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BornAPoorBlkChild
Sep 24, 2012
Love dat Atl!





http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/georgia-school-board-meeting-boos-racist



quote:


Georgia School Board Meeting Boos 'Racist' NAACP For Trying To Ban Confederate Symbols

Members of the NAACP were booed and called "racist" by white residents on Tuesday as they tried to make their case for removing Confederate symbols at Effingham County High School in Georgia.

According the WTOC, over 500 people showed up at the Effingham County High School Board meeting on Tuesday to debate whether the school should stop using a Confederate soldier mascot and the pro-slavery anthem "Dixie" as a fight song.

"We have come to make a petition to right the wrong that should have been corrected 60 years ago,” Effingham NAACP President Leroy Lloyd announced in front of the rowdy crowd.

Also speaking on behalf of the NAACP, First Union Baptist Church Pastor Franklin Blanks, Jr. asked the school board to respect all citizens.

"We asked that you discontinue the use of Dixie as a school fight song," Blanks said, sending the crowd into an uproar.

"You try to erase my heritage, you try to erase anything that you think is racist," one supporter of the Confederate symbols told Blanks. "But the whole time you were over here, sir, I apologize, but everything you said was racist."

That sentiment earned a standing ovation from the mostly-white audience.

WTOC reported that some of attendees were nearly escorted from the meeting by law enforcement, but it was not clear which was causing the disturbance.

The school board said that a decision would be made at a later date.

Petitions both for and against the Confederate symbols are being hosted by the website Change.org.

Watch the video below from WTOC.




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whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations
fake (georgia does not contain schools)

Madcosby
Mar 4, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
wtf dude

the quote says "video below"

but your link is at the top

did you even think about presentation when you posted

holy poo poo

ps way to post a post where one side is completely right and one side is completely wrong wow this debate is going to ensue for like 2 more replies

Rush Limbo
Sep 5, 2005

its with a full house
The confederate flag is about states' rights and states, being an unliving entity, do not have a race.

Checkmate :smug:

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
i hope everyone dies

BornAPoorBlkChild
Sep 24, 2012

whoflungpoop posted:

fake (georgia does not contain schools)

as a georgia resident i can confirm this :v:

Blue Raider
Sep 2, 2006

these colours dont run

Fog Tripper
Mar 3, 2008

by Smythe
OP: is the naacp not racist?


What is your opinion?

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
Well they are a group dedicated to the advancement of a single race, sounds pretty racist to me.

screech on the beach
Mar 9, 2004
M

FlimFlam Imam
Mar 1, 2007

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
Hooray for Dixie! Hooray! Hooray for Dixie!

Stevie Lee
Oct 8, 2007

notZaar posted:

Well they are a group dedicated to the advancement of a single race, sounds pretty racist to me.

which race

Nanomashoes
Aug 18, 2012

Stevie Lee posted:

which race

The Igbo. All the other blacks are just their puppets.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
lol if the confederate flag is your heritage just


fuckin lol

e: mitt romney huh? lol

Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Aug 21, 2015

Ars Arcanum
Jan 20, 2005

Best friends make the best weapons
Fat white people: "Nuh-UH! You're the racists!"

anchoress
Dec 24, 2011

by XyloJW
good for them. it's about time we stopped letting these colored people boss us around

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW
This decade is gonna look so bizarre in history books.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Ars Arcanum posted:

Fat white people: "Nuh-UH! You're the racists!"

fuccboi
Jan 5, 2004

by zen death robot
Borg Queen: "Species 5618, human. Warp-capable, origin grid 325, physiology inefficient, below average cranium capacity, minimum redundant systems, limited regenerative abilities."

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

Chinatown posted:

i hope everyone dies

fuccboi
Jan 5, 2004

by zen death robot
You will be assimilated, your individuality will be add-- uhh.. uhh.. :yikes:

dZPnJOm8QwUAseApNj
Apr 15, 2002

arf bark woof
hmm dooooooo black lives matter??

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

Mein Eyes! posted:

hmm dooooooo black lives matter??

yes but not in the south

deadly_pudding
May 13, 2009

who the fuck is scraeming
"LOG OFF" at my house.
show yourself, coward.
i will never log off

Hobohemian posted:

This decade is gonna look so bizarre in history books.

