NYT article on LCPS high school re: racism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"She won’t learn anything but she’ll move on."

What in the world makes you say that?

The article mentioned she had posted over the summer in support of BLM. The article cited no other example of her being a racist aside from this one 3 sec clip when she was 15 years old (3 years ago) where she inappropriately & jokingly used a term she should not have. There is nothing in that article to suggest that she's an unrepentant racist at the now ripe old age of 18. She might be - but there's nothing in what's been reported so far that suggests that information.

You just want her to be terrible to make you feel better for wishing someone who's barely out of HS ill over an unintentional screwup when she was 15.

This thread alone makes it clear that most white people don’t and won’t get it. She’ll blame everyone else but herself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"She won’t learn anything but she’ll move on."

What in the world makes you say that?

The article mentioned she had posted over the summer in support of BLM. The article cited no other example of her being a racist aside from this one 3 sec clip when she was 15 years old (3 years ago) where she inappropriately & jokingly used a term she should not have. There is nothing in that article to suggest that she's an unrepentant racist at the now ripe old age of 18. She might be - but there's nothing in what's been reported so far that suggests that information.

You just want her to be terrible to make you feel better for wishing someone who's barely out of HS ill over an unintentional screwup when she was 15.

This thread alone makes it clear that most white people don’t and won’t get it. She’ll blame everyone else but herself.

except that’s not what happened. she apologized when the snapchat was first shared, to the extent her black friend later defended her. and she later posted in support of BLM. so she did learn and grow. but that was evidently NOT was her cancellation was about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"She won’t learn anything but she’ll move on."

What in the world makes you say that?

The article mentioned she had posted over the summer in support of BLM. The article cited no other example of her being a racist aside from this one 3 sec clip when she was 15 years old (3 years ago) where she inappropriately & jokingly used a term she should not have. There is nothing in that article to suggest that she's an unrepentant racist at the now ripe old age of 18. She might be - but there's nothing in what's been reported so far that suggests that information.

You just want her to be terrible to make you feel better for wishing someone who's barely out of HS ill over an unintentional screwup when she was 15.

This thread alone makes it clear that most white people don’t and won’t get it. She’ll blame everyone else but herself.

Oh, just shut up. The tide of public opinion has come down squarely against the behavior of the young man who, at 18, made a deliberate decision to wreck a young woman’s life, and it’s not just white people saying this.

The Galligans raised a turd of a son, and he is the one who now will be held accountable for his poor behavior.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can only hope the drama queen of Heritage High is happy with all the attention he's getting now.

Poor kid is stuck in his 1.5 million dollar house gaming all day.

Are you an adult? Are you the girls dad?
Thought so. Do a better job of parenting. You've shown your failure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can only hope the drama queen of Heritage High is happy with all the attention he's getting now.

Poor kid is stuck in his 1.5 million dollar house gaming all day.

Are you an adult? Are you the girls dad?
Thought so. Do a better job of parenting. You've shown your failure.

I don’t think there are $1.5M houses in that part of Loudoun but obviously the Galligan kid had wheels and a very expensive wardrobe. Maybe if he’d had to work a bit more he would have had less time to plot about how and when to mess up other kids’ lives. What a silly little gossip girl.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"She won’t learn anything but she’ll move on."

What in the world makes you say that?

The article mentioned she had posted over the summer in support of BLM. The article cited no other example of her being a racist aside from this one 3 sec clip when she was 15 years old (3 years ago) where she inappropriately & jokingly used a term she should not have. There is nothing in that article to suggest that she's an unrepentant racist at the now ripe old age of 18. She might be - but there's nothing in what's been reported so far that suggests that information.

You just want her to be terrible to make you feel better for wishing someone who's barely out of HS ill over an unintentional screwup when she was 15.

This thread alone makes it clear that most white people don’t and won’t get it. She’ll blame everyone else but herself.

Oh, just shut up. The tide of public opinion has come down squarely against the behavior of the young man who, at 18, made a deliberate decision to wreck a young woman’s life, and it’s not just white people saying this.

The Galligans raised a turd of a son, and he is the one who now will be held accountable for his poor behavior.

As was she. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

"she apologized when the snapchat was first shared, to the extent her black friend later defended her. and she later posted in support of BLM. so she did learn and grow. but that was evidently NOT was her cancellation was about."

+1
Yup the cancellation was about total purity and never being allowed to move on from having apologized and learned from something dumb or wrong you did when you were young

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can only hope the drama queen of Heritage High is happy with all the attention he's getting now.

Poor kid is stuck in his 1.5 million dollar house gaming all day.

Are you an adult? Are you the girls dad?
Thought so. Do a better job of parenting. You've shown your failure.

I don’t think there are $1.5M houses in that part of Loudoun but obviously the Galligan kid had wheels and a very expensive wardrobe. Maybe if he’d had to work a bit more he would have had less time to plot about how and when to mess up other kids’ lives. What a silly little gossip girl.

