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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:29 AM Jan 2012

How many beatings Frederick would get in a week?






GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County Schools says it has launched a full 'human resources investigation' into all teachers involved with some controversial math homework questions that talked about slavery and beatings.

Since Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh first reported the story on Friday, it has gained a lot of national attention, including from the NAACP of Georgia, who is calling for the teacher who wrote the questions to be fired.


"Who would think of such questions to ask third-grade children?" Thompson asked.

Friday, the Gwinnett County School District said the teacher was trying to reinforce social studies lessons through math but agreed the questions were inappropriate.



http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/school-district-launches-hr-investigation-controve/nGJfJ/




Gwinnett County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, named for Button Gwinnett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. It is the second most populous county in the state, after Fulton County.[1] Its county seat is Lawrenceville[2].



As of 2010, Gwinnett County had a population of 805,321. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 53.3% white (44.0% non-Hispanic white), 23.6% black (22.9% non-Hispanic black), 2.7% Korean, 2.6% Asian Indian, 2.0% Vietnamese, 3.3% other Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 8.8% some other race (0.3% non-Hispanic of some other race) and 3.1% from two or more races. 20.1% of the population was Hispanic or Latino with 10.7% of the total population, being Mexican.[4]




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia






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SixthSense

(829 posts)
1. Jenny charges $10 for a hand job
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:36 AM
Jan 2012

and $20 for a blow job

Jenny normally has 13 customers for hand jobs and 10 for blow jobs

Q: If Jenny had dental work this week and can't give a blow job, how many hand jobs does she need to give to earn the same amount of money?












A: Trick question! Jenny can't afford health care on that income

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. Slaves picking oranges, can you believe this shit?
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:43 AM
Jan 2012

I was telling a neighbor about this, she just couldn't believe it.

Amazing how tone deaf some people can be. Racist, clueless, morons.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
5. Oh, I not only believe it, I have experienced it...
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:48 AM
Jan 2012

I was in Phoenix Arizona and a white person walked up to me and said, "You're so beautiful, you must have white blood". WTF??!! What does that mean.... They thought that it was a complement. Oh yes, I believe it.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
7. Oh come ON. I wish I could say I can't believe it, but I can. Damn.
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 04:17 AM
Jan 2012

We just can't fix stupid, can we?

What did you say, or were you just too stunned to say anything?

I swear, a comback like "Wow, you're so racist, you must have a Confederate general in your lineage!" would probably go right over their head...!

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
9. After I actually said verbally, "what the Heezy??!!" I took a deep breath-
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 05:00 AM
Jan 2012

and said, 'So, what you're trying to say that if I were completely African I be horribly ugly? You do realise that some of the most beautiful women in history come from Africa...Nefertiti, Cleopatra,etc." The person couldn't answer me. I honestly think that they thought they were complementing me. I also had, (ALSO IN PHOENIX), the CEO of the centre, (oh, I didn't tell you that this happened at A CANCER TREATMENT CENTER where I'm treating for stage 4 cervical cancer), along wiht the suits from the other 3 centres actually were following me and making comments like, "I'd like to have a taste of that dark meat." and "I'd like to warm my bed with a scoop of that caramel beauty." WTF ??!!

I HATE ARIZONA!! I have also been pulled over by the border control who questioned my citizenship but not my husband who is white. I was so pissed and offended. I asked them what they thought. they asked me for my ID....YES, MY ID!!! Did I tell you how much I hate Arizona?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
10. Forget it, Jake. It's Arizona...
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 05:21 AM
Jan 2012

There are a lot of good people in Arizona, but some bigots have managed to push through laws that institutionalize bigotry...





Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
11. I have never been to such a fcuked up place in my life, (I'm Californian)
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 05:33 AM
Jan 2012

I have been leered at, asked about my skin, as if brown skin is inherently different, what I am, (Uh, American human being). I know there are decent people there, the vast majority but the racist nuts are doozies.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
12. Yeah, I'm Californian, too
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 06:01 AM
Jan 2012

Raised here at least, and back now after being away for a lot of years.

Most people here are okay with our diversity, but you do run into some bigots and racists--especially in the red area where I live.

At least here they're a minority. And we now have a Hispanic woman campaigning to run against our deeply-entrenched Republican Rep. for the district. She has a snowball's chance in hell, but she's a good dem and an Occupy activist who marched in Occupy the Rose Parade. And she's also a DUer.

I tend to be an optimist, and I definitely see better days ahead. Hell, we even have Governor Moonbeam back!

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
15. Great tameetcha, Pinboy3niner!!
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 06:36 AM
Jan 2012
I'm originally from southern California but now I'm in the north, the Capitol-Sacramento. God bless the Du'er occupier candidate and she'll have my positive thoughts and prayers. If a black man became the president of this country, she can win her election.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
13. Sounds aggravating!
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 06:14 AM
Jan 2012

People can be so thoughtless, so clueless, even when they're trying to just be friendly, like that idiot woman apparently was.

I think it's a display of ignorance and clumsy social skills, when people make weird racial comments that are meant to be compliments or ice-breakers. White people get them too occasionally (obviously not the same as what you got from that woman) but really, it just reflects poorly on whoever said it.

We can guess, she thinks bi-racial people are attractive, but she obviously prefers the look of white people. Keep it to yourself, lady! I have a feeling she won't say that to anyone else in the future.

People are constantly saying and doing dumb things. The only thing you can control is your own behavior.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
16. As they say in UK, I'm friken gobsmacked.
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 11:13 AM
Jan 2012

I'm not thinking much of AZ, either, frankly. I can't imagine being surrounded by that many stupid people. Kudos to you for keeping your cool, I don't know if I could have been as calm watching anyone endure that sort of circumstance.

I hope you are doing well with the cancer treatment. My beloved cousin beat that very same bastard down, but we were all quite concerned for a time as the diagnosis can be a shock. She's doing brilliantly now--clean bill of health and smooth sailing for nearly two years, so far.

Journeyman

(15,040 posts)
8. How does one answer that? Do you say, "No, my blood's red, same as everyone else." . . .
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 04:32 AM
Jan 2012

"However, if your blood's white I'd see a doctor about that. That's some serious anemia you've got going on. But don't worry. It's not as serious as the terminal case of stupid you have raging between your ears."

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
14. Honey, it was all I had to do to keep from slapping the living
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 06:16 AM
Jan 2012

spit out of the person. He had the most inane grin on his face as he gave me that fucked up complement. I asked him if he meant that if I were "pure", (whatever that menas), African, I would make eyes water; that some of the more beautiful women on the planet IN HISTORY come from Africa,(Nefertiri, Cleopatra, Balkis, (queen of sheba)),. He just didn't get it, Journeyman. SMDH

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