APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

The rape accusations didn't do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

You’d think two women going public worth credible accusations of rape might have already taken away any respect you might have had for him, but, sure. If I had any respect for him, I’d lose it, too.

Yeah? It’s very credible when a white governor gets caught in a racist scandal and is being asked to step down because of his racist past. Then coincidentally while he is being pressured to step down, the Black man that’s first in line to succeed the governor starts getting me too allegations.
Very credible!

From black women who work in Democratic politics. Sure.

[Anonymous]

This is ludicrous. Many parents have dealt with this mother at the daycare her "family" runs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So crazy that they are suing the school district for 10 million dollars because of a substitute's stupid mistake! I've lost all respect for Justin Fairfax.

It wasn’t even a stupid mistake! Nothing about this game is “picking cotton”

I figured this had gone away b/c it was obviously a scam. I feel bad the kid is being used as a pawn.

[Anonymous]

So let's lay this out. The mom gets upset about a classroom game and confronts the teacher and principal. The kid gets asked by his north african french teacher if he thinks she is racist. Kid gets pulled from the class until the school figured out the situation. Teacher is removed. Mom keeps doubling down on the harm done to her kid and puts the kid in front of cameras. Kid gets made fun of in school by peers. Now the whole class is out a french teacher, the kid is being bullied, and the mom thinks she should get $10 million for a mess entirely of her own creation.

This whole situation could have been avoided if the mom had called up the principal and said something like, "Hey, I know that there was no ill intent, but I think that the game that the kids played in class today could be construed by some as being racially insensitive. Can I ask that this particular game not be played again.". The whole situation would have ended there. But I guess this approach won't get you a fat settlement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ludicrous. Many parents have dealt with this mother at the daycare her "family" runs.

She definitely isn't helping race relations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't the other students say something?

Because they are kids. Most adults still don't speak up in these kinds of situations.

[Anonymous]

People have had their lives destroyed, loved ones killed etc., and they don’t get anywhere close to $10 million in compensation. If there was credibility to the claims, that credibility just went down the toilet with the absurdity of the demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They keep on saying that he was the only black kid in the class. Gunston is 30% white. I guarantee he wasn't the only person of color in the class.

AND leaving out that the substitute teacher is not from the US, and may not have understood any connection, not that there was one, to picking cotton.

[Anonymous]

We know this family. I can’t believe this is still going on.

10 million dollars? I’m embarrassed to even know about it. What a gross episode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't the other students say something?

Because they are kids. Most adults still don't speak up in these kinds of situations.

And the game wasn't picking cotton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People have had their lives destroyed, loved ones killed etc., and they don’t get anywhere close to $10 million in compensation. If there was credibility to the claims, that credibility just went down the toilet with the absurdity of the demand.

Yeah like the family of the WL student killed by the drunk driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know this family. I can’t believe this is still going on.

10 million dollars? I’m embarrassed to even know about it. What a gross episode.

So do we... not surprised and SMDH!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know this family. I can’t believe this is still going on.

10 million dollars? I’m embarrassed to even know about it. What a gross episode.

So do we... not surprised and SMDH!

Please elaborate. And which preschool? Is it one run by the County?

[Anonymous]

Also, looks like the mom doesn’t live in Arlington, but the grandmother does. Is she using a fraudulent address for the kid?