Here we go again. The Superintendent of Huntsville City Schools disrespected the President of the United States again this year by not requiring, yes I said requiring, students watch the the President's back to school address. In honor of my mother I am re posting what I wrote the same time last year before I got booted from leaning Left in Alabama.
Teaching Hate
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This is what my mother believes happened in schools across America in wake of the recent "controversy" regarding President Obama's back to school address to public school students. After reading the account in yesterday's Huntsville Times I have to agree with her. Note* The Huntsville Times did not cover the issue this year. Out of sight out of mind.
All white is not right. I'm talking to you Huntsville Times. Why were only white students from the two predominately white High Schools interviewed? What about black students reaction from the four predominately black high schools? Why did you choose to only report on the schools that "opted out" of hearing the President's speech?
Where was the first HCS African American female school board member during all of this? I'm still finding it hard to believe she and the first HCS African American School chief allowed teachers and principals to "opt out" of letting students hear the first African American President of the United States' back to school address. As my mother said, you better believe if Dr. James I. Dawson were still a member of the board there wouldn't have been any "opting out". He had the character and the courage to place himself on the right side of issues, even when it was unpopular to do so. He didn't trade his race for politics. He stood for equality and justice. Where is the equality and justice in this?
Do parents screen all the movies that are shown in classrooms? Do Principals makes sure the movies have something to do with the lesson plan? Do parents and principals screen lesson plans to make sure they meet their approval? No. No. And no. It was only THIS President. Good job educators. You're doing a heck of a job molding the minds of our future doctors, lawyers, judges, teachers, nurses, and elected officials.
Ok, we get it. You hate black people. The question is why? You say black people want the "government to take care of them", translation, welfare. Nothing could be farther from the truth, but even if it were true, you didn't have a problem with the government taking care of black people during 200 years of slavery. As a matter of fact, if I recall correctly, there was a Civil War fought so government could continue to take care of black people. If the south had won the Civil War, the government would still be taking care of black people. Black folks don't want the government to take care of them. Black folks want the government to protect their right to liberty and justice for all. Black folks are not the enemy.
For the sake of our country and our future let's stop teaching hate and start teaching tolerance. All this hate is hurting us.
September 15 marks the sad anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing when four young black girls were killed while attending Sunday School. The following day civil rights attorney Charles Morgan had the courage to stand up and speak out against hate.
This is a lesson for school children and teens brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance program. It frankly, in these days, needs to be learned by more adults it seems then children, though those same adults, parents, granparents and other relatives, friends, neighbors, strangers and talking heads of many media outlets are showing just wasn't learned, nor wanted to be, when they were young!
Now is the time to speak not censor or suppress;
If one is calling themselves, or sympathizing with, these so called 'teabaggers' and aren't calling out those around you or those you watch or listen out for the racist remarks, posters, whatever, guess what, you're no different then them! That goes for any so called political party they affiliate themselves with.
If you supported, or were with others who did, the recent damaging rhetoric on burning a religious groups Sacred book, especially using the umbrella of another religion you think espouses intolerance like that, then you are as much guilty of any destructive blowback that has or may result from these types of actions! Those who seek to minimize any reporting, suppressing the dangerous issue and not how it was being reported, are just as guilty!
Children are our future. Remember?
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