NYT article on LCPS high school re: racism

[Anonymous]

It's all symbolic of our society's propensity for de-humanizing one another.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what his real motive in this was? Did he really think he was doing the right thing and "teaching her a lesson?"

Did he hope to get accolades from famous celebrities/activists for this? Have any influential people commented on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Exactly. You would be seeing a different response were the facts different - specifically, were she not 15 when this stupid action happened and/or had she hurled the word at someone in an intentionally hurtful way. Plenty of people don't condone use of the N word slur, but can see that this kid did a dumb thing w/o ill intent at all and is facing an insanely disproportionate consequence for something stupid she did 3 years ago & that she already apologized for long before this turned into a NYT piece.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what his real motive in this was? Did he really think he was doing the right thing and "teaching her a lesson?"

Did he hope to get accolades from famous celebrities/activists for this? Have any influential people commented on this?

Yes. He said that in the article - that he saved this even to when it would inflict the most harm in order to teach her a lesson. This guy is mean and is the only person in the story that intentionally sought to hurt another person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what his real motive in this was? Did he really think he was doing the right thing and "teaching her a lesson?"

Did he hope to get accolades from famous celebrities/activists for this? Have any influential people commented on this?

LOL. No celebrity wants to get near this. Jimmy is a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It doesn't matter if she wasn't addressing anyone. It is a word she should not have said. I am glad she apologized for what she did but there are consequences for our actions. I find the idealization and identification with this girl disproportionate and think it is due at least in part to the inability to put yourself in this young man's shoes because he is black. Again that is why systemic racisms is so awful. The inability to put yourself in a person's shoes who doesn't look like you. If you have no power then it's not so bad, when you have all the power it's awful what this lack of empathy inflicts on people with less power

[Anonymous]

He's not even black. And she did put herself in someone else's shoes and apologize years earlier. The person who was not able to put himself in someone else's shoes was Jimmy. Jimmy's family is very wealthy and even uses the slurs themselves. So why hold someone else to a higher standard?

[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.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's not even black. And she did put herself in someone else's shoes and apologize years earlier. The person who was not able to put himself in someone else's shoes was Jimmy. Jimmy's family is very wealthy and even uses the slurs themselves. So why hold someone else to a higher standard?

His mother is black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's not even black. And she did put herself in someone else's shoes and apologize years earlier. The person who was not able to put himself in someone else's shoes was Jimmy. Jimmy's family is very wealthy and even uses the slurs themselves. So why hold someone else to a higher standard?

A Black teen boy can’t put himself in the shoes of a ... rich white teenage girl who casually uses racial slurs? Why SHOULD he? He clearly has a lot of internalized anger and a complex racial identity because of his dad bit so many of you act like she did NOTHING wrong. A white student in my class once called the one Black girl in that class a slave. I LET HIM HAVE IT, made him apologize and then called his mom who didn’t care at all. Makes sense now. It’s endemic here. and my kids have to go to school with your kids!who you’re teaching this is completely okay. They’re ENTITLED to use the n word because nothing is off limits for white kids. And you all seriously think what she did is fine or if not fine, excusable and someone else’s fault and if not that you just hate Jimmy more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It doesn't matter if she wasn't addressing anyone. It is a word she should not have said. I am glad she apologized for what she did but there are consequences for our actions. I find the idealization and identification with this girl disproportionate and think it is due at least in part to the inability to put yourself in this young man's shoes because he is black. Again that is why systemic racisms is so awful. The inability to put yourself in a person's shoes who doesn't look like you. If you have no power then it's not so bad, when you have all the power it's awful what this lack of empathy inflicts on people with less power

What pablum. People don’t sympathize with the mixed-race young man because he deliberately bided his time and then tried to sabotage another student’s life and he comes across in other social media as a spoiled, manipulative, attention-seeking twit.

[Anonymous]

If this (him revealing the video, the university kicking her out, etc.) all happened over the summer, why is it coming out now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's not even black. And she did put herself in someone else's shoes and apologize years earlier. The person who was not able to put himself in someone else's shoes was Jimmy. Jimmy's family is very wealthy and even uses the slurs themselves. So why hold someone else to a higher standard?

His mother is black.

And his father is white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's not even black. And she did put herself in someone else's shoes and apologize years earlier. The person who was not able to put himself in someone else's shoes was Jimmy. Jimmy's family is very wealthy and even uses the slurs themselves. So why hold someone else to a higher standard?

His mother is black.

And his father is white.

Okay..
and the kid is a judge-y a**.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's not even black. And she did put herself in someone else's shoes and apologize years earlier. The person who was not able to put himself in someone else's shoes was Jimmy. Jimmy's family is very wealthy and even uses the slurs themselves. So why hold someone else to a higher standard?

His mother is black.

And his father is white.

So you just learned what BIracial means huh