"These people have declared people of color as Enemy of the State and
are getting away with it, including their crusade to shut down public
education, ONLY in the poor inner-city mind you, and profiteer off poor
people's children rendering them without any access to an education if
they should be dropped by charter schools.
Charter schools by and large do not deal with English Language Learners,
Special Ed. students and behavior problems. Closing public schools and
firing teachers because of test scores is not the answer."
Wilma,
This clip corroborates your point exactly. I see Ms. Ravitch as a
whistle blower, confessing her own mistakes, from the Bush administration.
It's time for people of all backgrounds to condemn Obama's continuation
of the very worst of no child left behind. It has always been nothing
but an all out attack on public education. Public education, in poor
districts, has been harmed for decades by stripping it of all support.
Race to the Top ignores the funding gap and complete lack of support in
the class based system and says "look at the problems" Then, they
continue to offer PRIVATIZATION as the only solution!
http://www.grittv.org/2010/07/20/ravitch-race-top-schools-charter/
On 7/23/2010 8:34 AM, Wilma de Soto wrote:
The Obama Administration apparently very afraid of any discussion
about race,that they run the other way whenever there is a hint of a
race issue; especially after the Professor Gates issue. While the
race-baiting fearmongers in The Tea Party and FOX News have no
compunction whatsoever about using race as a political tool.
It's beyond time to call them out and stop letting them get away with
it. I wonder what would happen if 100 Black, Puerto Rican, Mexican or
whatever showed up at say a Pat Toomey rally openly brandishing guns
as part of THEIR Second Amendment rights. If one idiot with a billy
club can start such fear, I cannot imagine what would happen.
These people have declared people of color as Enemy of the State and
are getting away with it, including their crusade to shut down public
education, ONLY in the poor inner-city mind you, and profiteer off
poor people's children rendering them without any access to an
education if they should be dropped by charter schools.
Charter schools by and large do not deal with English Language
Learners, Special Ed. students and behavior problems. Closing public
schools and firing teachers because of test scores is not the answer.
By the way, someone I know who went to Tulane at the same time with
Andrew Breitbart, who by his own admission says he drank his way
through college, is pissed because he was a rich kid from Brentwood in
LA and basically was taking up a spot that could have been used by
someone who would have actually studied!
On 7/22/10 10:01 PM, "Kimm Tynan" <[email protected]> wrote:
The irony is he ended up proving that one false word from a
White man with dubious credibility had the power to unjustly
affect the livelihood of an African-American woman without due
process, or no questions asked.
Amen, Wilma.
The NAACP thing is bizarre and sad because, institutionally, it
had first-hand knowledge of what was actually said -- she was
talking to them! But I am far more disappointed in the Obama
administration. As her employer, as the federal government, it
had far more of a duty to take a measured, rational approach. The
fact that they just freaked out like a massive jellyfish at the
prospect of the story appearing on Glenn Beck and acted with no
independent investigation, no due process, is deeply, deeply
disturbing.
As soon as I first started hearing the first peeps about this
story (I've been very out-of-touch with the outside world the last
few days), I thought, "Wow -- this sounds very ACORN-like." Then
my husband informed me yesterday it was the same source. Huh.
How 'bout that.
But, hey, what do I know -- I'm just a crazy commie lefty.
Kimm
On 7/22/10 11:59 AM, "Wilma de Soto" <[email protected]> wrote:
The Sherrod incident is troublesome on many fronts.
Andrew Breitbart stated on NBC News that he deliberately
posted that mis-edited video as, "retribution for The Tea
Party because of the NAACP's comment that The Tea Party should
check and distance itself from the racist elements in the
movement." He wanted to "prove" the NAACP is racist.
Just because he felt like it, I guess.
The irony is he ended up proving that one false word from a
White man with dubious credibility had the power to unjustly
affect the livelihood of an African-American woman without due
process, or no questions asked.
It's a textbook case on racism.
My biggest disappointment was with Ben Jealous and the NAACP
rushing to condemn Ms. Sherrod, knowing her history so quickly
and playing into the "white persons as victims of blacks
card", that is the cornerstone of the extreme right-wing movement.
Breitbart also showed since one false accusation by a White
person against an African-American and the subsequent reaction
by the NAACP and The White House Administration demonstrates
*clearly*, that African-Americans *have no control over our
lives;* even if one of us is The President. Racism is
prejudice with power to act on said targets of prejudice and
affect the quality of their lives.
On 7/22/10 9:40 AM, "Glenn moyer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Members of our listserv have had a great deal of experience,
in past years,
> watching the straw man technique used against Ms. Sherrod of
the USDA.
> (Cutting and pasting words out of context is used to
completely change the
> intended meaning of the speaker.)
>
> Then, a barking cheese gang (Fox News) is ready to run amok
with the created
> straw woman to make the initial lie into the big lie (see
Goebbels description
> of the big lie).
>
>
> As in the Sherrod case, the creation of the straw man is
usually done because
> the victims real meaning can not be defeated through logic
and rational
> arguments! The power of the deceiving gang and repitition of
the lie is
> designed to overpower the individual victim, who has limited
resources to
> fight back. It is also a condescending technique against all
citizens,
> designed to manipulate everyone, who might accept the lie.
(All of America
> was the target of the Sherrod lie, not merely Ms. Sherrod)
>
> When this deception technique is exposed and shown to be
deliberate, citizens
> must completely reject those who originate and knowingly
support the straw
> creation. Otherwise, like here in the district, some
"community leaders" will
> employ the technique over and over. This type of deception
used against ACORN
> and Ms. Sherrod must not be ignored or swept under the rug,
as was so often
> demanded in this district!
>
> Logic, rhetoric, and philosophy need to be brought back to
the curriculum in
> American education! Otherwise, this technique will continue
to be used
> against all of us!
>
> Glenn
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