Wash Post: Michael Eric Dyson reports 6 yo grandson called a racial slur at Mann

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The principal said no slur was used.

I think the threat of gun violence is the greater concern, regardless of specific language used.

6 is pretty young for standard school discipline to be meaningful but that kid needs to get with a social worker ASAP. That's pretty messed up.

And the principal confirmed there was a thread made, although she wouldn't say what kind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Riddle me this: how does Michael Eric Dyson know a racial slur was used? He posted on his Twitter account that he was heading to the school after a 6 year old called his grandson the N-word. He was heading to the school.

The principal said no slur was used, so we can surmise the principal didn't tell Mr. Dyson otherwise over the phone. And his grandson is 6 years old, so I doubt he has his own cell phone to call his granddad outside of the gazing eyes of the attentive administration.

So, how then does Dyson know his son was called an N-word before he even arrived at the school?



It isn't even 2nd hand reports that the N word was used. He started the reports!

It is possible that his grandson told the teachers this information, and that it was relayed by the child's parents to Dyson.

Possible, but it doesn't fit with what we know. This all happened yesterday. The principal wrote that no epithet was used. Dyson tweeted that he was driving to school upon the incident being reported by the principal.

I would like someone to ask directly about this.

Why not possible? The incident happens, the child tells the parents, the parents call famous granddad and relay the information including the racial epithet, and famous granddad heads to school after hearing their account of the incident.

More info here:

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/michael-eric-dyson-says-his-6-year-old-grandson-was-called-n-word-threatened-at-dc-school

PP again. According to the WaPo article, apparently the older brother was pulled out of Mann last year, also due to being called a racial slur.

[Anonymous]

Why was Dyson (the grandfather) even there? If I were his son, who is presumably a grown adult, I’d be mortified...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why was Dyson (the grandfather) even there? If I were his son, who is presumably a grown adult, I’d be mortified...

Because they're a black family with a small child in a predominantly white, rich school, and Dyson is famous; it brings some added weight to the meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riddle me this: how does Michael Eric Dyson know a racial slur was used? He posted on his Twitter account that he was heading to the school after a 6 year old called his grandson the N-word. He was heading to the school.

The principal said no slur was used, so we can surmise the principal didn't tell Mr. Dyson otherwise over the phone. And his grandson is 6 years old, so I doubt he has his own cell phone to call his granddad outside of the gazing eyes of the attentive administration.

So, how then does Dyson know his son was called an N-word before he even arrived at the school?



It isn't even 2nd hand reports that the N word was used. He started the reports!

It is possible that his grandson told the teachers this information, and that it was relayed by the child's parents to Dyson.

Possible, but it doesn't fit with what we know. This all happened yesterday. The principal wrote that no epithet was used. Dyson tweeted that he was driving to school upon the incident being reported by the principal.

I would like someone to ask directly about this.

Why not possible? The incident happens, the child tells the parents, the parents call famous granddad and relay the information including the racial epithet, and famous granddad heads to school after hearing their account of the incident.

More info here:

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/michael-eric-dyson-says-his-6-year-old-grandson-was-called-n-word-threatened-at-dc-school

What you described is reasonable, but it is not at all consistent with what happened.

The incident took place yesterday. Immediately the principal called the families. Dyson then drove to the school. All in the same day. As he was driving, he tweeted that the N-word was used. We can presume the principal didn't tell him the N-word was used. He hasn't spoken with his grandchild yet since he is on his way to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why was Dyson (the grandfather) even there? If I were his son, who is presumably a grown adult, I’d be mortified...

Because they're a black family with a small child in a predominantly white, rich school, and Dyson is famous; it brings some added weight to the meeting.

The son is a doctor (anesthesiologist). Let's not pretend like he would be overmatched on his own. That said, I don't think it matters one iota why the grandfather was there. It takes a large family to raise a kid, and having a media whore grandfather who isn't a real academic but a "media academic" according to his (black) colleague means the grandfather is able to reply on short notice.

[Anonymous]

Dyson put an update via a series of tweets a few hours ago.https://twitter.com/MichaelEDyson

"An update on the situation with my grandson who was threatened with an act of violence and a racial epithet. We — his parents, grandparents, the other child’s parents, school principal, teacher, Superintendent for Instruction, and the police — had a meeting that just ended.

The parents and grandparents laid out in no uncertain terms the stakes of the situation — the physical and racial aggression, the individual and institutional culpability, the personal and existential consequences of such a threat to our beloved (grand)son, the responsibility of the school (system) to address such incidents, mechanisms that need to be in place to grapple with such incidents, a culture of white privilege and indifference to the harm of our children of color, and so on — and the administrators were thankfully in no way defensive but offered constructive recommendations to right the situation and address the broader implications of racial hostility and violence throughout the school (system).

