"We are visiting all Language Arts classes this week to speak with students about their role in creating an atmosphere free of discrimination, and alerting them that any acts of racism, intimidation, or bullying will not be tolerated. We are notifying our students, faculty and administrators of their duty to report discrimination and civil rights violations..." Hello, Communism! It's been awhile. I haven't seen you appear so strongly in society since everybody voted NO to the REAL stadium (twice) and they built it with taxpayer money anyways.
Going from class to class informing students that they are required to report acts or words of racism or discrimination is a pointless waste of everybody's time. If somebody cracks a black joke in the halls, are you going to arrest him, or suspend him, or both? But let me rewind for those of you that don't know the entire situation. At Alta High School, a student wore a KKK hood to a pep rally and pulled a Nazi salute, presumably targeting it at a specific black student named Larz. The racist boy has since been suspended and the NAACP has essentially but the school on lockdown for a thorough investigation into the school's "rampant racism." Students are being stopped and questioned by police officers throughout the halls, and though I'm unaware of any other suspensions there apparently have been several more reported racial or discriminatory incidents. I'm not racist, but I DO advocate equal rights. Yes, people, there is a difference between not being racist and advocating equal rights. Put it in this light: if that Larz guy were to show up to school in all black with a t-shirt that says "Black Power," nobody would even blink. Granted, it was in very poor taste to don a KKK hood even if just for a few laughs. But at the point where Larz takes that isolated incident and turns it into "this entire school is racist, do something about it".... that's where it gets ridiculous. If you stop a guy in the hallway and ask him "are you racist?" what happens if he replies with a "yes"? Do you arrest him? Detain him? Suspend him? For the sake of free speech, I certainly hope not. I truly would not be surprised in the least bit if in the near future it becomes illegal just to make a racist joke in public. I'll be outraged, but unsurprised. I'm no racist; I have nothing against the African American people. What I have issue with is the inherent reverse discrimination prevalent in society today. "African American Golfer's Digest" is just one arbitrary example. If anybody tried to start a "White Golfer's Digest" somebody would get shot, or sued, or arrested for discrimination, or all of the above. Yes, it was wrong of this guy to show up in a Klan outfit. But NO, it is not okay to waste taxpayer money by having police roam the halls of a high school interrogating students about how racist everybody else is. That's pointless and ridiculous and won't solve anything. If somebody makes a racist comment and ends up suspended for it, that's impeachment of free speech, and if this continues I will soon lose all remaining faith I have in America.
J R Williams
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