slur during last nights FCPS Board mtg

[Anonymous]

I see some major attempts here to deflect from KKG’s repeated use of a vulgar slur, including in public settings.

Is she going to be allowed to stay in office or will she have the grace to step down?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the tweet?

https://twitter.com/fairfaxnaacp/status/1585062930588000256?s=46&t=JyaHT200jrlPfHk7j3keEg

It’s gone.

Still there

https://twitter.com/FairfaxNAACP/status/1585267288093204482/photo/1

They may have decided to make further edits to the letter. The substance is the same, but some of the sentences appear to have been edited.

Noticed they call the current School Board "completely dysfunctional and never * * * capable of strong actions on behalf of the community it purports to serve."

Many would agree with that assessment, although perhaps not for the same reasons espoused by the Fairfax NAACP.

Of note is the vicious attack on Sizemore Heizer as if she was the perpetrator and Keys Gammarra was the victim. A couple of lines on KKG and a whole para throwing up on RSZ.

Just coming here to say exactly this! Amazing how they completely deflected from KKG's slur to raking RSZ over the coals - for calling out KKG! I mean, seriously? Take a seat, NAACP.
DP

Yeah, no one wants to hear from the group representing POC . . . amirite?

Um, did you even read their statement? Why do POCs automatically get a pass? They deserve to be called out whether they're black, white, or purple.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the tweet?

https://twitter.com/fairfaxnaacp/status/1585062930588000256?s=46&t=JyaHT200jrlPfHk7j3keEg

It’s gone.

Still there

https://twitter.com/FairfaxNAACP/status/1585267288093204482/photo/1

They may have decided to make further edits to the letter. The substance is the same, but some of the sentences appear to have been edited.

Noticed they call the current School Board "completely dysfunctional and never * * * capable of strong actions on behalf of the community it purports to serve."

Many would agree with that assessment, although perhaps not for the same reasons espoused by the Fairfax NAACP.

Of note is the vicious attack on Sizemore Heizer as if she was the perpetrator and Keys Gammarra was the victim. A couple of lines on KKG and a whole para throwing up on RSZ.

Just coming here to say exactly this! Amazing how they completely deflected from KKG's slur to raking RSZ over the coals - for calling out KKG! I mean, seriously? Take a seat, NAACP.
DP

Yeah, no one wants to hear from the group representing POC . . . amirite?

They don't represent all POC by any stretch of the imagination.

Their press release shows they are basically bullies who will bend every principle to protect their own and viciously attack anyone who does not fall in line with them. Their fringe views on many matters does not represent the mainstream - certainly not in the case of Gammara versus Sizemore-Heizer.

Exactly this ^^.

[Anonymous]

I guess KKG should consider herself “lucky” that she “only” offended the disability community, because I’m not sure any other minority/racial/sexual orientation/gender slur community would be this gentle on her.

She “privately” offers an apology to SEPTA and posts it on her webpage that no one ever visits? Why be quiet and private about it now? It seems you still aren’t ashamed of what you said; you are just ashamed that you got caught on the hot mic.

Laura Jane Cohen—bravo for being the only colleague I have seen to publicly post and denounce the appalling and recurrent use of the term by her colleague, but why did it take you a week to speak out? If this were a slur against another minority community might you have cut her off that night or wrote a heartfelt post to the community that same evening? Glad after all this time has passed it is finally weighing on you heavily enough to say something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess KKG should consider herself “lucky” that she “only” offended the disability community, because I’m not sure any other minority/racial/sexual orientation/gender slur community would be this gentle on her.

She “privately” offers an apology to SEPTA and posts it on her webpage that no one ever visits? Why be quiet and private about it now? It seems you still aren’t ashamed of what you said; you are just ashamed that you got caught on the hot mic.

Laura Jane Cohen—bravo for being the only colleague I have seen to publicly post and denounce the appalling and recurrent use of the term by her colleague, but why did it take you a week to speak out? If this were a slur against another minority community might you have cut her off that night or wrote a heartfelt post to the community that same evening? Glad after all this time has passed it is finally weighing on you heavily enough to say something.

Bravo to LJC for not saying or doing anything until it became public knowledge or bravo for using the schools PR/Legal team to help her write the letter? The infighting, ignorance, and hypocrisy of the SB is embarrassing, or it should be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess KKG should consider herself “lucky” that she “only” offended the disability community, because I’m not sure any other minority/racial/sexual orientation/gender slur community would be this gentle on her.

She “privately” offers an apology to SEPTA and posts it on her webpage that no one ever visits? Why be quiet and private about it now? It seems you still aren’t ashamed of what you said; you are just ashamed that you got caught on the hot mic.

Laura Jane Cohen—bravo for being the only colleague I have seen to publicly post and denounce the appalling and recurrent use of the term by her colleague, but why did it take you a week to speak out? If this were a slur against another minority community might you have cut her off that night or wrote a heartfelt post to the community that same evening? Glad after all this time has passed it is finally weighing on you heavily enough to say something.

Bravo to LJC for not saying or doing anything until it became public knowledge or bravo for using the schools PR/Legal team to help her write the letter? The infighting, ignorance, and hypocrisy of the SB is embarrassing, or it should be.

