Arkansas high school holds blacks-only assembly on gangs and drugs

[dorkzilla]

WTF???? What the actual fuck??????

Some black students at an Arkansas high school were called Wednesday morning to an anti-gang assembly — which officials say was called to comply with a court order to desegregate.

Black freshman students at Maumelle High School were told by an intercom announcement to attend the presentation by a local pastor Dante Shelton, who shared his personal story experience with gang violence and drugs, reported KATV-TV.

Parents and students questioned why the event was aimed only at black students.

“When I talked to (my sister) about it, she felt that it was very racist,” said Arron Perkins. “Someone in the group asked, why are there no other kids except for African-American kids here?”

The ACLU wants to know that, as well, reminding the school in a letter that it was obligated to extend equal protection under the law to all students.

But officials insist the “inspirational” blacks-only assembly was intended to comply with a court order to desegregate Pulaski County Special School District.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/arkansas-high-school-holds-blacks-only-assembly-on-gangs-and-drugs/

[annabanana]

1. How do such BONEHEADS get to run schools down there?

Is there a serious literacy problem among school administrators?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/desegregation

[Nye Bevan]

2. Did the biracial students get to stay for half of the assembly?

Horrible to see this kind of racial segregation in 2016.

[dorkzilla]

5. LOL (about the biracial students staying for half)

But this is sick. I can't believe this is going on in this day and age. And it seems to me that it is getting worse all the time. The only bright spot on the horizon is that soon white people will be the minority and then MAYBE they'll change their tune. Then again, only stupid people think like this and you can't fix stupid.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. No, It Doesn't Work That Way

They have to watch, but they can wear headphones and not listen. Then they get half the message.

[snooper2]

3. there is a reason nobody chooses to live in Arkansass

[CommonSenseDemocrat]

9. Except Hillary Clinton

[snooper2]

10. Um, she lives in NY right, or DC, they have a couple mansions so hard to keep track

[CommonSenseDemocrat]

13. She was the First Lady of Arkansas

[snooper2]

14. Yeah almost forgot, that was like 50 years ago LOL, googled it and they have an apartment there

On top of the Clinton Library....

[Egnever]

11. Oh man you should try it

There's a little spot in Arkansas I have my eye on. Up in the mountains with a spring fed lake ...It is a little piece of heaven.

Backwards as hell but by the time I live there I wont have to deal with anyone but the people at the store when I drive in to town.

[snooper2]

12. I grew up in Southeast Missery, that was close enough LOL

Missery is a small step up from Arkansas, but not much...

Yeah, it's pretty, but you have to worry about random hillbilly walking around in the woods at night

I remember about 20 years ago flying into Little Rock to install a channel bank for a customer. First time I ever saw graffiti on the INSIDE of the walls around the airport

[KentuckyWoman]

4. Seriously - what the ever loving fuck?

How stupid does a college educated school administrator have to be? How did they ever get into a college, any college, and how on earth did they graduate?

What an embarrassment.

[dorkzilla]

6. My only guess is they went to Liberty University or some such nt

[Egnever]

8. Did they call it a safe space?

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Don't know about there but in KC

we have gangs for every nationality : white, Asian, Hispanic, black.
They all shoot at each other.

And drug use crosses every race and social class.