Comments on: White Students Walk Out!

By: Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:42:50 +0000

Calling anyone racist is a violent assumption, and because of our hyper-sensitivity to issues, it sticks.

Too often it devolves into hearsay and speculation without direct quotes and context to utilize. And it damages the person it is attached too, often falsely, and brings little real healing power to the person leveling the charge.

Charging people as racists, even if their behavior is obviously so, diminishes any real opportunity for healthy discussion.

Conversations about race are often still too hot to talk about….and the continuing invective of those who promote themselves does nothing to advance genuine and lasting progress.

By: Number 2 Pencil

Number 2 Pencil — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:09:24 +0000

The un-diverse students have had enough
A speaker who was “passionate on the topic of diversity” left some students at a Catholic high school feeling, well, offended: HADDON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Some white students at a South Jersey Catholic school walked out of classes Tuesday in…

By: Ashtony Sanders

Ashtony Sanders — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:41:28 +0000

I can’t help but sigh when I see this sort of thing–teachers think they are doing something good in talking about diversity and attacking racism, but in truth, I believe such negative discussions only make things worse.

Telling students they are racist is an absurd and violent assumption which can only intimidate and squelch meaningful discussion. The more crazed we become in “finding out” racism, the less we are going to be able to deal with the actual problems in race relations.

By: Jason Smith

Jason Smith — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:45:19 +0000

There’s even more to Racist Regena than this outburst. She’s a typical democrat-operative who enjoys race-baiting and political favoritism, even in a job (Sec. of State) where she’s barred by law from engaging in “political activities”.

By: RedBeard

RedBeard — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:43:02 +0000

Some information just makes one stop and say, “Ok, that helps to explain it.” Like finding out that Regena Thomas spent 12 years working for Jesse Jackson.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:20:07 +0000

This story strikes me as a microcosm of the whole liberal/MSM struggle for increasingly smaller marginal benefits. Racism? Sure there will always be some racism, but as much as even ten years ago? Hardly. Yet we still need policies to right wrongs. Gay bashing? Sure, some, so in order to make them feel statistically normal we need gay marriage. Poverty? Sure, but even though low-income earners’ wages are growing faster in percentage terms than that of the wealthy, we still need to soak the rich. “Insurgency” in Iraq? Sure, but by all measures one that is decreasing yet the Iraqi assembly took place in an “insurgent wracked” country. It’s ridiculous how decreasing problems get increasing attention just to keep the gravy train coming or fight Bush.

By: firebird

firebird — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:04:37 +0000

The trouble is our schools and universities and being taken over by radicals and its the sudents rights to walk out on some hate mongering race baiting socialists

By: George

George — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:42:40 +0000

From all the reports, I know how all the students feel. It would be good to know exactly what was said.

By: David L

David L — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:21:09 +0000

I can think of a better responce than walking out. Then I say this as an adult in hindsight. Certainly the school children had wasmotivated, measured and appropriate. I can not say that of Regena Thomas’s speech was not.

It appears that Thomas’ style is too confrontational. Well that is great for faculty meeting and puplic protests It is not appropriate for addressing school children.

I think the parents should question the authority who invited Thomas to speak. There is no call to be rude and oonfrontational to school peace abiding school children. At the very least, Thomas owe the school, and the state, a very public apology.

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:55:13 +0000

Aaahh, good point (I never got to go to Private School so I am unfamiliar with some of the differences).

Again, you made the point best…

if the skin color was reverse……

By: SCSIwuzzy

SCSIwuzzy — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:50:55 +0000

Private school. Some state money comes in, and the Principal may well have stuck around, I don’t expect that the president or the trustees to be hanging about past the introduction and photo ops.
Besides, Ms Thomas is not very popular amongst Catholics or in the south Jersey region. Hearing how she talks to and about them, it isn’t a big surprise.

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:45:53 +0000

Thanks SCSI,
I was just figuring since it was the State Representative (of sorts), the Principal would be front and center to suck up

By: SCSIwuzzy

SCSIwuzzy — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:36:56 +0000

Renee,
You’re not far off the mark.
I talked to another parent this morning while getting coffe before the commute.
Ms Thomas was yelling, spitting and making comments of a threatening nature.
I think that given the supposed nature of her visit, and the morals and beahivors that Paul VI has long sought to instill in their students, the teachers and students were right to stand up and walk away.
Also, the reports are unlcear about which administrators were present for the “speach”. It’s not uncommon for the admins to get back to work once these things begin, esp since the teachers were there to keep things under control.
Needless to say (though I am ), the parents and the community have no intention of just letting this lie without some explantations and accounting.
When I get updates and post them, I’ll make sure to update La Shawn as well.

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:24:46 +0000

Frank,
I am just curious about your comment regarding the “students” lack of discipline. Would it have been different if the presenter had been throwing “f” bombs and making sexually explicit comments? Would that have made it ok to walk out or would they still have showed a lack of discipline?

Another thing that strikes me is it appears the teachers and students had to make a stand (by walking out) before the Principal and other administrators said or did anything.

By: J. Peden

J. Peden — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:43:02 +0000

Being a bigot has nothing to do with physical characteristics, except that they define the bigot’s bigotry of this kind. It’s a dead life, but apparently all they got. “Diversity” basks in it, which should awaken Freudian analyses and some degree of fright.