[Vision2020] Who said . . .

[Joe Campbell]

Obama calls this "slander".

And your point ... (fades off into the distance ...)

Joe Campbell

On Apr 19, 2009, at 1:14 PM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>  
wrote:

> "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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