APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Why would it be? I'm not aware that Black people refuse to wear cotton fabrics. When a Black person gets a manicure do they get offended if cotton is used to clean off their polish? I think racism is a real problem but going ballistic about cotton balls does not help the cause. They were not acting out " cotton picking." A kid had to do something he didn't want to do in school. Big f-ing deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of deflecting going on. Maybe there was no malicious intent, but obviously the family is offended. I am not familiar with the game, but as a Black adult, I would want my kids lubing their face up and covering it with cotton. I think I’d be upset too.
Justin Fairfax was a pretty good draw for an attorney. I’m sure Arlington County is now taking this seriously and they should respect the culture of Blacks in the country who’s ancestors were enslaved and the post traumatic stress they may be experiencing.

There is a huge difference between unintentionally offending someone with a culturally insensitive activity, and an actionable claim for racism to the tune of $10 million. It’s almost impossible to have a serious conversation about if/why the activity is ill-advised when the starting point we’re working from is the claim that it caused $10 million in damages. We can debate about whether all cotton balls should be banned or how to better structure activities to insure they’re racially and culturally sensitive, but if we can’t agree that what is alleged to have happened here does not meet the legal standard for racially motivated discrimination or institutional racism supporting a multi-million dollar claim for relief, I don’t think we can agree on anything. It’s a conversation stopper. Justin Fairfax may be a good attorney, but from what the public has seen so far, he doesn’t have a strong legal case.

A good attorney won’t expose his entire hand to the public before trial.

I’m at a loss for what kind of smoking gun could be lurking behind these seemingly very weak claims. If something explosive comes out I’ll be the first to say I didn’t see it coming and underestimated the case, but realistically I think they’ve put their strongest cards on the table.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of deflecting going on. Maybe there was no malicious intent, but obviously the family is offended. I am not familiar with the game, but as a Black adult, I would want my kids lubing their face up and covering it with cotton. I think I’d be upset too.
Justin Fairfax was a pretty good draw for an attorney. I’m sure Arlington County is now taking this seriously and they should respect the culture of Blacks in the country who’s ancestors were enslaved and the post traumatic stress they may be experiencing.

There is a huge difference between unintentionally offending someone with a culturally insensitive activity, and an actionable claim for racism to the tune of $10 million. It’s almost impossible to have a serious conversation about if/why the activity is ill-advised when the starting point we’re working from is the claim that it caused $10 million in damages. We can debate about whether all cotton balls should be banned or how to better structure activities to insure they’re racially and culturally sensitive, but if we can’t agree that what is alleged to have happened here does not meet the legal standard for racially motivated discrimination or institutional racism supporting a multi-million dollar claim for relief, I don’t think we can agree on anything. It’s a conversation stopper. Justin Fairfax may be a good attorney, but from what the public has seen so far, he doesn’t have a strong legal case.

A good attorney won’t expose his entire hand to the public before trial.

I’m at a loss for what kind of smoking gun could be lurking behind these seemingly very weak claims. If something explosive comes out I’ll be the first to say I didn’t see it coming and underestimated the case, but realistically I think they’ve put their strongest cards on the table.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: is cotton such a trigger that it shouldn’t ever be used in any craft or activity now?

It should definitely never be used in schools going forward. Others I’ve spoken with are incredulous that it is in fact still used in schools in this day and age.

That's ridiculous nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote: Believe it or not, there was an incident in our school where the art teacher was accused of racism for doing a project with cotton balls. So I actually would say at this point that nobody should use cotton at school. It’s crazy.

I think you have this wrong. It isn't the teachers who should ban cotton balls. It's the "adults" who should stop ludicrous claims of racism when they really are not warranted.

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Do you think you should be able to call Black people the n word whenever you feel like it?

DP. No. But I also don't think Black people should be calling other Black people the n word. or white people other derogatory terms.

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Do you think you should be able to call Black people the n word whenever you feel like it?

DP. No. But I also don't think Black people should be calling other Black people the n word. or white people other derogatory terms.

Oops, misread your question. Not racist, but shouldn't be done. It's hypocritical.

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Do you think you should be able to call Black people the n word whenever you feel like it?

I don’t. But I’m not a person of color.

So you think it's ok for POCs to call black people the n-word? latinos, too?

