CA Teacher hangs up confed flag in classroom, makes black student sit under it

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"Are there things that we do that are not sensitive to certain groups?" Gaebe said. "Are there certain things that are offensive that may be we are not aware of that are a part of our classrooms? And we want to continue to learn and grow and make those changes to connect with kids."
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If you were not already aware in 2017 that the confederate flag is offensive to african-americans, you are too stupid to be anywhere near a school.

How the fuck are our teaching standards so low? Is there not like a basic common sense test that is part of the teaching credential?
 
There are racists shitheads in every in industry. Education is probably one of the more progressive white collar fields, its certainly miles better than Tech or Banking.
 
At first I thought, well hold on they are studying the Civil War, that's not so bad...

Then I thought if they were studying WWII would it be appropriate to hang a swastika flag... I don't think so.
 
Anybody flying that flag at this point is only interested in the domination of black people. Yes it is certainly about heritage. Celebrating the heritage of ancestors interested in the continued culling, raping, abusing and enslaving of black people. Literally when you fly that flag, you express your regret that your predecessors lost the chance to keep black people in bondage to this day. Not apologizing for any of this and never will. The confederate flag is bullshit. People who fly it earnestly are ignorant bigots. The end.
 
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At first, I thought this would be like that other thread, where the teacher made the kids take a survey about their prejudices, but what the fuck?

What kind of dipshit teacher doesn't know what that flag represents?
 
Sounds like the teacher may have genuinely misread the sensitivity of such implications. If so then hopefully this is something she'll remember to keep in mind and move forward productively from there. If not, then, well.
 
I wish there was something I could do with all of this slapping energy contained in my arm. Cause I really need to slap the fuck out of that teacher. Wow.
 
The article says that the school claims it was in connection with a civil war unit, though the mom says it was hanging up before.
 
Very sad. Would say I was surprised but then I read something on Gaf that made me really reflect on some of my past education experiences especially as a Black man.

That racist teacher thread from the 2015 NeoGaf confession thread few years back. It had me shook...

Imagine not knowing why your're struggling in school. Feeling like shit thinking your a failure.
Only to find out someone may have had a direct impact on your suffering because the color of your skin. Straight evil. They're everywhere.

Edit: Allegedly fake. Take with a grain of salt.
 
TissueBox said:
Sounds like the teacher may have genuinely misread the sensitivity of such implications. If so then hopefully this is something she'll remember to keep in mind and move forward productively from there. If not, then, well.
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If she misread them, she shouldn't be a history teacher
 
TissueBox said:
Sounds like the teacher may have genuinely misread the sensitivity of such implications. If so then hopefully this is something she'll remember to keep in mind and move forward productively from there. If not, then, well.
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anybody who is "proud" of the confederate flag is morally questionable and historically stupid at best. That kind of person should not be around children.
 
There is a lady in our neighborhood who has one of these on her car

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I'm willing to accept that she's just a good 'ole gal, never meanin' no harm, but I don't offer any sympathy when the more melanin-enhanced neighbors talk shit about her, or when the cops show up at 7:30 in the morning because of a domestic disturbance call.

I sure as shit wouldn't let her educate children. I wouldn't trust her to buy me a pack of gum.
 
I'm going to have to congratulate my Sister who has been teaching for 20 years in Phoenix, for not getting reported for racism. Apparently that's an accomplishment these days.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
anybody who is "proud" of the confederate flag is morally questionable and historically stupid at best. That kind of person should not be around children.
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Anyone that drapes themselves with the Confederate flag is being willfully ignorant. The whole not every flag bearer is a racist but every racist is probably a flag bearer type deal.
 
EdibleKnife said:
Anybody flying that flag at this point is only interested in the domination of black people. Yes it is certainly about heritage. Celebrating the heritage of ancestors interested in the continued culling, raping, abusing and enslaving of black people. Literally when you fly that flag, you express your regret that your predecessors lost the chance to keep black people in bondage to this day. Not apologizing for any of this and never will. The confederate flag is bullshit. People who fly it earnestly are ignorant bigots. The end.
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vsaintlo said:
Very sad. Would say I was surprised but then I read something on Gaf that made me really reflect on some of my past education experiences especially as a Black man.

This is from the 2015 NeoGaf confession thread few years back. It had me shook...



Imagine not knowing why your're struggling in school. Feeling like shit thinking your a failure.
Only to find out someone may have had a direct impact on your suffering because the color of your skin. Straight evil. They're everywhere.
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Please, please please tell me that NeoGAF broke the confession rules and just reported this sonuvabitch to the mods, to the police, anybody. This is rage-inducing.
 
Visalia is represented by Devin Nunes, if you want to get a sense of what the political culture is like there. Other than the college kids in SLO, the whole area can be written off. It also includes Fresno. LOL.
 
Almost every person that has flown a confederate flag, that I've known, were also big "all lives matter" advocates and dealt in other diet racism. The flag should be torched.
 
