Mr. Robson uses a not so sly method of putting words in my mouth, then attacking me for something I didn't say. What I said in the text of my post is what I meant to say. The "subtext" that Mr. Robson talks about is the product of his own imagination and ignorance.
-Doug Mann, King Field In a message dated 5/16/2002 7:35:19 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm sure a smart guy like Mr. Mann, who has a long history of chastising the > MPS on the basis of ability grouping and other complaints, knows what he is > doing when he draws an analogy between Denny's, a service company with one > of > the most notoriously racist histories in American corporate annals, with the > > people who work within the Minneapolis Public Schools. It is a not so sly > way > of saying that the MPS is racist and that if it stopped its racist behavior > then matters would improve. If that wasn't a subtext of what Mr. Mann > intended to say then his communication skills are on the fritz. > My experience with MPS personnel, black, white and whatever, is that, if > anything, they are less racist than the population and society at large. Yes, > > I'm a white male with a white male child, but I can only tell you what I > know > and experience. Rather than Mr. Mann's passive-aggressive inference, I'd > like > to ask the list straight out how they feel the MPS does in matters of > race--and I'm not talking about test scores. > > Britt Robson > Lyndale _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
