tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post5603649391759276290..comments2023-12-28T04:38:12.066-05:00Comments on Just Another Quick Question: I Just Don't Get ItAbigail Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773380536768869663noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-9617828419683407432007-06-04T07:22:00.000-05:002007-06-04T07:22:00.000-05:00I was born and raised in the South and was there d...I was born and raised in the South and was there during the Civil Rights movement, integration, everything. With all that though I felt something was wrong with racism.<BR/><BR/>I was 21 when I moved to Michigan and to my surprise racism IS prevalent here, too.. just not as openly in the South. <BR/><BR/>I just finished reading Marcia Clark's book about the OJ trial so when you said "race card" that reminded me of that.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408633498198921799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-18963058654743569882007-06-01T06:28:00.000-05:002007-06-01T06:28:00.000-05:00abby-- i remember you calling and crying to me abo...abby-- i remember you calling and crying to me about this. i hope things have smoothed over some.Becky Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17918151489899109424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-66745949005165412102007-05-28T22:35:00.000-05:002007-05-28T22:35:00.000-05:00I hope they realize the truth about you...and don'...I hope they realize the truth about you...and don't worry about being a young teacher....you will be closely scrutinized for awhile..sure, but after they see the neat stuff you do, you will have their respect. They just need to see you in action.Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-15461996542484528422007-05-28T20:44:00.000-05:002007-05-28T20:44:00.000-05:00Hi Abby! Sorry you're misunderstood. I know and ca...Hi Abby! <BR/><BR/>Sorry you're misunderstood. I know and can vouch you're not, though we've only met virtually...from your writing, you do not betray such! So to hell with such unkind and nasty remarks! <BR/><BR/>Remember, the lips and mouth and mind belongs to the one who said this...unfortunately the one who sprout such is a racist herself/himself. How would she know what a racist is if she is not one!!!!<BR/><BR/>We live with discrimination every day. In some parts of the world, there is this 'hate American' sentiment...is this not discrimination? <BR/><BR/>Man loves to ignite that is volatile especially spilling out thoughtless words. <BR/><BR/>The war of words kills more than guns and powder!<BR/><BR/>Praying for you...you're one great person and friend of everyone! Take care. Cheerio!twilitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673755529491874038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-61501666461505696392007-05-26T21:51:00.000-05:002007-05-26T21:51:00.000-05:00I challenge you to look into your own lives at wha...I challenge you to look into your own lives at what your definition of prejudice is. Does your family drink Coke or Pepsi? Have you always cleaned the bathroom with Scrubbing bubble and anything else would be terrible? Have you never questioned why dad will only buy Ford vehicles or mom will only use Pillsbury flour? Maybe you just do these things now becasue your parents always did. Now Imagine your children. Will they drink Coke or Pepsi? <BR/>I would imagine that many of the things you say and do on a daily basis, that were taught to you from a young age could be construed by someone else as prejudice. For example: One day I said "Indian giver" to someone. A co-worker who happend to have a small amount of Native American background in her said, "I don't like that" with a look of contempt on her face as if I had just killed 10 children. Ok all of the sudden my mind races to a place it has never gone before. Where did the saying "Indian giver" come from? I really don't know but when I really think about it, it was probably something derogatory to Native Americans. But I have heard it from a very young age and never questioned where it came from untill it offended someone. Does that make me racist? I don't think so, it makes me a little ignorant for not questioning what was taught to me, but not really racist unless I was fully intending it to mean something derogatory. <BR/>So I submit this for you to think about, consider it the missing question from this post. Are all things that are said and done that offend poeple really racisim or could it be inbread/inlearned ignorance on the part of the speaker? Or could it be ignorance or inbread learning on the part of the offended person?<BR/>Could we try to be a little more tolerant of each other, and try to understand a little bit more of where someone might be coming from before they are labeled racist or prejudiced. We all have prejudice, that is how we make the majority of decisions in our lives. Unfortunately sometimes the prejudice is completely unfounded and sometimes it is based in fact or at least partial fact. We could all stand to take a little bit of time and think about how we feel about other people. I certainly did when my co-worker brought my ingnorance to light as well as when I considered caring for my daughter as my own, she is bi-racial and neither is the same race as myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-61557840787883400692007-05-26T21:03:00.000-05:002007-05-26T21:03:00.000-05:00This was just an issue in my daughters 5th grade c...This was just an issue in my daughters 5th grade class. A black male student blamed the white male teacher for being racist. The boy said that it was because he was black that he wasn't allowed to go out for recess. My daughters teacher was so shocked that this boy called him a racist. There are 28 kids in this classroom and 8 of them are black. The teacher pointed out to him that 7 of those kids were able to play outside.<BR/><BR/>I will also mention that the teacher did a bit of "flipping out." He loudly explained how you don't accuse people of being a racist just because you didn't get what you wanted.<BR/><BR/>This boy didn't do his homework, was goofing off in class and was disrespectful to a teachers aide. This was the reason he had to stay in during last recess...not because he was black.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502276781004430470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-55402092782668241392007-05-26T20:13:00.000-05:002007-05-26T20:13:00.000-05:00I find it really scary that we are still dealing w...I find it really scary that we are still dealing with these same issues, so far into history. It doesn't seem like a very good chance it'll end very soon either, and that's what makes it even worse.Nikki Neurotichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699784181113365713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406349753100812125.post-58706997048990843822007-05-26T10:29:00.000-05:002007-05-26T10:29:00.000-05:00Hmm was it a colleague that said that, a parent or...Hmm was it a colleague that said that, a parent or a friend? You're school sounds a bit like mine with such a diverse student population and I wouldn't want it to be any other way too, it's great to be able to go to school with so many different people and learn from each other - your students are lucky to have someone so understanding as you. <BR/><BR/>About "pulling the race card," it's interesting that whenever I call upon a black student in class the student often says "Ms., you're picking on me because I'm black" though it's always said in a joking way and everyont in the class laughs. Even if the student IS joking, it still bothers me. I don't call on students because of their skin colour, I call on them if they're talking (and I always tell them that) !! Then I usually go into a long story about how I'm probably more "black" then they are till the point where they regret making the comment.'liyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682312785305176809noreply@blogger.com