The parents of the offending child were visibly crushed by their child’s actions, owned up to the horror of what had occurred, pledged to further address their child’s behavior, and to make things right as much as they could. The outcome appears to be a good one for my terrified and vulnerable grandson. But what about all those parents of color who don’t have the resources or platform to advocate for their children who are similarly treated?

Or for other parents who simply lack the outlets to articulate their grievances or concerns? Please send me your stories, hurts, traumas and concerns — or your stories of overcoming and successfully negotiating such egregious circumstances. I am here for you.

[Anonymous]

Some of you PPs disgust me. I realize I need to have the N-word conversation with my kids tonight. I also need to continue talking to them about the more subtle forms of racism that they will see in other kids that have parents like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riddle me this: how does Michael Eric Dyson know a racial slur was used? He posted on his Twitter account that he was heading to the school after a 6 year old called his grandson the N-word. He was heading to the school.

The principal said no slur was used, so we can surmise the principal didn't tell Mr. Dyson otherwise over the phone. And his grandson is 6 years old, so I doubt he has his own cell phone to call his granddad outside of the gazing eyes of the attentive administration.

So, how then does Dyson know his son was called an N-word before he even arrived at the school?



It isn't even 2nd hand reports that the N word was used. He started the reports!

It is possible that his grandson told the teachers this information, and that it was relayed by the child's parents to Dyson.

Possible, but it doesn't fit with what we know. This all happened yesterday. The principal wrote that no epithet was used. Dyson tweeted that he was driving to school upon the incident being reported by the principal.

I would like someone to ask directly about this.

Why not possible? The incident happens, the child tells the parents, the parents call famous granddad and relay the information including the racial epithet, and famous granddad heads to school after hearing their account of the incident.

More info here:

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/michael-eric-dyson-says-his-6-year-old-grandson-was-called-n-word-threatened-at-dc-school

What you described is reasonable, but it is not at all consistent with what happened.

The incident took place yesterday. Immediately the principal called the families. Dyson then drove to the school. All in the same day. As he was driving, he tweeted that the N-word was used. We can presume the principal didn't tell him the N-word was used. He hasn't spoken with his grandchild yet since he is on his way to the school.

The principal would not likely have called the grandfather first. I think Dyson's son relayed the information to him by phone, after which he drove to school; it's a reasonable assumption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putting aside the "n" word, what about threatening to go get Dad's gun and shoot someone?

I don't care if the kid is 6, that's outrageous.

I agree. The gun reference is concerning. Also the problem is that usage of the n-word is so common now thanks to vile rap songs that contain the word - and the people who embrace that “music.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riddle me this: how does Michael Eric Dyson know a racial slur was used? He posted on his Twitter account that he was heading to the school after a 6 year old called his grandson the N-word. He was heading to the school.

The principal said no slur was used, so we can surmise the principal didn't tell Mr. Dyson otherwise over the phone. And his grandson is 6 years old, so I doubt he has his own cell phone to call his granddad outside of the gazing eyes of the attentive administration.

So, how then does Dyson know his son was called an N-word before he even arrived at the school?



It isn't even 2nd hand reports that the N word was used. He started the reports!

It is possible that his grandson told the teachers this information, and that it was relayed by the child's parents to Dyson.

Possible, but it doesn't fit with what we know. This all happened yesterday. The principal wrote that no epithet was used. Dyson tweeted that he was driving to school upon the incident being reported by the principal.

I would like someone to ask directly about this.

Why not possible? The incident happens, the child tells the parents, the parents call famous granddad and relay the information including the racial epithet, and famous granddad heads to school after hearing their account of the incident.

More info here:

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/michael-eric-dyson-says-his-6-year-old-grandson-was-called-n-word-threatened-at-dc-school

What you described is reasonable, but it is not at all consistent with what happened.

The incident took place yesterday. Immediately the principal called the families. Dyson then drove to the school. All in the same day. As he was driving, he tweeted that the N-word was used. We can presume the principal didn't tell him the N-word was used. He hasn't spoken with his grandchild yet since he is on his way to the school.

The principal would not likely have called the grandfather first. I think Dyson's son relayed the information to him by phone, after which he drove to school; it's a reasonable assumption.

There was another adult right there when it happened. The N-word was not used. The other stuff is accurate.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of Dyson. Is he some blowhard pundit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Putting aside the "n" word, what about threatening to go get Dad's gun and shoot someone?

I don't care if the kid is 6, that's outrageous.

I agree. The gun reference is concerning. Also the problem is that usage of the n-word is so common now thanks to vile rap songs that contain the word - and the people who embrace that “music.”

So you're excusing the use of the word by the 6yo white kid, with the rationale that he probably heard it in a rap song? How realistic is that scenario? We're not talking about teens here.

[Anonymous]

I realize I need to have the N-word conversation with my kids tonight.

How old are your kids that you have not deemed it necessary to have this conversation prior to this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of Dyson. Is he some blowhard pundit?

No he’s a professor. He’s great! Surprised you have not heard of him? Do you read?