NYCmetsfan
Banned
Things went wrong when a few students appeared to be bored.
"All my young boys, stand up. The ladies, sit down," Winston said. "But all my boys, stand up. We strong, right? We strong! We strong, right? All my boys, tell me one time: I can do anything I put my mind to. Now a lot of boys aren't supposed to be soft-spoken. You know what I'm saying? One day y'all are going to have a very deep voice like this (in deep voice). One day, you'll have a very, very deep voice.
"But the ladies, they're supposed to be silent, polite, gentle. My men, my men (are) supposed to be strong. I want y'all to tell me what the third rule of life is: I can do anything I put my mind to. Scream it!"
Ugh.
Did Winston really say girls are supposed to be silent?
Maybe Winston didn't mean it the wrong way, but he has his own past and there are far too many male athletes with attitudes about girls and women that evoke too, too troubling visions that simply can't be ignored.
The antennas of several adults went up in the room. We heard from a few who were bothered by it, but didn't want to talk publicly. The principal said it was a really good day for Melrose and perhaps, overall, she is right.
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/jone...lk-to-kids-sends-wrong-message-wvideo/2314204
He's been previously accused of sexual assault
He's since said he "made a poor word choice"
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...or-word-choice-telling-female-students-silent