[Vision2020] Who said . . .

[g. crabtree]

"I NEVER heard or read that if a black student excelled academically, (s)he 
was doing the white thing."

Go into any inner-city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government 
alone can't teach kids to learn. They know that parents have to parent, that 
children can't achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off the 
television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a 
book is acting white."
   -Barack Obama, Keynote Address, Democratic National Convention, 2004

Apparently BHO has.

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:22 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Who said . . .


> Pop Quiz Time . . .
>
> A local blahster stated (in his words, and his words alone), so . . . who
> said:
>
> "The current theory is that boys are failing in school because doing well
> in school is perceived as a feminine trait, prompting the 'You're so gay'
> harassment.
>
> It's similar to the taunt among African-Americans that doing well in
> school is a white trait."
>
> --------------
>
> V-peeps:  I am 57 years old.  I have attended public schools in Los
> Angeles and North Idaho.  While attending these public schools I NEVER
> heard or read the "taunt" that "doing well in school is a white trait."
>
> During my 20-year tenure in the United States Army, which included five
> CONUS (Continental United States) assignments (from Fort Dix, New Jersey
> to Presidio of San Francisco, California) and six overseas assignments
> (four in Germany, one in South Korea, and one in Vietnam), I NEVER heard
> or read the "taunt" that "doing well in school is a white trait."
>
> I have heard and read of incidents where members of minorities were
> excluded from admission to certain public facilities.  But I NEVER heard
> or read that if a black student excelled academically, (s)he was doing the
> white thing.
>
> But, then there are a couple local private schools here in
> Vandalville . . . Perhaps those are the schools to which this blahgster
> refers.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
> have fun doin' it.  Lord, let your laughter ring forth.  Be outrageous,
> ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
> produce.  And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer
> joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it
> was."
>
> - Molly
> Ivins
>
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