He is the only African American student in the class at the Falls Church school. And he says the fact he was singled out and asked to read it “blacker” shows racial insensitivity by his teacher.
“It’s very, very unprofessional,” he says. “It should not happen. She didn’t do it to any other kids, why did she have to do it to me.”
Jordan brought it to his mom’s attention after a lesson in English this week about stereotypes. The freshman says he was again singled out to explain why African American people like grape soda and rap music.
A George C. Marshall High School student asked to read poem ‘blacker’ | WJLA.com (via yfiles)
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And then I wept for the demise of Print...
- John Gruber: The MacWorld guys -- the guys who work on the uh... what do you call one of those things?
- Dan Benjamin: Booth.
- John: No, no, it's like, um... it's like a book--
- Dan: Publisher?
- John: It's like a website but you put it in a book and it's like on glossy paper.
- Dan: Catalog? Handout?
- John: Nope. Nope, it's like a website full of articles and news and stuff like that.
- Dan: Newspaper?
- John: No. Close.
- Dan: Magazine?
- John: THAT'S IT! Magazine. MacWorld Magazine. Couldn't think of that.
Clients From Hell: After sending two invoices for payment, I sent another and called the...
After sending two invoices for payment, I sent another and called the client when the receipt that they had received it came back.
Client: Why are you calling me?
Me: You haven’t paid and this is the third invoice I’ve sent.
Client: It’s even more than the last one!
Me: Yes. The…
WORST.
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Whoever invented Microsoft Office should be ashamed.
Whoever made thew newest incarnation and changed all the toolbars around should be even more ashamed.
I would like to see a public apology sometime soon.
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future.
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This is something that I think a lot about.
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I don’t even
I’ve been feeling upset all week and I don’t even know why. Then today I flew to MO to stay with Liz over spring break. And instead of spending the evening with me, she spends the evening with the neighbors she spends every day with. I don’t feel like I can count on anyone anymore. Why did I bother coming here if she doesn’t even want to hang out with me?
File under: things I don’t appreciate
When people don’t answer my texts for days (especially when I’m upset about something) and then get all upset if I don’t answer theirs within five minutes.
