Racist Graffiti at Whitman

[Anonymous]

PP again

Because this hyper focus on race is leading to an entire generation of youngsters who are becoming more and more racist, versus less.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody kept drawing swastikas near UMD dorms and it turned out to be a black employee. This was one or two years ago. Lots of mentally deranged individuals around the DC area

Why is that any "better.". Swastika is primarily anti-Jewish at this point. Why would it be somehow excusable for a black person to do it?

It’s not better. People like to dismiss anti-Semitic attacks.

It does make a difference who does it, IMO.

The kid who was making phone threats to synagogues in MoCo a few years ago, was going to be an Israeli teen.

There was graffiti on our local synagogue and it turned out that one of the people involved had a mom who worked at the synagogue.

I think they need to prosecute these as harsher simply because it’s vandalism. Focus on the fact that you shouldn’t destroy someone else’s property. No matter what you’re writing.

Yeah, but it’s upsetting to the community nonetheless. Many people dismissed the phone threats as not a big deal because apparently the kid wasn’t actually going to carry it out, but as someone who took my daughter to swim lessons at the Rockville JCC (which had one of the threats) it was really scary nonetheless.

Same thing if a kid spraypaints noose on a wall. Were they going to lynch a black student? Almost certainly not. Is it still very upsetting and contributes to making black students feel unwelcome? Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again

Because this hyper focus on race is leading to an entire generation of youngsters who are becoming more and more racist, versus less.

NP. Citation needed.

Fwiw, what little data I've seen out there suggests the opposite is true.
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/01/17/generation-z-looks-a-lot-like-millennials-on-key-social-and-political-issues/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes racist graffiti is made by those with dark skins.

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/06/states-attorney-speaks-on-planned-plea-in-su-racist-graffiti-case/

The University was shut down over the racist graffiti and the racist graffiti was applied by an African American male who vandalized the University. I believe the African American male is looking at up to 18 months of prison time.

This is your go-to? Regardless of who did it or why, we should all be trying to fight systemic racism, not trying to distract from it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Friday was virtual graduation day for Whitman Seniors. It was a day of celebration, albeit in the middle of social distancing during Coronavirus.
On such a day someone committed that hate crime. It must be running in the genes and the upbringing. Cowards do bad things in the dark. Cowards do bad things in groups overpowering a single person. Cowards do bad things while armed to the teeth and attacking an unarmed person.

Except no one knows who did this. Accordingly, it is a little rich to say that it must be genes/upbringing of the specific family and general area.

I know you very much want to paint Whitman families as closeted Klansmen because it fits you world view/agenda, but that doesn’t make it try.

The person who did it knows. Also, anybody they told.

But I agree that people are not genetically destined to become bigots.

If it's a Whitman student, chances are they will catch him/her very easily. Especially if they were carrying their phones and the school wifi connected....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Friday was virtual graduation day for Whitman Seniors. It was a day of celebration, albeit in the middle of social distancing during Coronavirus.
On such a day someone committed that hate crime. It must be running in the genes and the upbringing. Cowards do bad things in the dark. Cowards do bad things in groups overpowering a single person. Cowards do bad things while armed to the teeth and attacking an unarmed person.

Except no one knows who did this. Accordingly, it is a little rich to say that it must be genes/upbringing of the specific family and general area.

I know you very much want to paint Whitman families as closeted Klansmen because it fits you world view/agenda, but that doesn’t make it try.

Please take self bruised emotion out of you, reread and analyze what I wrote. I did not say I know who did it. But some one or some people definitely did it since those writings/paint did not materialize from thin air by magic. I fault the parents of whoever did this as well. That is why I said genes and upbringing. I did not say "general area". You are saying it. FWIW I am a Whitman parent of a graduating senior and we aren't AA. I am repulsed by what has happened on virtual graduation day. Can you, for a minute, put yourself i the shoes of an AA or biracial graduating senior or parents and grasp their feeling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again

Because this hyper focus on race is leading to an entire generation of youngsters who are becoming more and more racist, versus less.

Racism isn’t increasing. It’s being filmed. The same stuff happened when I was in HS in the 1980s. There was just no way to easily document and broadcast it. I can think of a group of seven UC white women who should thank God there weren’t smartphones in the Senior lounge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody kept drawing swastikas near UMD dorms and it turned out to be a black employee. This was one or two years ago. Lots of mentally deranged individuals around the DC area

Why is that any "better.". Swastika is primarily anti-Jewish at this point. Why would it be somehow excusable for a black person to do it?

It’s not better. People like to dismiss anti-Semitic attacks.

It does make a difference who does it, IMO.

The kid who was making phone threats to synagogues in MoCo a few years ago, was going to be an Israeli teen.

There was graffiti on our local synagogue and it turned out that one of the people involved had a mom who worked at the synagogue.

I think they need to prosecute these as harsher simply because it’s vandalism. Focus on the fact that you shouldn’t destroy someone else’s property. No matter what you’re writing.

Yeah, but it’s upsetting to the community nonetheless. Many people dismissed the phone threats as not a big deal because apparently the kid wasn’t actually going to carry it out, but as someone who took my daughter to swim lessons at the Rockville JCC (which had one of the threats) it was really scary nonetheless.

