Comments on: Sometimes, when kids holler “discrimination,” it’s true

By: Attorney Mike Pete

Attorney Mike Pete — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:23:20 +0000

I think that black and hispanic families should have more family attorneys. They should pay the $20.00 a month to have an attorney on call for any legal situation that may encounter. attorneymikepete.com.

By: My view

My view — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:31:00 +0000

I just can’t get over the the self righteousness of each “side” of this arguement. At what point does right or wrong become a matter of race or skin color. It would seem to me that if a white man helped me change a tire on a back road, that I would be thankful, regardless. I it was a black man or an hispanic man, I would feel the same. I just can’t get past people understanding that prejudice is something that we all have in our lives, both ways. Deny it, and I’ll ask you why you liked the the color of your shirt this morning as opposed to the other one….because you feel better in that one, or it fits me better…whatever the reason is, it doesn’t make sense neccessarily to another person. I’m going to pray for all of you folks who just have to justify your own cause with all this stuff in people. If someone doesn something good or bad, it just can’t be what it is?…If you screw up, just admit it and go on..like we’ve not done the same thing. Sometimes we’re so proud of what we believe and our “position statement” that we’re right, that we’ve lost the ability to understand that God has His laws wrttien in our heart. We know right from wrong. When I hear this crap, it just makes think how far both races (black and white) have succummed to the
idea that I have to be right, rather than understanding that we’re all wrong…The sooner we all admit that we’re all a bunch of screw ups, the more we can see the other side of the coin…racism…absolutely.. both ways and all ways. Let’s get over ourselves and really love people by how they treat their neighbor. Dr. King spoke of “judging a man by the content of his character”, but Ihave yet to see any of you folks (all of you) where you really live this out. You may judge a man one way or the other, but you also better understand that when you judge, you will be held to the same standards. There will come a day when we will have to account for the poison that we’ve mixed up….both sides. Get over your pride and contempt…..You should all be ashamed…if you can’t understand what I’ve said, then just go on your own way and don’t sweat it, you’ve missed the point anyway…that’s what Jesus does. Those that are hard of heart…well, you don’t get get it, we’ll hope one day that God can reveal in you the hatred and sin of this pride…Until then we’ll have to lean on those who “got it”.

By: Make it better

Make it better — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:05 +0000

How do you make it better for all students? The truth is that African-American students are hurt the most by an unsafe school environment, where students disrupt classes and menace other kids. These were high school kids that knew a fight is against the law and knew what they were doing was wrong. Racism is real, but it won’t be defeated by making excuses for criminals. The mother of that14 year old girl has got to be terrified that her daughter thinks crowding around watching a crime is an okay thing to do. That is what will destroy her daughter, not what some white administrator thinks or a couple of days in detention.

By: lets call a spade a spade

lets call a spade a spade — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:23 +0000

“The reality is that there are certain people who have the luxury of looking at the world through rose-colored glasses…”

More white skin privilege crapola. Cry me a river A.W.!

By: A.W.

A.W. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:17:47 +0000

As an African American who attended Wheeler High School, I do have to say that I’ve been the victim of racism from teachers, staff and administrators at the school at various times during my tenure. It wasn’t imagined. And it had nothing to do with my socioeconomic background or any other aspects of my upbringing – both of my parents are well-paid and college-educated (my mom has a PhD). I had no criminal record, no disciplinary action, I was an honor roll student at the school AND I graduated from high school in 3 years at the age of 16. So… I guess that makes me an anomaly? And my friends too? And that’s why we were targeted? Or… is it that Wheeler High School isn’t immune to racism? Hmm… imagine that!

I find it interesting that every time someone points out discrepancies in treatment, the automatic response from some is “you’re playing the race card.” And then we have people posting ignorant, incorrect statistics like “75% of black people can’t read” (Lee, please go to school). The reality is that there are certain people who have the luxury of looking at the world through rose-colored glasses, and who are able to assume that every time someone makes a claim of racism it’s automatically false/imagined. Then there are the rest of us – people like Clarence Harrison, Robert Clark, Pete Williams and John White. If you don’t recognize their names, Google Georgia Innocence Project – these are all African American men wrongly convicted of crimes they didn’t commit, who spent a total of more than 100 years of their lives in prison. The majority of people freed through the Innocence Project are African Americans. Why? Probably because people with the objectivity of some of you were originally in the jury stands – convicting innocent people, claiming their cries of mistreatment and/or racism were imagined and they were guilty, because African Americans are “illiterate” (Lee), spend most of their time hanging on the corner (Lee), don’t respect authority (Tired of This), etc. The reality is that when you have ignorant preconceived notions of different races, those biases automatically cloud your judgment in any situation. And then you have incidents where people are treated differently because of their race. That’s how racism starts…

By: A. W.

A. W. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:11:42 +0000

By: A. W.

A. W. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:09:50 +0000

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:55 +0000

Wow, Jennifer and Philosopher both break out the “white privilege” card. What is that?

Oh yeah. Since the cries of racism has been overused to the point that no one listens anymore, anytime that a minority does something that causes them to be thought of in a negative manner, it must be because the whites have some inate advantage. Hence:

A white kid works hard, studies, and goes on to enroll in college. Black kid doesn’t do assignments and spends most of his afternoons hanging out on the corner and does not get into college. White privilege.

White kid obeys the rules and acts appropriately. Black kid disobeys the rules, disrupts the class, and gets into trouble. White privilege.

As long as the politically correct keep making excuses for minorities, they will never correct their SELF-IMPOSED behavior.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:05:40 +0000

Girls going to YDC instigating the fight. Sounds like girls were fighting not boys. Wheeler is a very diverse school with African-Americans, Mixed, Caucasian and Hispanics (many Brazilians). The fight was in an area where there are not classrooms or teachers. Teachers don’t even eat lunch in the lunchroom. Gang related, I doubt it. Come down on them hard while they are juveniles, maybe it will keep them out of prison. We don’t need further studies, we need common sense and discipline at school.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:12:12 +0000

Spade -
The color of your skin does not exempt you from bias, discrimination, and racism. In fact, if I remember correctly, in Georgia, there is research which suggests that Black administrators are actually even tougher on black students than their white counterparts. What you would need to do in the scenario you describe is to see if the punishments are harsher at that school than for the same offense at an all white school, regardless of the color of the administrator’s skin. I think you will find that it is.