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A Texas teacher named her class the j-word. Her racial slur defense: ignorance.



Washington Post Story By Katie Mettler.



The nicknames were meant to create togetherness for the sixth-grade classrooms at Bell Manor Elementary School.

The school, in a town between Fort Worth and Dallas, intended to begin the school year with a trip to Camp Thurman, reported the Star-Telegram, a day camp with “fun in the woods” activities. The nicknames would be used during a team-building exercise.

One group of children claimed the name “Dream Team.”

Another got “Jighaboos.”

And when one student’s father found out, he was appalled.

“You put Dream Team and then you have the Jighaboos. Really? Really with that?” he told Fox 4. “That’s, that’s unacceptable.”

The father, who spoke on camera to the TV station but asked not to show his face, said he learned of the nickname when he asked his son, like he does every night after school, what he had learned that day. He couldn’t understand how the teacher, who he told Fox 4 was white, could assign such a derogatory — and commonly known — racial slur for a black person to a group of children in a school that is majority-minority.

“I had to see it myself,” he said.

He stopped by the classroom when it was empty, the father told Fox 4, and found evidence of the nickname tacked to the wall. On a laminated sheet of white paper, bordered by green construction paper, a classroom mantra-type sign bore the slur:

“Mrs. _____’s Jighaboos are at school today to achieve our 6th grade goals and prepare for 7th grade,” the sign read, according to a photo the dad sent Fox 4. “We want to achieve higher reading levels and score level III on the Reading STAAR test. We can make this happen by reading more challenging books, working as a team, and always giving 1oo percent while having fun!”

Around the sign’s border, it appears the students scrawled their initials.

School administrators conducted an investigation once the slur was brought to their attention, the Telegram reported.

“The teacher took [the sign] down,” school district spokeswoman Deanne Hullender told the newspaper. “She was mortified, and she cried.”

The district told local media the teacher, who has not been identified, was not aware “jighaboo” — proper spelling jigaboo — was a racial slur.

“[We] would like to extend an apology for the inappropriate actions taken by one of our elementary teachers who failed to vet a class name,” a statement from the district said. “We take this situation seriously and the issue was immediately addressed with the principal and classroom teacher. Both the principal and the teacher have apologized to the parent reporting this concern.”

Fox 4 reported that the parents of the rest of the children in that class were to receive an apology as well, but it was unclear whether that had yet happened. The students in that class are white, African American and Latino. State data shows that during the 2014-15 academic school year, the 759 elementary students were 36 percent Anglo, 23.5 percent African American and 26.9 percent Hispanic.

The father who initially reported the transgression said he was unimpressed with the teacher’s response.

“Ignorance is not a defense,” he told Fox 4. “It is not a defense.”

But it’s a defense that has been used before.

In 2015, a Fox News anchor in Cleveland was commenting during the morning show about Lady Gaga’s performance at the Oscars when she said this:

“It’s usually so hard to hear her voice with all that — jigaboo music, whatever you want to call it [in the background].”

The Internet promptly exploded, and the next day she issued an apology.

“I just want to take a moment to address a comment that I made yesterday that got a lot of attention,” Capel said. “It’s important for me to let you know that I deeply regret my insensitive comment. And I truly did not know the meaning of the word and would never intentionally use such hurtful language.”

In the wake of criticisms that followed, political analyst Jason Johnson wrote a scathing critique on NBC News.

” … The idea that Kristi Chapel had no idea that ‘jigaboo’ was a negative reference to black people is a total stretch,” Johnson wrote. “She didn’t make an “insensitive” statement she made a racist statement, and to believe her story you’d have to believe that a woman with a degree in journalism uses words on television that she doesn’t know the definition of.”

In that same vein, an editorial board member for the Dallas Morning News critiqued the Bell Manor teacher in a column Thursday, echoing the outraged dad, writing, “her ignorance is not excuse.”

“It’s mind-boggling that a teacher in racially sensitive 2016 would adopt a term she doesn’t know, display it and have her students recite it,” Leona Allen wrote. “I’m left with a lot of questions.”

She said this situation demonstrates why a diverse staff is important, and that it prompts teachers to be more proactive in learning about the historical backgrounds of their racially diverse students.

She also offered background on the origins of the slur:

A little history:

The slur is rooted in slavery. It was used as a derogatory term for a black person deemed too dark-skinned, hair too kinky, and therefore somehow thought of as less attractive — just undesirable period — than someone born with lighter skin and straighter hair.

