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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I noticed at a Ffx ES is the only AA staff members are a bit aggressive, kind of instilling fear in young kids. Not sure if they are instructed to do so, but I do know parents noticed the same. I have no problem at all with AAs who are kind, well educated and honest.[/quote]

Wow, what do do you other pps? So you have a problem with AAs who are not kind, not well educated, and how do you go about establishing honesty?  Some of the rudest people I know are brutally honest?  Are we having blatantly racist generalizing which is reflected in how she/he views African Americans? "The other parents noticed the same?  Must be wonderful working environment in your kid's school for those AA staff members.  Funny you confirmed the research findings and didn't say teachers.  Or is this another putzy, incapable of anybody "directing" their child properly, parents that is the cause of insane rudeness kids in this area exhibit in every single situation. You know, the one where kids come crying to mommy or daddy because teacher or school staff told them off so rudely, while forgetting to mention that they were littering, trowing things at people at school and being disrespectful in every imaginable and unimaginable way.[/quote]

I meant what do other pps think about this post?[/quote]

Not a PP but yikes

"I have no problem" = common language for racists to justify racism, like a CLICHE of a "nice" southern racist. "I have no problem with their kind so long as they don't go stirrin' up trouble, what with the marches and the boycotts and all the civil rights talk!" If you hear yourself saying things like "I have no problem with...", do some soul searching, ask where it came from, and how you can unlearn it.

Also what you're saying is I don't have a problem with black people who keep me comfortable, who either live up to my standard of black perfection or know their place, who don't remind me of the history of inequality and racism in the country.

"I do know other parents noticed..." So you engaged in racist conversations with other parents. Because you didn't say you discussed one person, e.g. "I'm concerned about the way I heard Ms. Abbott speak to a child," but multiple people viewed as a group, and categorized by race, not by any other common factor. Not "I noticed the teachers who are over 50..." or "I noticed the teachers who wear tennis shoes..." or "I noticed the kindergarten paraprofessionals..."

If a specific employee is mistreating children, like actually being aggressive and instilling fear, speak up, for God's sake. Speak up, even if the employee was "instructed" to do so by a white person. (If you found out the employee WAS "instructed" by a white supervisor to talk to children in a certain way, would that make it ok?) And speak up or inquire about INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS, not anyone's character or category. Don't look to connect dots and invent patterns to bolster existing stereotypes. Don't use the mistreatment of children to make you feel better about being racist. [/quote]

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