Racism from Landon students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This video of a large group of Landon students on the metro singing loudly to a song that includes the N word been circulating on social media. So far, no one at Landon has responded to this disgrace. I wish I could say I'm surprised, but that would be a lie. Disgusting.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-5IIHu4q8/

Racist is the person who sang/ produced/ distributed/ promoted such garbage.

Don't blame teens for singing a popular song, especially because of their skin color, you racist.

Not the PP, but I do blame the students. Imagine that you're a POC, sitting there in the subway car. How uncomfortable that experience must have been for them.

[Anonymous]

Racism is about SYSTEMS. Like educational systems that reinforce supremacy, exclusion, and inequity through racially based privilege.

The n-word in rap lyrics is not the issue. The problem is these children learned from their school and families that they are somehow superior to others--even when they act the fool.

They didn't give any thought to how it feels to be a Black person surrounded by crowd of chanting white "young men" who think their actions don't have consequences. Like Charlottesville and Jan 6.

These boys know they won't get arrested by Metro police or DC police or Capitol police or Secret Service police or National Park Service police.

They assume no passenger or cop would feel "threatened" enough to shoot them in "self-defense".

They take advantage of the fact that the criminal justice and educational systems in America treat Black boys as men and young white men as children.

Landon must address the racist privilege that allowed those kids to think their behavior was in any way acceptable.

This is America. If they were Black, they could be dead instead of grounded.

Racism is not just about words.

Gonzaga kids wouldn't even THINK about this because of their social justice education. (According to my Gonzaga alum white spouse 😉)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And once again, the term “racism” has clearly lost all meaning. Apparently you can apply it to literally any situation you want.

SMH, dang cancel culture coming for our innocent boys just causally slinging racist terms around. Next thing you know they won’t even be able to date rape without it impacting their college admissions.

It’s still not racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loud singing on the Metro is boorish behavior even if they were singing Raffi.

True, but that would also be completely amazing. I had to get of a metro train once because a large group of elementary students on a field trip were belting out 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall while the passengers all glared at their oblivious chaperones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And once again, the term “racism” has clearly lost all meaning. Apparently you can apply it to literally any situation you want.

SMH, dang cancel culture coming for our innocent boys just causally slinging racist terms around. Next thing you know they won’t even be able to date rape without it impacting their college admissions.

It’s still not racism.

Is it racially sensitive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This video of a large group of Landon students on the metro singing loudly to a song that includes the N word been circulating on social media. So far, no one at Landon has responded to this disgrace. I wish I could say I'm surprised, but that would be a lie. Disgusting.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-5IIHu4q8/

Racist is the person who sang/ produced/ distributed/ promoted such garbage.

Don't blame teens for singing a popular song, especially because of their skin color, you racist.

Not the PP, but I do blame the students. Imagine that you're a POC, sitting there in the subway car. How uncomfortable that experience must have been for them.

I happen to be POC, and hate it when ANYONE sings such demeaning songs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Racism is about SYSTEMS. Like educational systems that reinforce supremacy, exclusion, and inequity through racially based privilege.

The n-word in rap lyrics is not the issue. The problem is these children learned from their school and families that they are somehow superior to others--even when they act the fool.

They didn't give any thought to how it feels to be a Black person surrounded by crowd of chanting white "young men" who think their actions don't have consequences. Like Charlottesville and Jan 6.

These boys know they won't get arrested by Metro police or DC police or Capitol police or Secret Service police or National Park Service police.

They assume no passenger or cop would feel "threatened" enough to shoot them in "self-defense".

They take advantage of the fact that the criminal justice and educational systems in America treat Black boys as men and young white men as children.

Landon must address the racist privilege that allowed those kids to think their behavior was in any way acceptable.

This is America. If they were Black, they could be dead instead of grounded.

Racism is not just about words.

Gonzaga kids wouldn't even THINK about this because of their social justice education. (According to my Gonzaga alum white spouse 😉)

This comment is perfectly formatted as what it is: The 10 Woke Commandments by the New Progressive Church.

[Anonymous]

It is boorish to sing on the metro, for sure. And boorish when you are wearing school gear doesn’t get a pass. And agree with a previous poster - if these kids didn’t know that white kids singing along to the lyrics of a song like this, as they did, is offensive is a failing on someone’s part. (Landon? Their parents? Our collective fault? I don’t know. ) The offense is not knowing and if they knew, then the offense is not caring. Whether that is racism or not, and I would say it is, I would hope we can all agree that (I) not understanding as a white kid that can’t use the n word is an appalling failure to educate the history of the word and beyond; and (2) understanding as a white kid you can’t use the word and yet doing it anyway, is even more appalling.

All of that said, it is true that all of the kids listen to this music CONSTANTLY. And It is odd to tell your white kids that they may listen but they may not sing … it is not their lyrics. They know why … but still it is awkward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is boorish to sing on the metro, for sure. And boorish when you are wearing school gear doesn’t get a pass. And agree with a previous poster - if these kids didn’t know that white kids singing along to the lyrics of a song like this, as they did, is offensive is a failing on someone’s part. (Landon? Their parents? Our collective fault? I don’t know. ) The offense is not knowing and if they knew, then the offense is not caring. Whether that is racism or not, and I would say it is, I would hope we can all agree that (I) not understanding as a white kid that can’t use the n word is an appalling failure to educate the history of the word and beyond; and (2) understanding as a white kid you can’t use the word and yet doing it anyway, is even more appalling.

