The following was a difficult read because it’s also what liberal
blacks call “dirty laundry”: bad stuff about black folk never to be said
around whites. The essay was posted on Craigslist and it’s the kind of
truth that often is taken back out of PC fear….
*This is a repost from the rants and raves section from the Mobile, Alabama craigslist.*
The truth is usually a tough thing to accept, so I understand if
this is flagged. It would be a cowardly thing to do, but I understand
it. Some people just ignore unpleasant truths. However, if you think
ignoring the problem, or trying to censor the truth, will help our black
children improve, you’re dreaming. This is important, so I’m happy to
repost – indefinitely if necessary. I find it interesting that NO ONE
has had the intellect to refute anything in the essay. They can only
attempt to censor it, as if doing so somehow makes it invalid. Weak
minds, weak minds.
Until recently I taught at a predominantly black high school in a southeastern state.
The mainstream press gives a hint of what conditions are like in
black schools, but only a hint. Expressions journalists use like
“chaotic” or “poor learning environment” or “lack of discipline” do not
capture what really happens. There is nothing like the day-to-day
experience of teaching black children and that is what I will try to
convey.
Most whites simply do not know what black people are like in large numbers, and the first encounter can be a shock.
One of the most immediately striking things about my students was
that they were loud. They had little conception of ordinary decorum. It
was not unusual for five blacks to be screaming at me at once. Instead
of calming down and waiting for a lull in the din to make their point —
something that occurs to even the dimmest white students — blacks just
tried to yell over each other.
It did no good to try to quiet them, and white women were
particularly inept at trying. I sat in on one woman’s class as she
begged the children to pipe down. They just yelled louder so their
voices would carry over hers.
Many of my black students would repeat themselves over and over
again — just louder. It was as if they suffered from Tourette syndrome.
They seemed to have no conception of waiting for an appropriate time to
say something. They would get ideas in their heads and simply had to
shout them out. I might be leading a discussion on government and
suddenly be interrupted: “We gotta get more Democrats! Clinton, she
good!” The student may seem content with that outburst but two minutes
later, he would suddenly start yelling again: “Clinton good!”
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I have seen this piece all over the web...I think most people realize by now that all the race based legislation in the world can't save those that have dropped out of reality and can not survive without the "racis" card. Its a damn shame that the "victim" party destroyed what they did have going for them. No discipline, no goals, and no future.
ReplyDeleteA shame it is and especially for those country/conservative blacks. They must feel mortified.
DeleteWhen I worked for the DOD, a memorandum came down that we had to have so many blacks. We had an engineering opening, but couldn't find any blacks qualified for the position. We have little, in this area to entice qualified engineers. I did have white males, with families, that needed the job. I couldn't hire them and was told I must find a black. We wound up hiring a black activist off the street to fill the position. He had no idea what we were doing and said he didn't have to work. He was just being a place holder. He kept a log of offenses to report to the EEOC. There was much contempt for him, because we had to get out the same amount of work while he had his feet up. This was horrible for the moral of the shop. No one liked him and the tension grew. Of course, his reply was that we were racist. There are very few black engineers around.
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