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district 2 school board seat
Published Nov. 3, 2009Views: 572
Bussing is on the ballot.
OK, not really. Many voters feel that it is, in that if Tedesco wins the District 2 Seat the Wake County School Board will have five members who prefer neighborhood schools over the current policy of economic diversity.
So my questions are as follows:
If Tedesco wins, will the NAACP accept the will of the voters?
Does anyone believe that the new board will immediately change the bussing policy?
If the board does effect a policy that eliminates bussing based on economic diversity, is a lawsuit warranted to maintain such policy?
What is the harm in having neighborhood schools? Doesn't neighborhood schools foster neighborhood cohesion and participation in school activities?
Just some random thoughts. What are yours?
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However, it's nothing like living it...is it?
"...we're going to constantly be dealing with this race-based stupidity and ignorance."
That's because we like to sweep things under the rug and discount those who know. It's a cancer we refuse to address. Stop saying it doesn't exist and maybe we can stop dealing with "race-based stupidity and ignorance." Take my "challenge" and live the life for a while.
And, I am God first, nation second, and family third. I developed that belief during 30 years of military service. This "race-based stupidity" is ripping this country apart by people who claim to love it and love to deny it. George Washington hated political parties. He said that they serve themselves before serving this nation. He was right then, and his words ring true now.
November 3, 2009 3:15 p.m.
And I thought the flatulence blogs were amusing...this has to be a candidate for "Quote of the Day"! :)
"Gregory Peck made to that all-white jury in the movie, To Kill A Mockingbird. Does anyone remember the exact comment when he stated that the black defendent was the "same" as the white members on the jury"
I don't know about that one but I think Jake Brigance does a great job in his summation in "A Time To Kill":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117913/quotes
I've lived there.
I remember the case it was based upon.
And until both sides can understand AT THE CORE OF THEIR BEING what the heck Jake was talking about, we're going to constantly be dealing with this race-based stupidity and ignorance.
November 3, 2009 2:24 p.m.
As a God first and Nation second, type of guy, I only deal with reality. I treat a cold with cold medicine and orange juice, not Preparation H. How about you? Race is part of the very fabric of this nation. I think you're a prime candidate to update the "Black Like Me" book. I urge you to take the challenge since "we're all the same." (Most of you know that's a lie...right? I'm reminded of the statement Gregory Peck made to that all-white jury in the movie, To Kill A Mockingbird. Does anyone remember the exact comment when he stated that the black defendent was the "same" as the white members on the jury. He was addressing that same lie) Come back and inform the rest of us about your findings.
November 3, 2009 1:49 p.m.
I tried to minimise that by saving the questions I had for the office hours. As I was the only one who took him up on his offer of four hours outside of class per week, I don't think essentially being a sponge made that much difference in the actual class. :)
"At the graduate level, where I taught, I can't see any place for it. If you aren't prepared by that point, you just have no business being there, IMO."
I wholeheartedly agree. I just can't imagine tossing many times the going rate for undergraduate degrees in the toilet just for the heck of it. Were I to ever pursue an advanced degree (highly unlikely), I'd make sure I'd get the most bang for the buck by being on the ball straightaway.
November 3, 2009 1:38 p.m.
Hey ya'll, anybody on here think you're inherently better than another because of your skin color? Speak now or forever hold your peace. GetRight
sorry, i'm used to talking to leftists who call me racist every time i talk about poor people/areas
GOLO member since January 22, 2009
November 3, 2009 1:21 p.m.
exactly...just so happens that people are talking about the slums where blacks are the majority and "thug life" is not seen as a bad thing...we could equally discuss rural areas where "redneck life" is the hot thing and the school would be equally as bad only different
GOLO member since January 22, 2009
November 3, 2009 1:20 p.m.
"arfam- That’s no different than a kid growing up with parents that romanticize “redneck life/ rock star/ emo life” by listening to country or rock and talking “country/slang”…the kid will likely grow up to think being a redneck is good (cussin’, spitting, abusing alcohol)…doesn’t matter what color they are"
too quickly and after reading the ones on "Black like me" and misread what you stated. I'm sorry. Will you forgive me? :-)
GOLO member since February 28, 2008
November 3, 2009 1:18 p.m.
This statement may have some validity but it is irrelevant. The ONLY way this can be accomplished is by brute force, and lots of it -OR_ by changing the HEARTS of the people. The government has no power over the hearts of the people. Segregation is deeply rooted in human nature, as are many other things this gov't tries to legislate and regulate. That's why many of these things don't work. As long as there is no legal validity for or against segregation human beings will always segregate themselves based on SOME criteria, just like Dr. Seuss's Sneetches.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh1qWZWNGGE) What a remarkably insightful view of human nature.
GOLO member since February 28, 2008
November 3, 2009 1:14 p.m.
GOLO member since December 21, 2007
November 3, 2009 1:07 p.m.
I'm not sure how you decide what is a "well known fact". If anything, it seems to me that the more research we do, the more we find our behavior to be influenced by hard wiring and the less by environment. Whether that "hard wiring" is the result of genetic factors or by chemical interactions is very much up in the air.
That being said, my point about being born to the "right" or "wrong" referred more to economic status than to race.
GOLO member since January 25, 2008
November 3, 2009 1:07 p.m.
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