NAACP vs. Black Parents-Standing in the doorway to protect failed schools

[Trajan]

not altogether unsurprising, but pathetic nonetheless. Where is the black leadership when you need them?
A- cowering in Washington because they have been bought, they have leverage but won't use it.




* REVIEW & OUTLOOK
* JUNE 4, 2011

Here's something you don't see everyday. Thousands of American blacks held a rally in Harlem last week to protest . . . the NAACP.

The New York state chapter of the civil rights organization and the United Federation of Teachers, the local teachers union, have filed a lawsuit to stop the city from closing 22 of Gotham's worst schools. The lawsuit also aims to block the city from giving charter schools space to operate in buildings occupied by traditional public schools.

Protesters at the rally, which included parents and charter school operators like Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone, urged the NAACP to withdraw from the suit. But Hazel Dukes, president of the state NAACP chapter, is unpersuaded. Using the kind of language more readily associated with past opponents of black civil rights, Ms. Dukes said that critics of the lawsuit "can march and have rallies all day long. . . . We will not respond."

What schoolhouses is Ms. Dukes standing in the doorway to protect? Well, at the Academy for Collaborative Education, one of the Harlem schools that the city wants to close, only 3% of students were performing at grade level in English last year, and only 9% in math. At Columbus High School in the Bronx, another school slated for closure, the four-year graduation rate in 2009 was 40%, versus a citywide average of 63%, and less than 10% of special education students graduated on time.

more at-
Review & Outlook: NAACP vs. Black Parents - WSJ.com

 

[Douger]

Saying black and leadership in the same sentence is much like using military and intelligence in the same sentence.
Needer B happnin. Werd up ?

 

[code1211]

It's really amazing, isn't it? Damn the people! We need to solidify our voting block.

The most racist element of American politics is the Black voting block. 90% of the group reach the same conclusion every single election. This make me wonder if they might not be wondering if their unwavering commitment to the thieves and liars that they vote for is about to be reviewed.

Probably not, but it would be nice to see the glimmer turn into a beacon.

 

[Trajan]

don't worry, they'll herd them back to the plantation by nov. 2012.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Without the lawsuit available to review to learn the facts of the issue, any comments would be meaningless, pointless speculation.

 

[Truthmatters]

How is merely closing these schools going to improve these childrens education?

Now they will just be bused farther away from home and still not be at grade level?

More time on a bus will fix it?

 

[California Girl]

How is merely closing these schools going to improve these childrens education?

Now they will just be bused farther away from home and still not be at grade level?

More time on a bus will fix it?

How is blocking Charter schools helping these kids? You would prefer they never have a chance to succeed?

Disgusting left wing partisanship.

 

[Salt Jones]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

 

[Salt Jones]

How is merely closing these schools going to improve these childrens education?

Now they will just be bused farther away from home and still not be at grade level?

More time on a bus will fix it?

How is blocking Charter schools helping these kids? You would prefer they never have a chance to succeed?

Disgusting left wing partisanship.

Charter schools give them a chance to succeed? Are there numbers to back that up?

 

[California Girl]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

What does a person's skin color have to do with anything?

 

[Salt Jones]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

What does a person's skin color have to do with anything?

It seems on this board, a lot.

 

[California Girl]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

What does a person's skin color have to do with anything?

It seems on this board, a lot.

Only to morons..... the skin color of the moron is irrelevant. What matters is that we have obviously failing schools. Rather than fix them - and give those kids the opportunities that they deserve - organizations such as the NAACP would prefer we continue with the failing schools. If I were a parent of a child in one of those schools, I'd be outraged. Clearly, there are parents who are outraged. I, for one, support their right to fight for a better education for their kids.

 

[Trajan]

Without the lawsuit available to review to learn the facts of the issue, any comments would be meaningless, pointless speculation.

Gee, thx.

 

[Trajan]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

wth are you talking about?

 

[California Girl]

Without the lawsuit available to review to learn the facts of the issue, any comments would be meaningless, pointless speculation.

Gee, thx.

You notice that the left dismiss the media as a source.... when it's inconvenient to their borg-like opinion?

 

[Trajan]

Without the lawsuit available to review to learn the facts of the issue, any comments would be meaningless, pointless speculation.

Gee, thx.

You notice that the left dismiss the media as a source.... when it's inconvenient to their borg-like opinion?

of course.
the piece provides enough to at least make a cursory comment and/or valuation,(if they read it) and of course anyone is free to do some further research instead, ...well...

 

[Salt Jones]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

wth are you talking about?

Read post 10 of this thread.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/170202-uganda-elects-first-white-politician.html

 

[California Girl]

Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread?

wth are you talking about?

Read post 10 of this thread.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/170202-uganda-elects-first-white-politician.html

So, because one idiotic racist says that, you think we all think it? Geeeez. How dumb is that? Genuine question. We have black racists on this board, so - by your own standards - that makes all our black members racists. See how stupid that is?

 

[Salt Jones]

wth are you talking about?

Read post 10 of this thread.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/170202-uganda-elects-first-white-politician.html

So, because one idiotic racist says that, you think we all think it? Geeeez. How dumb is that? Genuine question. We have black racists on this board, so - by your own standards - that makes all our black members racists. See how stupid that is?

Here is what I posted:

"Do all of you posters feel that blacks are better under white leadership, as was stated in another thread"?

What does the symbol "?" at the end of a sentence denote? Was I making a statement or posing a question?

If you are going to come at me you better upgrade your reading comprehension skills.

 

[Salt Jones]

Without the lawsuit available to review to learn the facts of the issue, any comments would be meaningless, pointless speculation.

Gee, thx.

You notice that the left dismiss the media as a source.... when it's inconvenient to their borg-like opinion?

Is this "fact" part of the evidence in the lawsuit or is it the "borg-like opinion" of the right?

From the OP's link:

"The teachers union wants to keep these abysmal schools open to preserve jobs for their members. This is bad enough. But the union and NAACP also want to limit better educational options for low-income families who can't afford private schools and can't afford to move to an affluent neighborhood with decent public schools. The union knows that in a place like New York City, where space is at a premium, blocking charters from operating in public buildings will hamper charter growth."