No Apology From Gwinnett Superintendent
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D. Aileen Dodd, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 25, 2008
A meeting between the Gwinnett County Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks and members of the Gwinnett branch of the NAACP apparently ended Monday in a stalemate.
Gwinnett NAACP branch president Jorge “JP” Portalatin said Wilbanks has refused to apologize for comments he made about the disproportionate discipline of minority students in Gwinnett.
“Mr. Wilbanks refuses to acknowledge that his comments were offensive,” Portalatin said Monday in a statement. “His behavior today was condescending and he was clearly not open to constructive feedback. . . . The inability to see from others perspective and apologize is unacceptable in a leader.”
Portalatin said he would take up the matter next with Carole Boyce, the chairperson of the Gwinnett Board of Education.
A spokesperson for Gwinnett’s schools said Wilbanks had no comment about the meeting with the NAACP.
During a discussion two weeks ago, an administrator said the disproportionate discipline of minorities is a problem for school districts nationwide except in Idaho, according to a study.
Wilbanks then asked: “Do they have any blacks in Idaho? They don’t have many.”
Wilbanks has said his statements were not meant to be “racist” or “insensitive.”
However, the NAACP has asked for Wilbanks to apologize.
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Portalatin has said that Wilbanks’ remarks at the meeting seemed to blame African-Americans for the disparity in discipline in Gwinnett instead of what could be the inconsistent application of the discipline penalties. Some Gwinnett parents have called for Wilbanks’ resignation.
Gwinnett school board members and colleagues of Wilbanks have defended him, citing his record of creating a diverse workplace at Gwinnett’s schools and his reputation as a visionary in education who serves all students regardless of race.
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“Where are the standards for him?” Tillman asked. “If we can hold a child accountable for their actions, why can’t we hold him accountable.” School board member Dr. Robert McClure has said Wilbanks was simply seeking more information about Idaho demographics during the presentation. Idaho had 272,058 students last school year and only 1.15 percent of them were black. School officials in Idaho, however, said race plays no role in discipline.
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(Posted on August 26, 2008)
Comments
This is crazy.
An administrator at the meeting mentioned a study which showed that minorities were disproportionately disciplined - except for in Idaho.
Wilbanks then asked a simple, honest question: “Are there any blacks in Idaho?” followed by a TRUE STATEMENT “There aren’t many” (only 1.15% in fact)
And for THAT, they want him to be fired???
Posted by at 5:39 PM on August 26
“Where are the standards for him?” Tillman asked. “If we can hold a child accountable for their actions, why can’t we hold him accountable.”
Accountable for what? Daring to speak the truth that is abundantly clear to anyone who is familiar with discipline problems that are caused by blacks at school systems across the entire country? Refusing to be intimidated by the utopian socialist who have destroyed this countries schools and willfully harmed white and black students alike with 50 years of forced integration?
As a native Georgian my guess is that one way or another they will force Superintendant Wilbanks out of the state. He is guilty of thought and speech crimes against the tyranny of politically correct group think. Once you suppress anyone who is brave or stupid enough to tell the truth we can all get back to worshiping at the alter of multiculturalism in peace. By the way Georgia slipped down another place in the national ranking of average SAT scores this week.
Posted by Enough at 5:46 PM on August 26
“Portalatin has said that Wilbanks’ remarks at the meeting seemed to blame African-Americans for the disparity in discipline in Gwinnett instead of what could be the inconsistent application of the discipline penalties.”
Same argument is made with every state and federal prison in the USA.
If blacks are so great, why are they always, always at the bottom of the social strata? We arent that organized to keep them there forever, nor do we have that interest.
Posted by at 6:10 PM on August 26
I hope Wilbanks doesn’t apologise and tells the NAACP to go look at real numbers. I also hope that his higher ups have the guts to stand behind him. Just the facts.
Posted by the guru at 6:11 PM on August 26
Bad Black attitudes about learning and “white man’s learning” or studying being called “acting white” are to blame for much of the problem. All studies have shown that the blacks in most districts as punished more lightly than white students for the same offense.
Since the NAACP is certain that it is unfair application of discipline that is the problem why don’t they start ALL Black schools run by the NAACP itself and teach black cultural norms which will help their students compete without preferences in the work place.
