NYT article on LCPS high school re: racism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Agree. Both of these things can be true at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Re-read the article. He was sent the video last school year and then posted it after her George Floyd post. He didn’t hold onto it for three years. Other people did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Didn't the article say he got it last year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Didn't the article say he got it last year?

You’re right. The original Snapchat was from 2016. He said he got it last year and intentionally waited to shame her publicly until the time was right (ahem, college acceptance time).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Sorry but for decades people have tolerated the type of actions that this woman engaged in because of all sorts of excuses-they didn’t know any better, they were young, it was a different time, people are being too sensitive, kids will be kids, it was a joke, it’s not something that their life should be ruined over, etc...
No more excuses. It is intolerable. It’s that simple. Don’t pin this on the victim and accuser.

[Anonymous]

So when is he going to reach out to his father's employer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Sorry but for decades people have tolerated the type of actions that this woman engaged in because of all sorts of excuses-they didn’t know any better, they were young, it was a different time, people are being too sensitive, kids will be kids, it was a joke, it’s not something that their life should be ruined over, etc...
No more excuses. It is intolerable. It’s that simple. Don’t pin this on the victim and accuser.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not finding much sympathy for her in my heart at the moment. It’s not like this kid held onto the video for years waiting to attack. Sounds like maybe a few months? He had previously made similar reports of students using racial slurs before to absolutely no effect. His timing was perfect. She posted about BLM, and his calling her out in that moment had impact. It’s a brutal, but effective lesson for her and everything other white person who has ever casually thrown around a slur, worn blackface, etc. I strongly suspect that had she posted in support of BLM while also acknowledging her own past behavior, he would not have called her out in response.

Only held onto it for 3 years.

Was it wrong of her to say it? YES.
Was it wrong for him to handle it this way? ALSO YES.

Sorry but for decades people have tolerated the type of actions that this woman engaged in because of all sorts of excuses-they didn’t know any better, they were young, it was a different time, people are being too sensitive, kids will be kids, it was a joke, it’s not something that their life should be ruined over, etc...
No more excuses. It is intolerable. It’s that simple. Don’t pin this on the victim and accuser.

Let’s just see where Mimi and Jimmy end up 10 years from now. He will likely regret this publicity much more than she will.

Best to handle things in a mature way. Of course she is wrong for saying it - no one is objecting to that fact. Should she have her college admission rescinded because of a mistake she made in 2016? Many of us don’t think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when is he going to reach out to his father's employer?

Why would he? He didn’t contact her school. He responded directly to her post. And he identified his father’s actions in the article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when is he going to reach out to his father's employer?

Let’s start a social media campaign against his father. He should definitely be fired from his job.

[Anonymous]

Did I read that correctly thst she made the post in 9th grade? I think that really changes things. I don’t think a college boy who made a gross misogynist joke in 9th grade should be cancelled either, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did I read that correctly thst she made the post in 9th grade? I think that really changes things. I don’t think a college boy who made a gross misogynist joke in 9th grade should be cancelled either, though.

Exaaaaactly. She made a racist comment (let’s call it what it is) in 2016. That really warrants getting her kicked out of college?

[Anonymous]

The black nationalist on this thread is calling everyone racist LMAO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So wait, the 18 year old girl (15 when she said it) needed to be taught a public lesson, but his much older white father was dealt with privately when he said it?

This kid is a clown. He could have handled this so much better.

He may not regret it now, but he sure will when he goes to find a job. When a potential employer does a quick Google search, this will come up. No one wants a snake on their team. There was no reason for this to be handled like this.

This is, unfortunately, the most true of all the statements made on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately this woman was taught a painful lesson while young and now has the rest of her life to make amends.

I can’t support the consequence (losing college admission) for her behavior at age 15 anymore than I can support trying juveniles as adults for crimes. The adolescent brain is undergoing so many changes and their ability to make appropriate judgments is inconsistent at best.

I would have liked to hear what Mr. Galligan’s mother thinks of what he did. I wonder why she wasn’t part of the story.

It’s honestly not that rare for students to lose their college acceptances though. I used to work in admissions and kids lose them on occasion for things like their grades dropping significantly after admission (these are mostly ED/EA acceptances) and for getting in trouble for other things (minor theft stuff, plagiarism, etc). This doesn’t really seem that different. Also if they knew about this contemporaneously to when she did it she likely wouldn’t have gotten in to begin with.