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talkpoliticsWhat happens when you take 15 helicopter moms of African American Heritage, one preschool graduation, one 'man' and one cap and gown for every graduate to use for photos, add a disturbing trend of entitlement to said community, and we get a lesson in Great Parenting:
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Essentially the video shows an all-out brawl at Weemes Elementary School in Los Angeles, except the ones shouting and fighting are not the kids, but a group of mothers. What's most striking is the screams from the children watching the fight.
As EAGnews says it's "ridiculous" and "a pathetic display of parenting and a miserable example for young kids.."
EAGnews reports that the fight started over the one cap and gown that all the graduating preschoolers had to share.
I could find 50 other examples of such bad behavior by parents and adults in front of children of all colors, but this seems more the common situation. It has been well documented that the Century old white power conspiracy to provide nothing but a poor education system for minorities, coupled with the decimation of the black male (and female) populus from the so called Prison Industrial Complex has put a tremendous burden upon the females of the community to try and break the cycle.
If anyone has had to deal with such self-proclaimed entitled citizens like I have, it is basically impossible to call someone out on bad behavior without the R-card thrown out. This is shit that our grandfathers and their fathers allowed. Now we have to deal with it.
Question: is it even possible in today's volatile political environment to rationally discuss what exactly is wrong, and how to remedy this destruction of a vital part of our citizen collective.
From npr:
Essentially the video shows an all-out brawl at Weemes Elementary School in Los Angeles, except the ones shouting and fighting are not the kids, but a group of mothers. What's most striking is the screams from the children watching the fight.
As EAGnews says it's "ridiculous" and "a pathetic display of parenting and a miserable example for young kids.."
EAGnews reports that the fight started over the one cap and gown that all the graduating preschoolers had to share.
I could find 50 other examples of such bad behavior by parents and adults in front of children of all colors, but this seems more the common situation. It has been well documented that the Century old white power conspiracy to provide nothing but a poor education system for minorities, coupled with the decimation of the black male (and female) populus from the so called Prison Industrial Complex has put a tremendous burden upon the females of the community to try and break the cycle.
If anyone has had to deal with such self-proclaimed entitled citizens like I have, it is basically impossible to call someone out on bad behavior without the R-card thrown out. This is shit that our grandfathers and their fathers allowed. Now we have to deal with it.
Question: is it even possible in today's volatile political environment to rationally discuss what exactly is wrong, and how to remedy this destruction of a vital part of our citizen collective.
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Date: 15/6/12 23:29 (UTC)(frozen) (no subject)
Date: 15/6/12 23:34 (UTC)The question is: Look at this video. white people caused this mess, even if the individuals are responding the only way they know how. to 'fight for what they think is theirs'. Can we have a dialog on how to fix this without any hostility?
Today, with you, the apparent answer is: no.
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Date: 16/6/12 02:40 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 15/6/12 23:46 (UTC)I'm fine with calling out bad behavior. But don't think it's restricted to any simple demographic.
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Date: 15/6/12 23:48 (UTC)Shit is hilarious I say.
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Date: 16/6/12 02:49 (UTC)Of course it isn't. But it seems more common in one community than another. And in my opinion, a lack of educational and job taining opportunities, coupled with the war on drugs, has resulted in such disregard for the family unit.
Fighting in front of your children is a prime example of disregard for the family unit.
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Date: 16/6/12 02:59 (UTC)We used to get Certificates of Achievement. I got on in the 1st grade for being a member of the Eager Beaver Reader Club :D
Still have it.
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Date: 16/6/12 13:26 (UTC)I wish you did.
this seems more the common situation
Yawn, you've perpetuated that by spreading that particular video.
it is basically impossible to call someone out on bad behavior without the R-card thrown out
You're not really calling them out. I would suggest the R came in when instead of looking at these poorly behaved women as poorly behaved women, its look at these poorly behaving "women of African American Heritage". with Heritage in caps, perhaps for irony.
No one is immune.
is it even possible in today's volatile political environment to rationally discuss what exactly is wrong, and how to remedy this destruction of a vital part of our citizen collective.
Its is not possible to comprehensively discuss "what exactly is wrong" without discussing racism. And these are trickly things to discuss.
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Date: 16/6/12 20:49 (UTC)i mean, if every individual cannot have his/her own pair, then why bother at all?? why not just come as you are? it's just so.....weird....
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Date: 17/6/12 20:41 (UTC)Survey says!
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Date: 17/6/12 20:47 (UTC)I agree that "white" folks share some responsibility for the conditions that led to this brawl. Injustice has a variety of negative consequences. One of the current problems is that people fail to see long term effects of current systemic injustices. I fear things will only get worse in the future.
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Date: 17/6/12 21:05 (UTC)speaking of, did you hear about this (One of the current problems is that people fail to see long term effects of current systemic injustices) yet? I guess it just happened....
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Date: 17/6/12 23:34 (UTC)Problem starts right there.
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