Posted by Oldman at 6:15 PM on August 26
I applaud Wilbanks for speaking the truth and sticking to his guns. Young blacks are like wild animals in school and act as if they belong in a zoo instead.
George Manuelian
Atherton, CA
Posted by George Manuelian at 6:19 PM on August 26
Hummmm….think I might just move to Idaho….besides…I love potatoes!!
Posted by lydia at 6:38 PM on August 26
I hope Wilbanks stands his ground. No apology and no resignation.
Tom Iron…
Posted by Tom Iron at 6:48 PM on August 26
I love these, stories about someone who not only said something politically incorrect, but subsequently refused to apologize. It happens about once every year or two in my experience (which I admit is insufficient given such a long interval). Consequently, when it does happen I get the feeling that the heretic must be a die-hard race-realist.
I wish more people would get the message; it shouldn’t take a die-hard race-realist to refuse to apologize, given the fact that apologizing or backtracking actually seems to make matters worse (admitting wrongdoing only seems to encourage the swarm of insects that always attacks the politically incorrect, and never seems to have the intended effect of soliciting forgiveness).
Posted by Svigor at 6:48 PM on August 26
The truth hurts so much.
Posted by at 6:58 PM on August 26
Sounds like Mr. Wilbanks may be looking for a job in Idaho. There are no answers to the diciplinary problems with African Americans. They are completely out of control and the situations are getting more visciuos daily, a reflection of life in the US today.
Posted by at 7:03 PM on August 26
“Mr. Wilbanks refuses to acknowledge that his comments were offensive,” Portalatin said Monday in a statement. “His behavior today was condescending and he was clearly not open to constructive feedback… . The inability to see from others perspective and apologize is unacceptable in a leader.”
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And this moron refuses to acknowledge the truth, and it’s one of the reasons black students misbehave. They know there will always be someone around to make excuses for their bad behavior expecially if the person doing the complaining is white. And it looks like you can only be white and a “leader” if you’re willing to grovel at the feet of blacks on demand.
Posted by RHG at 7:18 PM on August 26
“Mr. Wilbanks refuses to acknowledge that his comments were offensive,” Portalatin said Monday in a statement. “His behavior today was condescending and he was clearly not open to constructive feedback… . The inability to see from others perspective and apologize is unacceptable in a leader.”
It works both ways. Gwinnett NAACP branch president Jorge “JP” Portalatin seems to have “the inability to see from others perspective” and, therefore, should apologize to Mr. Wilbanks.
When the “disproportionate discipline of minorities is a problem for school districts nationwide except in Idaho, according to a study”, it is highly likely that there is a good reason for that being so. And the reason is probably that minorities are disproportionately guilty of bad behavior.
Posted by Bill Black at 7:35 PM on August 26
Bravo! If more whites stood up and spoke the truth without backing down it would be a great start. Keep fighting - don’t let them try to twist things around with their “dim and senseless responses.” When confronted with truth and loic, they have no choice but to retreat to their tired and worn out blathering. Soon, real soon, it will not work anymore!
The truth is like a tightly clenched fist - keep swinging.
Posted by Dave Is Back at 7:45 PM on August 26
The naacp is just another zit on the backside of this country. They should be the ones apologizing for all the trouble blacks cause everybody else. Wilbanks needs to hold his ground. Stand up to the racist black preachers of hate. BLACKS DO NOT DESERVE ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT. Unless somebody gets insensitive with these morons, they will continue to run rough shod over whites. That is the one thing you have to say for the mexicans, blacks try to run over them, and they get a boot in their collective behinds. Mexicans aren’t afraid of blacks.
Posted by at 7:55 PM on August 26
In other news, authorities say that people have also complained that Wilbanks has also refused to apologize for water being wet and for the sky being blue.
Posted by at 8:30 PM on August 26
Entirely predictable, of course—it all fits the Narrative. (“drink the Kool-Aid! Now! NOW!”).
I was hoping for a figure to admire in this “non-apologetic” Wilbanks guy, but the article claims, as counterargument, that he’s actively promoted ‘diversity’. Since he doesn’t have an honest job, uh, I mean he’s an “educator”, it’s probably true.