Same thing if a kid spraypaints noose on a wall. Were they going to lynch a black student? Almost certainly not. Is it still very upsetting and contributes to making black students feel unwelcome? Yes.

In that case, you’d probably prefer that the crime be prosecuted the same way whether it was an Israeli kid who did it or it was a White kid. If you’re simply upset by the symbol, then it sounds like it doesn’t matter as much what the race of the person doing the graffiti was.

So, again, I’d say that they need to just prosecute it heavily as destruction of property. No matter what it is. It’s wrong to spray paint anything on someone else’s wall without their permission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes racist graffiti is made by those with dark skins.

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/06/states-attorney-speaks-on-planned-plea-in-su-racist-graffiti-case/

The University was shut down over the racist graffiti and the racist graffiti was applied by an African American male who vandalized the University. I believe the African American male is looking at up to 18 months of prison time.

This is your go-to? Regardless of who did it or why, we should all be trying to fight systemic racism, not trying to distract from it.

Except that this actually distracts from your fight against racism.

Like it or not, cases like Smollett and this guy at UMD make people skeptical (rightfully) whenever these types of vandalism cases come up. It plants a seed of questioning in their minds.

So, yes it does matte WHO did it if you want to prosecute it as a hate crime. Otherwise, it is just vandalism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somebody kept drawing swastikas near UMD dorms and it turned out to be a black employee. This was one or two years ago. Lots of mentally deranged individuals around the DC area

Why is that any "better.". Swastika is primarily anti-Jewish at this point. Why would it be somehow excusable for a black person to do it?

It’s not better. People like to dismiss anti-Semitic attacks.

It does make a difference who does it, IMO.

The kid who was making phone threats to synagogues in MoCo a few years ago, was going to be an Israeli teen.

There was graffiti on our local synagogue and it turned out that one of the people involved had a mom who worked at the synagogue.

I think they need to prosecute these as harsher simply because it’s vandalism. Focus on the fact that you shouldn’t destroy someone else’s property. No matter what you’re writing.

Yeah, but it’s upsetting to the community nonetheless. Many people dismissed the phone threats as not a big deal because apparently the kid wasn’t actually going to carry it out, but as someone who took my daughter to swim lessons at the Rockville JCC (which had one of the threats) it was really scary nonetheless.

Same thing if a kid spraypaints noose on a wall. Were they going to lynch a black student? Almost certainly not. Is it still very upsetting and contributes to making black students feel unwelcome? Yes.

My kid attends a Jewish school. I remember this well. Yes, it was very upsetting.

It was also much less upsetting when it turned out that the kids was Israeli.

[Anonymous]

Kid not kids

The kid making the phone threats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes racist graffiti is made by those with dark skins.

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/06/states-attorney-speaks-on-planned-plea-in-su-racist-graffiti-case/

The University was shut down over the racist graffiti and the racist graffiti was applied by an African American male who vandalized the University. I believe the African American male is looking at up to 18 months of prison time.

Oh hush! This school has a known reputation for being racist. Every year your school is involve with an racist scandal. Dear Black Whitman Students, please considering going to a more DIVERSE high school like Blair or Einstein. You’ll be much happier.

If you really want to support Black Whitman students defend their right to attend their neighborhood school. Write to the Board of Ed and tell them that Whitman needs to purge the staff that tolerate racism by students. And you can donate to Whitman’s MSP program so they can do more anti racism work.

I wouldn’t DREAM of it. I rather encourage black families to stay away from an area like this. People are angry and if this became national news theirs nothing that’s going to protect Whitman from protesters, looters, and social media. So black families, [b]GET OFF THAT SINKING SHIP[b] because it’s coming.

[Anonymous]

I think the far right has gotten into gear and doing whatever they can, wherever they can, to create conflict. That was my first thought when I saw this on the news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the far right has gotten into gear and doing whatever they can, wherever they can, to create conflict. That was my first thought when I saw this on the news.

PP again. I meant to say, I don't think they are part of the school community, but taking advantage of the school to get some publicity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes racist graffiti is made by those with dark skins.

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/06/states-attorney-speaks-on-planned-plea-in-su-racist-graffiti-case/

The University was shut down over the racist graffiti and the racist graffiti was applied by an African American male who vandalized the University. I believe the African American male is looking at up to 18 months of prison time.

Oh hush! This school has a known reputation for being racist. Every year your school is involve with an racist scandal. Dear Black Whitman Students, please considering going to a more DIVERSE high school like Blair or Einstein. You’ll be much happier.

If you really want to support Black Whitman students defend their right to attend their neighborhood school. Write to the Board of Ed and tell them that Whitman needs to purge the staff that tolerate racism by students. And you can donate to Whitman’s MSP program so they can do more anti racism work.

I wouldn’t DREAM of it. I rather encourage black families to stay away from an area like this. People are angry and if this became national news theirs nothing that’s going to protect Whitman from protesters, looters, and social media. So black families, [b]GET OFF THAT SINKING SHIP[b] because it’s coming.

I think you just want black families out of what you see as a white and Asian space.