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Anonymous wrote: Believe it or not, there was an incident in our school where the art teacher was accused of racism for doing a project with cotton balls. So I actually would say at this point that nobody should use cotton at school. It’s crazy.

I think you have this wrong. It isn't the teachers who should ban cotton balls. It's the "adults" who should stop ludicrous claims of racism when they really are not warranted.

Agreed. This is beyond ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of deflecting going on. Maybe there was no malicious intent, but obviously the family is offended. I am not familiar with the game, but as a Black adult, I would want my kids lubing their face up and covering it with cotton. I think I’d be upset too.
Justin Fairfax was a pretty good draw for an attorney. I’m sure Arlington County is now taking this seriously and they should respect the culture of Blacks in the country who’s ancestors were enslaved and the post traumatic stress they may be experiencing.

I assume you would NOT want them doing this; but you'd be upset because it's cotton balls? Not because they're lubing up their face with something like vaseline? You'd think it was just stupid fun if they lubed up to grab confetti or leaves or flower petals?

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Do you think you should be able to call Black people the n word whenever you feel like it?

I don’t. But I’m not a person of color.

So you think it's ok for POCs to call black people the n-word? latinos, too?

Yes. And if it's ok for people of color to use the N word with each other, it's definitely ok for a teacher of color, a principal of color, and a superintendent of color to allow the use of cotton as a school supply without being accused of racism.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of deflecting going on. Maybe there was no malicious intent, but obviously the family is offended. I am not familiar with the game, but as a Black adult, I would want my kids lubing their face up and covering it with cotton. I think I’d be upset too.
Justin Fairfax was a pretty good draw for an attorney. I’m sure Arlington County is now taking this seriously and they should respect the culture of Blacks in the country who’s ancestors were enslaved and the post traumatic stress they may be experiencing.

what part of the culture of Blacks and history of slavery makes cotton inherently offensive?

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Do you think you should be able to call Black people the n word whenever you feel like it?

I don’t. But I’m not a person of color.

So you think it's ok for POCs to call black people the n-word? latinos, too?

Yes. Not my place to say they can’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of deflecting going on. Maybe there was no malicious intent, but obviously the family is offended. I am not familiar with the game, but as a Black adult, I would want my kids lubing their face up and covering it with cotton. I think I’d be upset too.
Justin Fairfax was a pretty good draw for an attorney. I’m sure Arlington County is now taking this seriously and they should respect the culture of Blacks in the country who’s ancestors were enslaved and the post traumatic stress they may be experiencing.

what part of the culture of Blacks and history of slavery makes cotton inherently offensive?

NP. Be for real. Nobody is saying cotton is inherently offensive. If you just google “cotton picking slur” you can see why having somebody who is Back pick up cotton is inappropriate. I think this woman is a hustler and the situation should have been taken care of with an email to the teacher that was forwarded to the principal and APS, but learn a little history.

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Anonymous wrote:I litwerally can't wait until she get hosed for residency fraud.

Don't hold your breath.
My money is on it not happening.

They can't stonewall the question. All Fraud needs to be investigated. She lives in Maryland. Her car is registered in MD, her voter registration is in MD.

She's gonna get it. A handful of us on our bock wrote Miyares. Lets see what that does. He's not going to take a hit for this clown.

How do you know she lives in MD, car registered there and voter registration there?

and even if she does maybe the father is an Arlington resident?

JFC. Read the thread moron.

I did thanks and I didn't see any actual proof or actual knowledge. So my question stands.

You’re really not that bright then. Sorry you’re beyond help.

Anyone with common sense can see that you are reaching and trying to deflect to defend the white supremacist act that was perpetuated against this Black child.

DP. You cannot possibly believe yourself. You cannot possibly believe that, in a school where the entire leadership is black, and the teacher was a POC and foreigner, these educators are white supremacists! Do you understand how utterly ridiculous and preposterous your statement is?

So because you put a Black face on white supremacy, we shouldn’t believe it’s white supremacy?

Is it racist for a person of color to use the N word? Is it racist for a person of color to use cotton as a school supply?

Do you think you should be able to call Black people the n word whenever you feel like it?

I don’t. But I’m not a person of color.

So you think it's ok for POCs to call black people the n-word? latinos, too?

Yes. Not my place to say they can’t.

I absolutely think that a white person can tell a non-Black POC not to use the N word. Maybe not racist but absolutely in appropriate.