It insidiously became a way that black people compared themselves.

On the Internet, some people have found themselves confusing the derogatory term with the 1999 Destiny’s Child single “Bug A Boo.”

In the song, a bug a boo is, one can surmise, a boyfriend who is bothersome.

Perhaps the Texas teacher had just been listening to too much Beyoncé.

 

Damn what's next this term is going be making a comeback? Fox News anchor claiming she didn't know it was a racial slur.

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They are not only going to bring it back but start spelling it with a "G" instead of a "J" so they can now claim it is no longer a derogatory term but a term of endearment....

 

Oh yeah...just like the other word that people throw around like simpletons.

 

"Return" To Africa

A North Carolina pastor who has endorsed Donald Trump explained his job plan on Tuesday, which calls for the “return” of black Americans to Africa to build roads and bridges.

Apostle Thomas Rodgers, Sr. of Antioch Road to Glory International Ministries in North Carolina told CNN host Carol Costello that black Americans should receive “dual citizenship” so that they could find jobs in Africa.

“African-Americans are the only people in the world who do not seek dual citizenship,” Rodgers said. “That’s why Chicago gangs, California gangs, the Crips and the Bloods and Detroit in Michigan — we have gangs in the streets because blacks have no vision, they have no leadership.”

“You’ve also talked about building a road back to Africa,” Costello noted. “Can you explain that?”

Rodgers replied: “Matter of fact, where our ancestors came from, from the Indian Ocean all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, that’s 4,000 miles and we want to go back and help with the highways all the way across, to create jobs, train rails, pipelines, oil, petroleum. They create jobs for young people that can’t find jobs here, that the Democrats have not did.”

“I think it would give young people in prison [jobs] just like Great Britain did,” he opined.

“So you are suggesting young people in trouble should go back to Africa, perhaps to find jobs?” the CNN host pressed.

“Not to go back, but I say to return,” Rodgers insisted. “It’s a clause in the United Nations charter, our right to return, to help build infrastructure. Everybody don’t want to stay here. We are skilled people.”

Democratic strategist Angela Rye pointed out that building a “literal” bridge back to Africa was “probably impossible.”

“I apologize for laughing,” Rye added.

Watch the video below from CNN, broadcast Aug. 30, 2016.



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And of course he won't "return" to Africa because he's doing good with his preaching gig here in the good old USA......

 

Oooweeee, bitch stop.

 

Oh god.

 

I have no words...

 

We some skilleded people ya'll.

 

That word is so out of date to me I thought she called those kids jews.

 

Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is suing his victim's parents

Jared Fogle is suing the parents of one of his sex-offense victims.

In court documents filed on Thursday, the former Subway pitchman deflected blame for the girl's emotional distress and personal injuries in the aftermath of his crimes, and argued that the girl's parents — and not him — are the source of her distress.

The victim, known in court papers as Jane Doe, sued Fogle earlier this year for $150,000 in damages related to his crimes.

She was one of several minors who were secretly video-taped undressing and bathing in the home of Russell Taylor, Fogle's business partner at the time.

Fogle pleaded guilty last year to viewing the tapes that were recorded in Taylor's home. He was later convicted and sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for having sex with minors and receiving and distributing child pornography. He's serving out his sentence at a federal penitentiary in Colorado.

As part of his plea deal, Fogle paid $100,000 to each of his 14 victims, including Jane Doe.

In his latest court filing, however, Fogle claims that Jane Doe was suffering from depression and that she abused alcohol and drugs, as well as engaged in sex with "multiple partners" long before she knew about Fogle's crimes.

In the filing, he claims that her parents, named in the documents as "J.T. and B.T.," failed to properly supervise her.

He also accused them of inflicting emotional distress because of a messy divorce and "abusive relationship."

"The outrageous and reckless conduct of J.T. and B.T. committed over a period of several years inflicted personal injuries, emotional distress and psychological injury on Jane Doe from which she will continue to suffer," the document states. "B.T. and J.T., by their actions, caused Jane Doe to suffer from emotional distress and depression which then resulted in Jane Doe engaging in destructive behaviors, including, but not limited to alcohol abuse, substance abuse, self-mutilation, and suicidal idealization with regard to which B.T. and J.T. are liable."