It's disgusting how you are determined to go after the kid who reported this, dad. Do a better job not raising racists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you all think? Is this (racism in LCPS) as rampant as the article portrays? Is FCPS any better? Were the consequences fair to the girl?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html

I remember when this happened. The kid tried to ruin the lives of more than a dozen of his peers. She wasn’t the only one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, one can only hope the drama queen of Heritage High is happy with all the attention he's getting now.

Poor kid is stuck in his 1.5 million dollar house gaming all day.

Are you an adult? Are you the girls dad?
Thought so. Do a better job of parenting. You've shown your failure.

I don’t think there are $1.5M houses in that part of Loudoun but obviously the Galligan kid had wheels and a very expensive wardrobe. Maybe if he’d had to work a bit more he would have had less time to plot about how and when to mess up other kids’ lives. What a silly little gossip girl.

It's really easy to google and find his address. Zillow estimates it at $1, 375,000 ish.

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Anonymous wrote:“ Are you willfully obtuse?! Several posters, including yourself, are defending this girl. You are desperately trying to shift the blame off her and anywhere else. The person responsible for this girl saying the n word is herself. She said it happily. She posted it on Tic Toc. Rappers didn’t make this girl say the n word. In fact you don’t even know if she listens to rap. All you know is that she uses a vile, racist slur in her daily vocabulary. She’s so comfortable using the word that she recorded herself and posted it for everyone to see.”

I’m not PP but you are treating this kid as if: 1) she was a grown adult when it happened and 2) she hurled the word as a slur to hurt someone. Neither is true. No one is saying it I just fine for her to use it. What many of us are saying is that kids do dumb stuff and this falls in that category - not the “she’s evil and deserves serious harm” category.

And i never said she was evil. However, unlike you and too many other posters I’m not giving her a pass and blaming everyone around her. She isn’t an 8 year old. She was 15 and that is old enough to understand the slur. The issue is she is too comfortable using a slur. Doesn’t matter in what text or tone. Is it ever alright to use a gay slur? Or an anti Semitic slur?

No it’s never ok. This girl was stupid and racist in 9th grade and and should have had serious consequences then. maybe she still is racist and stupid! but do you seriously want to kick all the boys, black and white, who have ever uttered the word f@ggot or made sexist, misogynist remarks in 9th grade out of college?

So suddenly at 18 she was no longer racist? Umm...ok...sure.

We should all be defined by what we do at 15?

If it’s throwing out racist slurs like money at a strip club. Then yeah. People don’t forget that. Just like adults don’t forget the people who bullied them in childhood.

She wasn’t using at as a slur. It wasn’t said to the kid who turned the internet mob on the girl. It was in a Snapchat convo to a friend.

Ok then replace the n word with anyone of the following...

“I got my license...f word (slur used to describes gays), r word (slur used to describe mental disability), etc.

the better equivalent is a boy saying “I got my license, beyotches!!” No way that would end up with being kicked off a college sports team 4 years later. Because everyone understands the difference between “beyotches” said in a joking way to address friends, and a man calling a woman a B in anger. Although sadly a boy probably would face no repercussions for that either ...

Disagree. If you can type out “beyotches” and not the other words then they aren’t on the same level.

it seemed to have escaped your notice that I distinguished between “beyotches” and “B.” the parallel is really quite clear. the only reason B isn’t at the same level as the n-word is misogyny.

DP. Really? I'm a black woman and I assure you, being called an n word is way more offensive than being called a B. And I don't use either of those words. I think the girl was 15 when it happened and should be allowed to learn and move on. Her punishment was too harsh. I disagree, however, with adults who minimize the use of the n word. This thread is disappointing on both sides.

[Anonymous]

I can't get over the level of anger being exposed on this thread. People really identify with this young woman and the shades of grey at using the N word have been totally overlooked in the need to empathize with her. I think this is where systemic racism is at it's worst. Historically white people have had the most power and the ability to empathize with only people who look like them continues to have major consequences for people who don't.

[Anonymous]

Weirdest part of this for me is that Galligan is attending an evangelical Christian college. I wonder if his behavior might violate its code of conduct.

[Anonymous]

Apparently the college he has chosen to attend has a policy condemning same sex relationships. Great bunch of kids there. So much assholery in this story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't get over the level of anger being exposed on this thread. People really identify with this young woman and the shades of grey at using the N word have been totally overlooked in the need to empathize with her. I think this is where systemic racism is at it's worst. Historically white people have had the most power and the ability to empathize with only people who look like them continues to have major consequences for people who don't.

She wasn't even addressing anyone in particular. She said all of 4 words and not in an angry way. I can't detect any anger in her words. The 3 second clip was when she was 15. Do you think someone should be attacked and told to leave college for this? It's just not worthy of the reaction this guy had. He's trying to retaliate in a very poor way.