All of that said, it is true that all of the kids listen to this music CONSTANTLY. And It is odd to tell your white kids that they may listen but they may not sing … it is not their lyrics. They know why … but still it is awkward.

Kids this age should already know how racially insensitive their behavior is. If my child (who is likely heading to an all boys' high school) participated in something like this, I would want to know. And if my son actively participated, I would have failed as a parent. My kids are biracial (half white) and they've always been taught to speak up and call ppl out. I realize the latter is incredibly difficult in these settings and potentially unsafe so it's definitely case by case. It plan to show this video to my kid and make it a teachable example.

[Anonymous]

Disgusting. Why is music like this being produced? The song's artist, producer, marketing team and anyone else associated with it is racist. What will we do about that?

The popular culture feeds kids this garbage as art/music and then we're surprised that it becomes normalized and that they sing along.

Time for the adults and the culture to decide how to address this. Either the word is retired EVERYWHERE, including popular music, or we will continue to see kids appropriate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Racism is about SYSTEMS. Like educational systems that reinforce supremacy, exclusion, and inequity through racially based privilege.

The n-word in rap lyrics is not the issue. The problem is these children learned from their school and families that they are somehow superior to others--even when they act the fool.

They didn't give any thought to how it feels to be a Black person surrounded by crowd of chanting white "young men" who think their actions don't have consequences. Like Charlottesville and Jan 6.

These boys know they won't get arrested by Metro police or DC police or Capitol police or Secret Service police or National Park Service police.

They assume no passenger or cop would feel "threatened" enough to shoot them in "self-defense".

They take advantage of the fact that the criminal justice and educational systems in America treat Black boys as men and young white men as children.

Landon must address the racist privilege that allowed those kids to think their behavior was in any way acceptable.

This is America. If they were Black, they could be dead instead of grounded.

Racism is not just about words.

Gonzaga kids wouldn't even THINK about this because of their social justice education. (According to my Gonzaga alum white spouse 😉)

This comment is perfectly formatted as what it is: The 10 Woke Commandments by the New Progressive Church.

+1000

What I find unacceptable is their loud, obnoxious singing in the first place. If my son were in this group, that's what I would focus on. How annoying this must have been to other people. How boorish and immature it is to call attention to oneself in public in this way. I don't care what they were singing. THAT is what needs to be addressed by the Landon administration.

[Anonymous]

Previous poster I am sincerely curious: what do you do about the music lyrics? Also, if your child found himself in the middle of this group of kids, what would you advise him to do? The atmosphere seemed lord of the flies like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Racism is about SYSTEMS. Like educational systems that reinforce supremacy, exclusion, and inequity through racially based privilege.

The n-word in rap lyrics is not the issue. The problem is these children learned from their school and families that they are somehow superior to others--even when they act the fool.

They didn't give any thought to how it feels to be a Black person surrounded by crowd of chanting white "young men" who think their actions don't have consequences. Like Charlottesville and Jan 6.

These boys know they won't get arrested by Metro police or DC police or Capitol police or Secret Service police or National Park Service police.

They assume no passenger or cop would feel "threatened" enough to shoot them in "self-defense".

They take advantage of the fact that the criminal justice and educational systems in America treat Black boys as men and young white men as children.

Landon must address the racist privilege that allowed those kids to think their behavior was in any way acceptable.

This is America. If they were Black, they could be dead instead of grounded.

Racism is not just about words.

Gonzaga kids wouldn't even THINK about this because of their social justice education. (According to my Gonzaga alum white spouse 😉)

This comment is perfectly formatted as what it is: The 10 Woke Commandments by the New Progressive Church.

So you're saying what they did was racially sensitive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This video of a large group of Landon students on the metro singing loudly to a song that includes the N word been circulating on social media. So far, no one at Landon has responded to this disgrace. I wish I could say I'm surprised, but that would be a lie. Disgusting.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-5IIHu4q8/

Racist is the person who sang/ produced/ distributed/ promoted such garbage.

Don't blame teens for singing a popular song, especially because of their skin color, you racist.

Not the PP, but I do blame the students. Imagine that you're a POC, sitting there in the subway car. How uncomfortable that experience must have been for them.

The kids acted really inappropriately and it was horrible for people sitting there. However, they were signing a popular song that if a POC sang would be perfectly acceptable to some (I think its horrible regardless of race/ethnicity/skin color but there is also freedom of speech).

But, the question is, is this racist?

As a parent, I'd be horrified to see/hear my child participated in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster I am sincerely curious: what do you do about the music lyrics? Also, if your child found himself in the middle of this group of kids, what would you advise him to do? The atmosphere seemed lord of the flies like.

This is a really good question as most kids would participate to fit inn. I'd encourage mine to just stand there but that is asking a lot of a teen who wants to fit in and have friends.