In the filing, Fogle requests that Jane Doe's parents be held liable for her emotional distress and "all other relief the court deems proper."

 

He's probably bored and wants a day outing to court so he can order a Subway sandwich.

On a more serious tone, this exemplifies our present and future mindset.. No accountability and blame everyone else, even the victim. Oh and sue.

 

Too Much Money + Too Much Lean =

Lil Wayne Thinks Racism Is Over Because of Millennials Attending His Shows


Rapper Lil Wayne recently said that the racial make-up of one of his shows made him think racism didn't exist. Wochit

Who wants to tell him?

In a classic case of a celebrity conflating his personal, skewed-by-fame experiences with those of the general public, Lil Wayne stopped by the Undisputed sports show to make some questionable claims about racism.

Co-host Skip Bayless asked the rapper about his recent concert in Westchester, New York, when Lil Wayne told him "the only black face you could see in the whole audience was your makeup artist."

“I thought that was clearly a message that there was no such thing as racism," Wayne responded. "My crowd has always been everybody."

Wayne cited his younger generation of fans as more progressive, claiming that when it comes to racism, “it’s not cool to them.”

That may be true, but Wayne conflating his diverse fanbase with the end of racism seems like flawed logic. After all, he didn't think racism was over in 2014, when he bashed Donald Sterling over his racist remarks. Or in 2012, when he claimed he was discriminated against at an NBA game after a dispute over courtside tickets.

That's not what he told Bayless on Undisputed. “I have never...never’s a strong word. I have never, never dealt with racism and I’m glad I didn’t have to," the rapper added.

 

The King of Coons


Don King Drops The N-Word As Trump’s Attempt At African-American Photo Op Backfires


Boxing promoter Don King was introducing Donald Trump on Wednesday morning when he dropped the N-word on live television and destroyed Trump's latest attempt to use African-Americans as props in his ‘I’m not a racist’ propaganda effort.

King said:


"If you're poor, you are a poor negro -- I would use the n-word -- but if you're rich, you are a rich negro. If you are intelligent, intellectual, you are intellectual negro. If you are a dancing and sliding and gliding nigga -- I mean negro -- you are a dancing and sliding and gliding negro," King said, laughing along with the crowd after the slip-up. "You're going to be a negro 'til you die."

Trump, who was already smirking as he listened to King, didn't change the expression on his face, but turned slightly uncomfortably to his special counsel Michael Cohen and the church's pastor, Darrell Scott, who head up Trump's diversity coalition.

Trump, who said he personally invited King to introduce him, was sitting in a chair onstage just a few feet away from King when he uttered the word.
Taking the stage moments later, Trump called King a "phenomenal persona" and said: "Ah, there's only one Don King."

During his speech, King praised Trump as "fearless," "courageous and brave" and said he believed Trump would "take this system apart" and "create a whole new system."

"The system is corrupt, the system is rigged, the system is sexist, the system is racist," King said, arguing that Trump would bring the country "back to inclusiveness."

King's mere presence at Trump's side is controversial: King was convicted of second-degree murder for stomping a man to death in 1966. The governor of Ohio later pardoned King for the crime in 1983.

John Lewis calls for election observers at polling places this November
Wednesday's moment came as Trump pitched himself as a president who would help bring jobs and safety to impoverished minority communities during the event at Scott's church. There, Trump was flanked by a number of his prominent black surrogates, including Ben Carson and former "Apprentice" star Omarosa Manigault.

Later, as Trump fielded questions from Scott on a range of issues affecting religious and minority communities, King stood on stage by Trump, interjecting infrequently to shout about the "system."

Warily eyeing King, Manigault suggested King take a seat, but the boxing promoter declined.

Moments later, as Trump's supporters gathered around him to pray for Trump, King grabbed Trump's wrist and raised their arms above their heads, as he would with a champion boxer.

Trump appeared to let his hand go limp, and then, unsure what to do, closed his hand to make a fist.

Just a few hours later, King flew with the real estate mogul aboard Trump's plane to his rally in Toledo, Ohio, where he introduced GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence.


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Don King uses n-word at a trump rally

 

Already posted this in another thread.

 

Which one

 

This Week In WTF News.

I basically started that particular thread for news related stories that more than likely wouldn't get much traffic if it was a thread on it's own.

 

Ok. Cool

 

Don King is a real joke now.