And for predictably excrement-brained comments, you may find amusement here:
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/opinion/stories/2008/08/22/equaled.html?cxntlid=inform_artr
Posted by oops, the brainwashing wore off... at 8:41 PM on August 26
It’s really disgusting that these black miscreants always try to obfuscate the discipline issue in order to force administrators to stop disciplining blacks, thinking that blacks might then stay in school longer.
It’s a fact of life: Where blacks are there is chaos, dumbed down studies, violence and crime.
That’s it in a nutshell.
Only segregation will solve the problem for whites. Blacks will always be beset with their black criminals, and they will continue to fail.
Doubt these truths? Just take a look at Africa, and you’ll learn all you need to know.
Posted by q at 9:09 PM on August 26
“What!?” Say Georgia’s blacks, “How dare you imply that we’re more violent and trouble-prone than whites? We’ll use threats and intimidation to prove how peaceful we are!”
Posted by jewamongyou at 9:44 PM on August 26
It is of course very telling and vey predictable that the NAACP
is more interested in an apology than looking into whether or not Mr. Wilbanks is correct. Could it be that thet already know that he is.
Posted by ED Mc at 10:21 PM on August 26
They’ll get him to back down. Probably a behind the scenes death threat, or loss of job, etc.
But he shouldn’t.
Anyway, this is how it’s been for so long and how it will continue. There is simply no let up.
I wish this man luck. But, I must say, I am SO glad I don’t live in the United States anymore.
Posted by Chaz Chandler at 10:25 PM on August 26
The level of disobediance against BLACKs by WHITES has increased now that Obama is running and losing.
Posted by the Soviet Republic of New Jersey at 10:28 PM on August 26
Journalists write about the NAACP as if it were a branch of the government.
Posted by Reader-1 at 10:32 PM on August 26
A teacher with some balls! Let’s just hope he doesn’t backpeddle and start groveling at the feet of the NAACP
Posted by at 10:43 PM on August 26
Will the day ever come where white Americans stand up for the truth and tell these Racial Opportunists to shut the H*LL up and finds something useful to do? When will enough be enough??
Posted by Ted at 10:48 PM on August 26
Almost heaven, Idaho (and Montana too).
Posted by at 11:05 PM on August 26
Where was the racism in Superintendent Wilbanks’ statements? Was it cleverly hidden amongst the facts?
Posted by e pluribus unum at 11:20 PM on August 26
“Mr. Wilbanks refuses to acknowledge that his comments were offensive,” Portalatin said
“Mr. Portalatin refuses to acknowledge that Mr. Wilbanks comments were true”
Apparently, the comment is ‘offensive’ quite independent of whether or not it is ‘true’, and while the former is of sufficient weight that we can talk about firing the man who merely verbalized a well-known fact that is statistically valid across the USA, the latter is completely irrelevant, even though it is true.
You gotta love political correctness.
Chris
Posted by Chris Mitchell at 11:42 PM on August 26
It will be interesting to see if Wilbanks will stick by his guns, or if we’ll see the usual sorry spectacle of a white man groveling and promising to mend his wicked ways for telling the truth.
Posted by Heteronormatively Privileged White Male Oppressor at 11:50 PM on August 26
Yet another example of the alternate mental universe in which liberal blacks operate. Instead of taking serious note of the superintendent’s findings and necessary steps to correct the behaviors of unruly black children, as any educated adult presumably would, they attempt to humiliate and technically kill the messenger. As I’ve said many times before, blacks are their own worst enemies, and this is but another indication of such.
To use a quote spoken by Golda Meir: “When they love their children more than they hate us, there will be peace”.
Not going to happen, folks.
