White Teacher Under Fire For Singing 'Monkey' Song On Black Boy's Birthday

[ThisIsMe]

You put your busybody meddling way on full display. It's not my fault that I strolled by and noticed your bullshit.

Seriously. How is it any of your business that she's racist?

And she posted that video for all to see. Same difference. I can have an opinion on her like you can have an opinion on me.

However, again, I dont know if she was being racist, I said it looks bad

 

[MayorQuimby]

And she posted that video for all to see. Same difference. I can have an opinion on her like you can have an opinion on me.

However, again, I dont know if she was being racist, I said it looks bad

You have a point; you do get to pass your opinion on something in the public domain. My apologies.

I guess I lost it because I am sick of all this culture where we scrutinize one another to see whether they are being PC enough. It's like we are on a permanent witch-hunt trying to root out the "evil racists" like we have some kind of moral high ground just because we love colored skin. We don't. Racists are people just like us, they should be left alone. If they want to discriminate against someone for their skin color, they should be allowed to.

 

[ThisIsMe]

You have a point; you do get to pass your opinion on something in the public domain. My apologies.

I guess I lost it because I am sick of all this culture where we scrutinize one another to see whether they are being PC enough. It's like we are on a permanent witch-hunt trying to root out the "evil racists" like we have some kind of moral high ground just because we love colored skin. We don't. Racists are people just like us, they should be left alone. If they want to discriminate against someone for their skin color, they should be allowed to.

Nobody is saying racists dont have the right to their opinion. Most people, however, see racism as a moral wrong, and when people do it in public, others will call them out on it, and in some cases, it can lead to social problems and employment problems.

In thr case of this teacher, she's experiencing backlash because, while nobody knows her intent, on the surface, it looks bad. In today's society, those appearances can cause problems.

 

[MizMolly]

Of course it isn't to a white woman.

What’s racist about it?

 

[ChristisKing]

What’s racist about it?

The fact that people are equalling a monkey to a black person.

 

[MizMolly]

Of course it isn't to a white woman.

Being white doesn’t mean I can’t tell if something is or is not racist. Being black doesn’t mean make black people the only ones who can spot racism.

 

[MizMolly]

The fact that people are equalling a monkey to a black person.

The song has been sung to white kids too

 

[ChristisKing]

The song has been sung to white kids too

I know.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

What’s racist about it?

Nothing, if you are a racist.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Being white doesn’t mean I can’t tell if something is or is not racist. Being black doesn’t mean make black people the only ones who can spot racism.

Well, we have had centuries of recognizing it in America.

 

[MizMolly]

Well, we have had centuries of recognizing it in America.

So have whites

 

[MizMolly]

Nothing, if you are a racist.

Total bullshit. So, even the black people who don’t find it racist are themselves racist? You grasp at everything to make anything whites say to blacks is racist.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

So have whites

Of course you do, hell you created it.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Total bullshit. So, even the black people who don’t find it racist are themselves racist? You grasp at everything to make anything whites say to blacks is racist.

Nope, I know racism when I see it.

 

[SweetTea]

The ironic thing is that if a person has no racist tendencies and is truly colorblind, they could sing this song and not think a thing about it. It wouldn’t even dawn on them that there is a negative connotation between “monkey” and a black person because they themselves don’t think in those terms. A racist person could also sing the same song with malicious intent, but I can’t imagine a first grade teacher doing so in front of the class and on video. From her tone and the situation, I believe she is the former.

Many Democrats, in particular, are very sensitive to everything regarding race because they themselves see everything through a racial lens. That kind of makes them racist themselves.

 

[SweetTea]

Nope, I know racism when I see it.

Of course you do because you see everything through a racial lens. What does that make you?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Of course you do because you see everything through a racial lens. What does that make you?

Could that because since we have been in America everything we have experienced has been made about race.

 

[davebb]

Could that because since we have been in America everything we have experienced has been made about race.

by people like you

 

[Superbadbrutha]

by people like you

I'm black, so how could it be done by the folks who have been on the receiving end of it.

 

[davebb]

I'm black, so how could it be done by the folks who have been on the receiving end of it.

You probably don't even see the irony in what you just said.