Note this page on the Seattle public schools web site: http://www.seattleschools.org/area/equityandrace/index.dxml In particular note #5 and #6 in their mission statement. By the very words of that mission statement the program is available only to "students of color." That folks is racism in its most blatant form. But then Seattle is one of the most liberal areas in the nation. Maybe we were foolish to expect better from liberals, or liberal educators. So much for the liberal concept of equality, eh? Jenny, come on, wake up, it is racist because it excludes people not "of color." It excludes, not includes. It keeps some people out, not brings everyone in. As for Oprah her speaking about "people of color" is racist only if she proposes helping and doing something for a group of people. The key on this racist thing is whether or not the definition being used is about "a group, as a specific race", or about everyone as "individuals."
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Wow. You certainly are ignorant. "People of color" is a phrase that's been floating around the past several years. It's not the same thing as saying "colored." It's in no way racist! For God's sake, Oprah uses the term. Is Oprah a racist? No.
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Typical leftist garbage. Remember that in order to create the citizen soldier of the future all American traditions must be destroyed. Only be establishing an over class with the power to determine what is in the best interests of the state, and with the power to prevent individual excellence can the dream of Marx become a reality. This speaks to the need for school choice.
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Students of Color? HHMMMM, Since Brown, Red, & Yellow qualify as colors, are those 'colors' included? With only .25 % American Indian ( RED )Blood in my veins, would I be qualified? Or would the liberal establish ment only designate 1/4 th of me 'qualified'? What 25% of me would be included, PROVIDED that my American Indian Heratige is included? One leg? How about only my two arms? HHHHMMMMMMMMM !!!???
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get used to it. I was born there and moved a long time ago when reverse discrimination took over. Any mission statement that uses any gender or race statements is wrong>