Eh, it was tongue in cheek but she is the only SB member that I have seen actually speak out about her colleague. We’re her words enough? No, but it matches her ineffectiveness in everything else she does. (My bar has been sitting low on this SB.) Gosh you really think legal helped her write that? Geez…our tax dollars at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess KKG should consider herself “lucky” that she “only” offended the disability community, because I’m not sure any other minority/racial/sexual orientation/gender slur community would be this gentle on her.

She “privately” offers an apology to SEPTA and posts it on her webpage that no one ever visits? Why be quiet and private about it now? It seems you still aren’t ashamed of what you said; you are just ashamed that you got caught on the hot mic.

Laura Jane Cohen—bravo for being the only colleague I have seen to publicly post and denounce the appalling and recurrent use of the term by her colleague, but why did it take you a week to speak out? If this were a slur against another minority community might you have cut her off that night or wrote a heartfelt post to the community that same evening? Glad after all this time has passed it is finally weighing on you heavily enough to say something.

Did you miss Rachna’s the day after?

[Anonymous]

This is an embarrassing group. I’m so ashamed for them. They literally can’t do anything right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an embarrassing group. I’m so ashamed for them. They literally can’t do anything right.

I’ve watched the last four School Boards and this is hands-down the worst. There isn’t a single thing they haven’t screwed up badly. FCPS is demonstrably weaker due to their meddling, hypocrisy, and incompetence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is an embarrassing group. I’m so ashamed for them. They literally can’t do anything right.

I’ve watched the last four School Boards and this is hands-down the worst. There isn’t a single thing they haven’t screwed up badly. FCPS is demonstrably weaker due to their meddling, hypocrisy, and incompetence.

Could not agree more.
DP

[Anonymous]

I understand that the word is no longer politically correct but now we are calling it a slur? I am not a fan of that because if you call someone mentally challenge, it still has the same meaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand that the word is no longer politically correct but now we are calling it a slur? I am not a fan of that because if you call someone mentally challenge, it still has the same meaning.

If you call a woman a prostitute, she will be just as offended as if you call her the h word or w word

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an embarrassing group. I’m so ashamed for them. They literally can’t do anything right.

Except the student reps. Ever since Nathan, the only sensible people in the room are the 17 year olds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand that the word is no longer politically correct but now we are calling it a slur? I am not a fan of that because if you call someone mentally challenge, it still has the same meaning.

You get 90 seconds of education, because this matters to the community I serve while doing my job. So, it matters to me.

It’s a slur. And none of your options are great. It implies that the person you are insulting is “as bad” as an individual with SNs. Which implied their is something wrong with the person with SNs. Not medically or psychologically— they may have a medical Dx. But that on a human level, a retarded individual is inferior, because comparing someone to one is an insult. And, of course, intellectually challenged individuals are not defective or so less that calling an AAP kid retarded is a terrible insult. What does that say to people who are retarded? What does using this as an insult do to our collective mindset about the value of people who don’t have the highest IQs? You are basically saying a smart sociopath is a better human being than a person who is kind and empathetic and works hard, but has an IQ of 75. And that a big problem.

Further, no one likes to be defined by one trait. And that is especially true if that trait makes their life challenging or that makes people think they are less than or seems to be all people see. They are people first and their trait second (or fifth).

So, if you want to be respectful (and it is about respecting that all people have inherent value and are individuals with hope and dreams and difficulties, not just “wokeness”) then, y say: Jane is an individual with an intellectual disability (which is the preferred term). Which acknowledges that her ID is just one of the many things that make her a person.

One would think KKG, who I’m sure has been reduced to the color of her skin for years, would understand this. It isn’t hard. I did an video training session and it included dealing with individuals who are blind and deaf and in a wheelchair and how to provide assistance appropriately amd ESL with service animals, etc. Because I serve disabled people. It took one hour. It’s not complicated stuff.

And, now you know.

Back to school board bashing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand that the word is no longer politically correct but now we are calling it a slur? I am not a fan of that because if you call someone mentally challenge, it still has the same meaning.

You get 90 seconds of education, because this matters to the community I serve while doing my job. So, it matters to me.

It’s a slur. And none of your options are great. It implies that the person you are insulting is “as bad” as an individual with SNs. Which implied their is something wrong with the person with SNs. Not medically or psychologically— they may have a medical Dx. But that on a human level, a retarded individual is inferior, because comparing someone to one is an insult. And, of course, intellectually challenged individuals are not defective or so less that calling an AAP kid retarded is a terrible insult. What does that say to people who are retarded? What does using this as an insult do to our collective mindset about the value of people who don’t have the highest IQs? You are basically saying a smart sociopath is a better human being than a person who is kind and empathetic and works hard, but has an IQ of 75. And that a big problem.

Further, no one likes to be defined by one trait. And that is especially true if that trait makes their life challenging or that makes people think they are less than or seems to be all people see. They are people first and their trait second (or fifth).

So, if you want to be respectful (and it is about respecting that all people have inherent value and are individuals with hope and dreams and difficulties, not just “wokeness”) then, y say: Jane is an individual with an intellectual disability (which is the preferred term). Which acknowledges that her ID is just one of the many things that make her a person.

One would think KKG, who I’m sure has been reduced to the color of her skin for years, would understand this. It isn’t hard. I did an video training session and it included dealing with individuals who are blind and deaf and in a wheelchair and how to provide assistance appropriately amd ESL with service animals, etc. Because I serve disabled people. It took one hour. It’s not complicated stuff.

And, now you know.

Back to school board bashing.

Has this blown over yet?