N word at Whitman

[Anonymous]

I went to a racially diverse HS in the 1980s on the East Coast. I never once heard that word. I had heard it at middle school but never in HS. Same with the H word. The worst I heard in HS because it was a good school and everyone was respectful, was "jock".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman grad here. Of African descent in my 50's.
I heard that word at Whitman, and it caused me to be more isolated and subdued.

Most likely heard the word much more often from your own race.

Their own race doesn't pose a threat.

Sadistically that is incorrect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman grad here. Of African descent in my 50's.
I heard that word at Whitman, and it caused me to be more isolated and subdued.

Most likely heard the word much more often from your own race.

Their own race doesn't pose a threat.

Sadistically that is incorrect

Statistically

There is quite the slip

[Anonymous]

Are they announcing this principal placement at the May 8 BOE meeting? Did the committee do the interviews yet?

[Anonymous]

According to someone on the other thread they’re announcing Churchill on May 21. Those interviews were conducted around the same time—a few days later—so maybe Whitman is 5/21 too.

[Anonymous]

It's weird there are so many problems like this at the W's.

[Anonymous]

They happen anywhere they’re allowed to go unchecked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's weird there are so many problems like this at the W's.

Only difference is they don’t think it is a problem at DCC schools so it isn’t reported.

[Anonymous]

Are they announcing the principal at the next BOE meeting? Does the chosen person know at this point even if the rest of us don’t?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's weird there are so many problems like this at the W's.

It does seem to happen a lot there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's weird there are so many problems like this at the W's.

Only difference is they don’t think it is a problem at DCC schools so it isn’t reported.

Interesting that you would assume that. I would guess the opposite - kids in the DCC have been in racially integrated classrooms since kindergarten if not earlier. What motivation would they have to use racist hate speech?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's weird there are so many problems like this at the W's.

Only difference is they don’t think it is a problem at DCC schools so it isn’t reported.

Interesting that you would assume that. I would guess the opposite - kids in the DCC have been in racially integrated classrooms since kindergarten if not earlier. What motivation would they have to use racist hate speech?

Based on my personal experiences that's true; however, it's easier for the Whitman booster to simply charge hypocrisy without ever refuting or disproving the original argument.

[Anonymous]

So early on in my kids elementary school education, DC's writing journal was vandalized by a kid that was never punished. He scribbled over all my kids stories and wrote Pink face pink face f*** you pink face. All throughout the journal. School did nothing. It turns out only white people can be racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So early on in my kids elementary school education, DC's writing journal was vandalized by a kid that was never punished. He scribbled over all my kids stories and wrote Pink face pink face f*** you pink face. All throughout the journal. School did nothing. It turns out only white people can be racist.

Even if this actually happened, is it relevant to the discussion of racism at Whitman?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So early on in my kids elementary school education, DC's writing journal was vandalized by a kid that was never punished. He scribbled over all my kids stories and wrote Pink face pink face f*** you pink face. All throughout the journal. School did nothing. It turns out only white people can be racist.

Even if this actually happened, is it relevant to the discussion of racism at Whitman?

When you sit with your 8 year old who is crying while they try to erase racist comments scrawled over the stories they've written, get back to me. Til then, pound sand.