Posted by Proactive at 11:58 PM on August 26
Gwinnett middle schools
Alton C. Crews:
2008: 59% white
2004: 76% white
2000: 90% white
1998: 93% white
Change: -34 in ten years
Creekland:
2008: 46% white
2004: 66% white
2000: 79% white
1998: 84% white
Change: -38 in ten years
Dacula:
2008: 47% white
2004: 76% white
2000: 92% white
1998: 95% white
Change: -48 in ten years
Duluth:
2008: 26% white
2004: 48% white
2000: 63% white
1998: 75% white
1994: 84% white
Change: -58 in 14 years
Five Forks:
2008: 54% white
2004: 71% white
2000: 86% white
1998: 93% white
Change: -39 in ten years
Hull:
2008: 37% white
2004: 52% white
2000: 66% white
1998: 74% white
Change: -37 in ten years
Lilburn:
2008: 5% white
2004: 9% white
2000: 23% white
1998: 35% white
1994: 52% white
Change: -47 in fourteen years
McConnell:
2008: 49% white
2004: 75% white
2000: 91% white
1998: 95% white
Change: -46 in ten years
Pinckneyville:
2008: 35% white
2004: 47% white
2000: 56% white
1998: 60% white
1994: 67% white
Change: -32 in fourteen years
Richards:
2008: 20% white
2004: 41% white
2000: 70% white
1998: 80% white
1994: 90% white
Change: -70 in fourteen years
Shiloh:
2008: 17% white
2004: 42% white
2000: 74% white
1998: 87% white
Change: -61 in ten years
Snellville:
2008: 23% white
2004: 58% white
2000: 83% white
1998: 90% white
Change: -67 in ten years
Summerour:
2008: 6% white
2004: 14% white
2000: 27% white
1998: 37% white
1994: 56% white
Change: 50% in fourteen years
Sweetwater:
2008: 7% white
2004: 19% white
2000: 46% white
1998: 58% white
1994: 75% white
Change: -68 in fourteen years
Trickum:
2008: 44% white
2004: 62% white
2000: 81% white
1998: 85% white
1994: 93% white
Change: -49 in fourteen years
Posted by Robert at 12:00 AM on August 27
It is very hard to find a white man who will stand up and tell it like it is and not be bullied into submission by the racist NAACP.The liberal guilt pounded into whites from grade school up by the media and the politically correct crowd must be stopped.Every race should be proud of who they are and where they come from.Blacks stick together and whites do not.Without a change in attitude whites will not survive as a race and America will become just another third world backwater.I hope Mr.Wilbanks maintains his position.Maybe it will start a trend.
Posted by Alaska Dave at 12:12 AM on August 27
A simple video camera in the classroom, which is probably legal, you could even ‘tell’ the students,black and white, they were on tape, would solve this issue rather rapidly, that is, you would have maassive amounts of blacks disrupting school classes. I’ve already seen plenty insane school disruptions from blacks on PBS news shows. This is no secret, and its no secret how to deal with this problem.
Posted by at 12:23 AM on August 27
Black leaders would have immediately dispatched (using taxpayer money) a large group to Idaho to spare no expense and leave no stone unturned in discovering what ‘best practices’ they were using to keep black discipline numbers so low - only to find out that there are no blacks and therefore no magic program for dealing with them in Idaho.
It’s understandable that blacks don’t get the point of Wilbank’s question.
Posted by Finn Mann at 12:25 AM on August 27
Gwinnett County was too diverse for my taste before ‘diversity’ seemingly was forced to be one of the most important issues in any aspect of our lives.
I’m sure Wilbanks is overly financially stable and taken care of. He has put in his time and he probably does have a good record. It’s a shame that one has to wait until this point in life to state facts and add intelligent reasoning on a subject involving race. Yeah, freedom of speech.
Begging for an apology. How childish and pointless. It doesn’t change what he said, how he feels, or what is the truth.
Posted by at 1:40 AM on August 27
The poor guy will probably have to back peddal to save his retirement which will of course, be threatened along with his home and savings he may have in the lawsuit the NAACP will of course file if he does not backpeddal, grovel and apologize. Very interesting statistics posted on the school % of white students, I would guess their academic achievement went down proportionately too.
Posted by Skip at 2:03 AM on August 27
As usual, I am blushing with pride at the intelligent and polite demeanor of your discussion of these issues. I don’t have much to add except this: We(I’m talking about those of us rational folks who frequent this site)constantly lament the decline of our culture, and we understand the cause, but rather than join together,and routinely support those people who have the courage to speak out, we continuously bemoan our state of affairs. I know that many of you from time to time beseech our other Amren followers to email the evil and praise the brave, but it needs to be more concerted - after all, our people do not have many champions (Mr. Taylor being one)to plead our case.
