L.A. Teachers VS. The NAACP
I couldn’t help but laugh when I read this article.
LOS ANGELES – Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms, a school district spokeswoman said Wednesday.
How long until we are told the color or ethnicity of these teachers, is what I’m thinking.
Children from other classes at the school displayed photos of more appropriate black role models, such as Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman and President Barack Obama, Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Gayle Pollard-Terry said.
Obama so should not be amongst those people to be sure.
The incident occurred Friday at Wadsworth Avenue Elementary School in South Los Angeles, where the student body is more than 90 percent Latino.
District Superintendent Ramon Cortines placed the teachers — all white men who teach first, second and fourth grades — on administrative leave on Tuesday while an investigation is conducted, Pollard-Terry said.
YES!! THEY WERE WHITE!! IT WAS A CONSPIRACY!! The proof is below.
“The superintendent will not let anyone make a mockery out of Black History Month,” she said. The issue was brought to district officials’ attention by the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP after the organization received a complaint early Monday, chapter President Leon Jenkins said.
Jenkins said he felt the teachers acted in concert to mock black heroes and children’s innocence.
I’m thinking perhaps the teachers were being idiots, maybe they were racist KKK undercover agents, or perhaps they were simply putting a couple things in perspective. All members of an ethnic group are not the sum of their a**holes.
“These are not the people we want our young people to emulate or believe these people represent the best of the African-American community,” Jenkins said. “It’s hard for the NAACP to believe this was a mistake.”
And let’s look at the people the NAACP are offended by:
Simpson, a former NFL star, is serving a nine-year prison sentence for robbery and kidnapping. He was famously acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife and her friend.
He’s there as a joke to be sure. The Juice’s fall from grace was epic and I’m still waiting for the movie.
RuPaul is a drag queen performer.
So gay people are not heroes by the NAACP’s standard? Has GLAAD heard about this? That would be an epic fight, wouldn’t it? NAACP vs. GLAAD!?
Rodman, a former NBA star, has gained notoriety for bad boy behavior on and off the basketball court.
It’s not like he killed anyone. He’s just got poor common sense. But this is where the reality of the situation comes to light.
Some parents at the school on Wednesday said the issue was overblown.
Sharon Tinson, who has two daughters at the school and attended Friday’s celebration, said she had been surprised to see Simpson displayed in the parade. But she noted that Simpson, like Rodman, was a great athlete before falling from grace. RuPaul simply has an alternative lifestyle, she added.
She noted the event also included a tribute to pop singer Michael Jackson, who has also had a checkered career.
I’m more offended by an (alleged) child molesting mental case than a bad boy basketball player.
“I kind of laughed at it,” Tinson said. “I wasn’t offended.”
Gabriel Blackson, whose son attends the school, said he also took a larger view of the ruckus.
“These guys were heroes before. People make mistakes,” he said. “I think they show kids they can be somebody, to push them to be somebody.”
Jenkins said he is calling for the teachers to be fired.
And maybe they will, maybe they won’t. I don’t really care, I just enjoy seeing the politicians make an issue out of nothing for their own benefit. Something the NAACP has (sadly) become a master at.
I bid adieu,
your Origami reporter,
L.Manly
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