EMT0 said:
Please, please please tell me that NeoGAF broke the confession rules and just reported this sonuvabitch to the mods, to the police, anybody. This is rage-inducing.
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I thought I remember reading a follow up, the same year or maybe the next that the person confessed it was made up?

Personally I think it's true regardless. It's a rare and open look into the mind of a truly horrible racist person.
 
Hopefully this is merely dumbassery as the article suggests, it's the least bad explanation.
Ninja Scooter said:
How the fuck are our teaching standards so low? Is there not like a basic common sense test that is part of the teaching credential?
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If you look at GRE scores, Journalism and Education (along w/ Social Work) have among the lowest average entry scores for grad school. I think it's less that our teaching standards are "low" and more that our best and brightest are generally self-selecting out of the professions.
 
What a disgusting person. As a teacher you can't ignore what the Civil War was, and what the Confederacy wanted. I don't buy the ignorance argument, I smell a racist.

vsaintlo said:
Very sad. Would say I was surprised but then I read something on Gaf that made me really reflect on some of my past education experiences especially as a Black man.

This is from the 2015 NeoGaf confession thread few years back. It had me shook...

Imagine not knowing why your're struggling in school. Feeling like shit thinking your a failure.
Only to find out someone may have had a direct impact on your suffering because the color of your skin. Straight evil. They're everywhere.
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Last year we got a confession saying this was fake. Many others turned out to be fake too, but this one was addressed directly, so I hope it's not real.
 
Stumpokapow said:
Visalia is represented by Devin Nunes, if you want to get a sense of what the political culture is like there. Other than the college kids in SLO, the whole area can be written off. It also includes Fresno. LOL.
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Sonora is the worst in the area. I don't know what it is about the central valley, but they sure love their racism
 
vsaintlo said:
Very sad. Would say I was surprised but then I read something on Gaf that made me really reflect on some of my past education experiences especially as a Black man.

This is from the 2015 NeoGaf confession thread few years back. It had me shook...



Imagine not knowing why your're struggling in school. Feeling like shit thinking your a failure.
Only to find out someone may have had a direct impact on your suffering because the color of your skin. Straight evil. They're everywhere.
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Ah the infamous racist teacher story

What gets me aside from the obvious, is how the teacher questions why the student didn't just retake the semester again after he altered his test just because he wouldn't have been in his class the next semester

Edit: I certainly hope it's a fake
 
Sounds like the Central Valley to me.

Lots of non-Californians don't realize that liberals are mainly in the big cities. Most rural area are highly conservative - Trump county. Check an electoral map
 
MikeDown said:
and people say we sud pay out teachers moar
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The point of paying teachers more is to attract actual qualified people to teach.

For example, why should a good math teacher teach math and not actually work at a rewarding math-skills job that pays multiple times that salary?
 
TissueBox said:
Sounds like the teacher may have genuinely misread the sensitivity of such implications. If so then hopefully this is something she'll remember to keep in mind and move forward productively from there. If not, then, well.
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It's about ethics in teaching.
 
vsaintlo said:
Very sad. Would say I was surprised but then I read something on Gaf that made me really reflect on some of my past education experiences especially as a Black man.

This is from the 2015 NeoGaf confession thread few years back. It had me shook...



Imagine not knowing why your're struggling in school. Feeling like shit thinking your a failure.
Only to find out someone may have had a direct impact on your suffering because the color of your skin. Straight evil. They're everywhere.
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Damn what a shitty world we live in. I always wonder how much racism goes on behind the scenes and the victims don't even know it.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
If you were not already aware in 2017 that the confederate flag is offensive to african-americans, you are too stupid to be anywhere near a school.
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It should be offensive to ALL Americans. The Confederacy were a traitorous faction of states led by people that would rather fight and kill their own brothers; causing what was essentially an American Holocaust, than give up their right to own slaves. No one would want to salute a Confederate flag if they were educated on what it actually represented. How did this 'teacher' get the qualifications to teach?
 
This shit pisses me off to no end, both as a teacher and as a human being. Thankfully I haven't come across any teachers that are outwardly racist toward students. But I sure as shit have had my fill of racist parents. Just last month I had a parent complain to me that I was teaching "some Muslim book". And when I explained my philosophy she said "oh you're that controversial teacher who also does that black book, can't you do something uplifting like Anne Frank?"

I teach in a middle school that's a little over an hour and 15 minutes north of NYC. I've never had such comments in 14 years in education. They feel so empowered that they wear their racism on their sleeves with pride now.
 
ghostofsparta said:
Sounds like the Central Valley to me.

Lots of non-Californians don't realize that liberals are mainly in the big cities. Most rural area are highly conservative - Trump county. Check an electoral map
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Yup I live in one. Lots of farm land out here. Trump valley

And a confederate flag has no place in a school (or anywhere for that matter). Not to mention the obvious atrocity of making a black student sit under it. That's some fucked up shit.
 
Cali is god damn huge.

Lots of racists here. Fresno is a shithole. There's also Victorville and the salton sea and a bunch of other places.
 
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