I for one am boycotting television programs and companies that misrepresent the truth about our societal situation. Money and fear are two of the strongest motivators for behavioral modification, and since most of us prefer the civilized approach, the appeal of greed may be an effective weapon. Look we have to do something!
I also try to contact and encourage those who speak out and who are invariably labeled as racist and morally inferior for their efforts.
We know that we are in a crises. We owe it to our predecessors and our decendents to fight for our culture and traditions.
Posted by A Brother at 2:17 AM on August 27
Don’t even think about moving to Idaho. Guess who will follow.
Posted by middle-aged magnolia at 6:24 AM on August 27
The newspaper has not printed a single syllable that even hints that perhaps just possibly maybe there is some tiny chance the the disparity in punishment is related to a difference in behavior.
And, despite what Portalatin says, Wilbank’s Idaho comment does not raise the issue either. Apparently Portalatin has difficulty understanding the English language.
Of course, Wilbanks SHOULD BE raising this issue. If he doesn’t he is not doing his job. If blacks and whites are equally well-behaved, and there are disparities in punishment, then one course of action is called for. If blacks are misbehaving more often and more seriously than whites, then another curse should be taken.
Posted by GB at 6:27 AM on August 27
Africans hate it when the truth is told about them. They insist any differences in their behaviour is because of white racism. Nothing is ever their fault, they are a perfect race.
Posted by Cliff Yablonski at 7:37 AM on August 27
All students in the U.S. are fed the idea of black entitlement due to previous discrimination in the segregated schools of the South. But the reality is that a higher percentage of blacks learned decent educational and social skills in such schools than is the case now.
But the myth of the evil whites causing the present downtrodden situation of too high a percentage of blacks needs to be perpetuated as part of liberal dogma in the school system, and as white children become simply a minority among minorities in a country which has no majority school age population there is going to some threshold point at which white youngsters and their parents will wake up and realize that just as other minority groups need to play “political hardball” to protect their interests, whites are going to need to do the same.
In politics, as in physics, “for every action there is a reaction”, and the day when whites finally unite to protect their interests is not as far off as some people think - in the meantime we can expect to see increasing cases of individuals being outspoken and “politically incorrect”, as was the case with this Atlanta educator, as a prelude to effective white unity.
Posted by Paul Jones at 8:35 AM on August 27
Years ago I was preparing an article for the Canadian Heritage Front monthly when I came across a story from the U.S. regarding a teacher who was fired for making statements that were deemed racist. His name is Scott Phelps, and while I forget which state he is from, this is what he said: “Overwhelmingly, the students whose behavior makes the hallways deafening, who yell out for the teacher and demand immediate attention in class, who cannot seem to stop chatting and are fascinated by each other and relationships but not with academics…are African American.” Another courageous educator sacrificed on the alter of political correctness and diversity.
Posted by Louis from Montreal at 9:38 AM on August 27
Marcus Garvey was right: “BLACKS BELONG IN AFRICA”.
Posted by Hank at 10:19 AM on August 27
Call Superintendent Wilbanks’ office and offer your support for his position and his refusal to back down. Ask to be directly connected to his office: (678) 301-6000.
Posted by GetBackJack at 11:28 AM on August 27
This is insane! Throw Wilbanks under the bus for telling the damn truth that any RATIONAL person knows.
I hope it does wind up in court, I’ll contribute to Wilbanks’ lawyer and I’m sure that many others here will as well. Damn diversity to hell!
MoMo
Posted by MoMo at 11:51 AM on August 27
Wilbanks, in an unrepressed candid moment, made the terrible mistake of telling the truth, and now he will suffer the fate of all those in our society in public positions who do so - he’ll be politically lynched by the leftist thought police.
Posted by Gary at 12:47 PM on August 27
“Mr. Wilbanks refuses to acknowledge that his comments were offensive,”
Mr. Portalatin refuses to acknowledge that his comments were perfectly accurate (I know, I’ve been beaten to the punch, but I couldn’t resist).
Portalatin has said that Wilbanks’ remarks at the meeting seemed to blame African-Americans for the disparity in discipline in Gwinnett instead of what could be the inconsistent application of the discipline penalties.
Got any evidence to support the latter theory? Any? At all? Even just a little? Oh, you don’t? Too bad, because I’ve got tons of evidence to support the former.
