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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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 Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:09 am Post subject: Blacks-only field trip |
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An elementary school principal in Michigan is under investigation for authorizing a field trip last week for 30 black students to meet with an African-American rocket scientist. Students who are not black were excluded from the outing -- a possible violation of a state law that bans racial favoritism in public schools.
"The district is investigating the allegations of violation of the State of Michigan Proposal 2," a spokeswoman for the Ann Arbor, Mich., school district told FoxNews.com. "There was no ill-intent or malice in the principal and teachers planning this field trip," she added.
The principal, Mike Madison, who is black, said the trip was part of an effort to close the achievement gap between black and white students. But some parents whose children were not included say it clearly was illegal. |
I can understand there being no "ill-intent or malice" here, but I can't understand how the principle didn't have the foresight to see it would be a problem.
Full story-
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/06/michigan-school-blacks-class-trip-principal-investigated/?test=latestnews |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:55 am Post subject: |
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Take it one step further:
Only Chinese-Americans can go on a field trip to see Mr. Locke. Or only Irish-Americans can go see Mrs. Clinton.
What with that? |
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thecount
Joined: 10 Nov 2009
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Blacks-only field trip |
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The goal of the trip, Madison said, was to close test score gaps and inspire the students to consider careers in the sciences.
But parents of students who were excluded protested, and the children who went on the trip were booed by their classmates when they returned to school. |
This is the reason Affirmative Action is a bad idea writ small. In giving a racial minority special treatment in hopes of reducing racial intolerance and increasing "equality," instead additional tensions are created. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Haha. Damn that's funny ! |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: Blacks-only field trip |
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An elementary school principal in Michigan is under investigation for authorizing a field trip last week for 30 black students to meet with an African-American rocket scientist. Students who are not black were excluded from the outing -- a possible violation of a state law that bans racial favoritism in public schools.
"The district is investigating the allegations of violation of the State of Michigan Proposal 2," a spokeswoman for the Ann Arbor, Mich., school district told FoxNews.com. "There was no ill-intent or malice in the principal and teachers planning this field trip," she added.
The principal, Mike Madison, who is black, said the trip was part of an effort to close the achievement gap between black and white students. But some parents whose children were not included say it clearly was illegal. |
I can understand there being no "ill-intent or malice" here, but I can't understand how the principle didn't have the foresight to see it would be a problem.
Full story-
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/06/michigan-school-blacks-class-trip-principal-investigated/?test=latestnews |
Woah! Being from Ann Arbor I once played soccer on Dicken's field. (That sounds terrible)
That is something that would happen in Ann Arbor. |
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kabrams
Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Location: your Dad's house
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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I told myself I wouldn't respond, but it's almost become Pavlovian for me. 
The program was for an after-school program that no one had a major problem with until the field trip.
It's possible that the parents did not know about the group, but how they found out is interesting.
There are reports that when the students came back from school, they were booed by their classmates. Obviously there's jealousy and hurt feelings going along with this, too. It seemed like an awesome field trip. There's also the issue of the black girls being told that they simply could not go when there wasn't enough room for both boys and girls.
I don't think they should have disbanded the AA Lunch Bunch. I do think they should allow whomever they want to join the AA Lunch Bunch. |
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