Anonymous
08/19/2017 14:50
Subject: DCPS Presenter at Deal made a racist remark and crowd erupted
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A colleague of mine who was at Ballou said the presenter there pointed to upper NW on the map and suggested it was kids there that needed more social emotional learning. After finding that out it almost seems like intentionally inflammatory language was used based on location?
No.
You're reaching.
well, you weren't there, so you're reaching.
Neither were you.
But I didn't have to be there to know your analysis is a reach.
Black former DC teacher who's heard black principals make similar statements about "those poor black kids in SE DC"
Anonymous
08/19/2017 13:43
Subject: DCPS Presenter at Deal made a racist remark and crowd erupted
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the issue is that he's creating an "us v them", with "us" being white NW, even with the supposed irony. It's also playing racism for laughs, which is not really funny. It feels different from the "niggardly" episode although I can't fully articulate why.
+1. Totally sounds like his point was lost given the awkward delivery, which was offputting by referring to "those SE kids" or whatever he said.