Posted by BW Sam at 1:57 PM on August 27
If my job was open to public review, I would never make any statements about race. If someone asked me about black discipline rates in school, I would say ‘I don’t see differences in race. I don’t know what you mean by ‘black’ or ‘white.’ Those terms are unfamilier to me.’
Posted by at 4:15 PM on August 27
When will the NAALCP’s constituency stop blaming Whites for their self-inflicted problems? They are keeping their own people down in order to remain in power.
Posted by at 4:24 PM on August 27
Paul Jones at 8:35 a.m. Aug 27:
Maybe you were in a hurry this morning. Do you realize that you had 206 words in three sentences? The last sentence could easily be broken into two where you inserted the dash, but the middle sentence is 95 words. Only the Apostle Paul writes such long sentences in his New Testament letters. At least you’re in good company. I am interested in what you have to say, but please make it a easier for my poor li’l ole Southern fried brain.
Posted by middle-aged magnolia at 5:30 PM on August 27
Posted by oops, the brainwashing wore off… at 8:41 PM on August 26
I can’t think of a white educator that could survive the field without promoting the multicult agenda. He/She would never get the job or never keep the job. This guy is not blinded by the propaganda, he just uses it as a mechanism to keep the checks coming. Can’t fault him for that, we all sell our souls just a little bit for employment…
Posted by GetBackJack at 5:49 PM on August 27
Good for him! The alternative is the mess that is the Clayton County public schools in GA. They are about to lose their SACS accreditation.
Posted by at 7:35 PM on August 27
I am Korean and I find the behavior of black Americans remains nothing short of disgusting. The Far East Asians and whites perform well in academics. Black Americans gripe about their self-serving needs and fail to build the future. With all the hours that black Americans spend complaining, I bet they could have built a space shuttle to Mars by now. What have they accomplished? A whole lot of nothing.
The Far East Asians think in terms of centuries. The Whites think in terms of decades. The Blacks fail to think.
Posted by at 10:08 PM on August 27
im amazed that all these years of bullying by the naacp have gone unnoticed. it is time to start suing the naacp and make them accountable for their actions as well. start suing them for interference in school activities, harrasment etc. im sure when someone would get a big settlement, that would slow them down.
Posted by danjack at 11:25 PM on August 27
FACTS are offensive???!!! This NAACP commissar’s statement makes EVERYTHING about Black Racist motives so much clearer. They want us to stop thinking and stop saying anything that is not positive about blacks. They are demanding that we stop speaking!
Posted by CitizenPatriot at 11:48 PM on August 27
“he (wilbank) was clearly not open to constructive feedback.”
I’m sure we all have a good idea what this “constuctive feedback” sounded like
Posted by at 12:43 AM on August 28
Apologise for what, exactly? Speaking a self-evident truth?
The man is an esteemed educator. He cannot do his job for the benefit of all - including non-whites - if he chooses to ignore or excuse failure of any kind, including discipline.
Sadly, this is what we have come to.
Posted by Not Economically Viable at 4:28 AM on August 28
this sounds like a prelude to the blaks demanding a blak superintendent to replace the white one, because of course the white man does not understand blak kids and how to treat them, and he will be replaced by some young blak who graduated from a HBCU, and like all the other districts where the same story has played out, test scores will go up, then wide spread cheating by the administration will be uncovered, then the federal government will have to come in to take over the school district, yada yada yada………
Posted by at 12:46 PM on August 28
I served on a school board for three years and I can tell you that these school administrators are major cowards when it comes to disciplining blacks about their behavior problems. And they are a problem. A major problem. But they will call you a racist for just enforcing the rules. In our school district blacks were 10 percent of the population but more than 50 percent of the “problem”. Of course, black “leaders” attempted to confront white administrators and call then racists for just enforcing the rules in a “disproportionate” manner. It never ends, and I commend this white leader for not backing down to the race hustlers.
Posted by PJ at 5:36 PM on August 28
As a public high school teacher I can testify to the antics of Blacks. They seem to suffer from a deep seated need to be noticed “by whatever means neecessary”. Adminstrators tend to view this as part of their culture. Everything they do has to be louder and more bizarre than their non-Black classmates.
