their news report video on his website and that was it. What gets me is it's CBS4's story but everyone is attacking Dollard.
Considering the demographics of Aurora Colorado if the have a tutoring programs solely for minority children they wouldn't have enough students to fill the janitor's closet.
White alone - 153,715 (47.3%)
Hispanic - 93,263 (28.7%)
Black alone - 49,003 (15.1%)
Asian alone - 15,735 (4.8%)
Two or more races - 10,279 (3.2%)
American Indian alone - 1,487 (0.5%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 919 (0.3%)
Other race alone - 677 (0.2%)
My oldest kid attended a school in Aurora with the following breakdown:
Hispanic 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
White (not Hispanic) 9%
Asian or Pacific Islander 3%
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Aurora is a very diverse city, contrary to what some may imagine.
FWIW, Mission Viejo Elementary School's stats
White (not Hispanic) 58%
Hispanic 19%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Asian or Pacific Islander 4%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 1%
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