Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-27 Thread Martin Baxter
, 2010 6:37:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes Keith, it's bewildering to me. I went to predominately White schools my entire life until college, was often the only face of color in the room. I didn't often get hit

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, it's bewildering to me. I went to predominately White schools my entire life until college, was often the only face of color in the room. I didn't often get hit with incidents of racism, but my teachers did protect me when they arose, taking the time to explain things to those who offended.

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Keith Johnson
forward... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 6:37:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes Keith, it's bewildering to me

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Martin Baxter
, 2010 6:37:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes Keith, it's bewildering to me. I went to predominately White schools my entire life until college, was often the only face of color in the room. I didn't often get hit

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Tracy Curtis
: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes Keith, it's bewildering to me. I went to predominately White schools my entire life until college, was often the only face of color in the room. I didn't often get hit with incidents of racism, but my teachers did protect me when they arose, taking

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Martin Baxter
: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes Keith, it's bewildering to me. I went to predominately White schools my entire life until college, was often the only face of color in the room. I didn't often get hit with incidents of racism, but my teachers did protect me

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-26 Thread Keith Johnson
. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:54:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes   I had students who came into class believing

[scifinoir2] OT: Georgia Teacher Under Fire for Kids' Klan Robes

2010-05-25 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm amazed at how blithely people want to dismiss things like this as politcal correctness, or well-intentioned mistakes. I'm not saying burn the school down or anything, but come on: saying the kid overracted to seeing four people walking through the lunchroom dressed in full Klan robes?