The few serious Black students always look mortified at the behavior of the buffoons. I actually feel sorry for those kids because the stigma follows them as well.
People’s expectations of certain groups are derived from what they observe.
Posted by at 8:28 AM on August 29
I am a metro Atlanta resident and have substituted in Gwinnett and 2 other metro Atlanta counties: DeKalb and Rockdale. I have subbed in 2 central GA counties also. I have had as much trouble with whites everywhere as with blacks. (Asians are less likely to cause trouble than the other 2 races, and I have seldom dealt with Hispanics, but the ones I have dealt with have usually been O.K.) I suppose my experience has been different from others’.
Posted by Cindy at 9:53 AM on August 29
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“this sounds like a prelude to the blaks demanding a blak superintendent to replace the white one, because of course the white man does not understand blak kids and how to treat them”
…Blacks don’t even understand black kids! And from my experience, it seems black parents whom live in the so-called “ghetto” or are from the “ghetto” just don’t seem to care about their kids like they should, especially the fathers.
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“As a public high school teacher I can testify to the antics of Blacks. They seem to suffer from a deep seated need to be noticed ‘by whatever means neecessary’. Adminstrators tend to view this as part of their culture. Everything they do has to be louder and more bizarre than their non-Black classmates.”
…this is very true. I think it stems from bad parenting. Black kids don’t get the right kind of attention from their parents. Where I live in Naperville Illinois (predominantly white but fading fast), a lot of blacks are moving in from the Aurora area and Cook county area (predominantly black), and I notice that the black kids get no attention unless they are gettin in trouble. Some black parents just let their very young kids run all over the neighborhood causing mayhem UNATTENDED and when you complain they get mean and nasty with you like they want to start a fight. And when its time for the kids to get their butts home the parents just yell out the friggin window from the 3rd floor instead of actually GOING AND PICKING UP THEIR KIDS. Goes to show the typical laziness from blacks that is so evident in the workplace, especially in factories. Blacks are always less productive and tend to complain more.
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“I am a metro Atlanta resident and have substituted in Gwinnett and 2 other metro Atlanta counties: DeKalb and Rockdale. I have subbed in 2 central GA counties also. I have had as much trouble with whites everywhere as with blacks. (Asians are less likely to cause trouble than the other 2 races, and I have seldom dealt with Hispanics, but the ones I have dealt with have usually been O.K.) I suppose my experience has been different from others’.”…well Cindy, you were just a substitute teacher, so of course all the students gave you problems regardless of their race, that’s what kids do when their regular teacher is away. No one respects “The Substitute” unless you’re Treat Williams and packing heat lol.
Anyway, I think we need to stop being so leniant on blacks and treat them equally. Isn’t that what the whole Civil Rights movement was about? I am utterly sick of these guys who just sit and wait for something like this to happen only to pounce on it and use it as propoganda against non-black races, especially white people. Besides, if they don’t like it here in america they can always go back to starving in Africa with their relatives whom they always praise and hold on high. Makes you wonder how many of these types actually care that there own are dying of poverty and disease in their “motherland”.
Posted by enuffsenuff at 3:00 AM on September 1
Well done GetBackJack. Every time a story is mentioned here if someone mentions a place where we can give support to those who deserve it would be good.
Posted by Fight the Racists at 4:11 PM on September 2
It bemoans me to speak harsh criticism of black people or any people for that matter but all to often the child who screams the loudest gets the most attention. Black children need help, not to be put in a closet (segregation) and forgotten about. Keeping with the air that this website is maintained under, only because I fear any thought of whites and blacks working together will fall on deaf ears, blacks must take responsibility for their children because no one else will. I praise the truth and the supreintendent for his honest observation and true remarks. Black people need to face the truth, that the children are being misled into a culture that is moving further from peace and closer towards anarchy. It sickens me when I hear black people cry racism and prejudice about true and observable facts instead of taking steps to improve and grow the children positively and with strenth. Maybe one day we can ,as a nation, teach each other without bias or refrain but in order for that possiblity to occur, we must EACH (black and white) overcome our learned prejudices against each other and that is only possible with real and truth filled inter- and intra-spection. Each One Teach One
Posted by Michael Ford at 12:06 PM on November 5