"And this is what we call the 'Hubris Era', lasting from about 2008 to 2017, when then-president Donald Trump refused to kiss the King of Saudi Arabia and called him a 'Fairy Sand friend of the family' straight to his face, prompting what the King later referred to as a 'non-negotiable permanent ban on the sale of oil to the US and all US allies'," said the emaciated professor to a room full of skeletons, the entire school having been torched by a band of nomadic raiders about 3 weeks prior.

"If only we had known"

Nutsngum
Oct 9, 2004

I don't think it's nice, you laughing.
Lol why does anyone wanna be associated with the flag of a bunch of losers?

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Any one who flies the confederate flag should be tried for treason since the are supporting an enemy country who's sole purpose of existing was to destroy America and our way of life

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

deadly_pudding posted:

"And this is what we call the 'Hubris Era', lasting from about 2008 to 2017, when then-president Donald Trump refused to kiss the King of Saudi Arabia and called him a 'Fairy Sand friend of the family' straight to his face, prompting what the King later referred to as a 'non-negotiable permanent ban on the sale of oil to the US and all US allies'," said the emaciated professor to a room full of skeletons, the entire school having been torched by a band of nomadic raiders about 3 weeks prior.

"If only we had known"

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

Nutsngum posted:

Lol why does anyone wanna be associated with the flag of a bunch of losers?

because racism

BornAPoorBlkChild
Sep 24, 2012

Volume posted:

Any one who flies the confederate flag should be tried for treason since the are supporting an enemy country who's sole purpose of existing was to destroy America and our way of life

but theyre white!

loving :lol: if you think they actually put some critical thinking skills into their love for that poo poo

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
So their sports team mascot is a Confederate? So do they lose every game?

Or maybe they win a couple games against cupcake teams early in the season but then get their rear end kicked when they get later into the season and face quality opposition. And when they end their season 3-7 they just say they won the state championship anyway.

Shimrra Jamaane fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Aug 21, 2015

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

WTOC

White Trash? Of Course!

FlimFlam Imam
Mar 1, 2007

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

Ars Arcanum posted:

Fat white people: "Nuh-UH! You're the racists!"

It's heritage! Why our forefathers.... :rant:

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

it's funny that the school was given confederate symbols at the height of the civil rights era 60 years and people think it's not about race. That would be right after Brown v Board lol

whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations

Volume posted:

Any one who flies the confederate flag should be tried for treason since the are supporting an enemy country who's sole purpose of existing was to destroy America and our way of life

confederates killed over 100,000 :patriot:american :911: soldiers

basically anyone who flies the flag is saying, "i want pearl harbor and 9/11 to happen 18 more times each"

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
have yet to see the heritage side's rebuttal to 'but that's not even the confederate flag'

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug
How come it's okay to chastise white people over problematic aspects of white culture that hold everyone back but it's not okay to chastise black people for problematic aspects of black culture than hold everyone back. Like it seems socially acceptable to treat white people as a monolith but hooo doggy if you do that to any other group of people. Like we can accept that crimerates and such are a product of socioeconomic factors in black communities but for rednecks and old people it's all about personal responsibility, idgi.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

ArbitraryC posted:

How come it's okay to chastise white people over problematic aspects of white culture that hold everyone back but it's not okay to chastise black people for problematic aspects of black culture than hold everyone back. Like it seems socially acceptable to treat white people as a monolith but hooo doggy if you do that to any other group of people. Like we can accept that crimerates and such are a product of socioeconomic factors in black communities but for rednecks and old people it's all about personal responsibility, idgi.

I accept that those things are a product of environment, too, but I feel like the average poor black person is just trying to survive and the average hick redneck blames all his problems on minorities and it's irritating because they keep voting GOP.

Like at least there's black leaders that acknowledge the problem and tell black people to stop wiling out and get educated and poo poo but where's the rednecks doing the same for hicks?

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

ArbitraryC posted:

How come it's okay to chastise white people over problematic aspects of white culture that hold everyone back but it's not okay to chastise black people for problematic aspects of black culture than hold everyone back. Like it seems socially acceptable to treat white people as a monolith but hooo doggy if you do that to any other group of people. Like we can accept that crimerates and such are a product of socioeconomic factors in black communities but for rednecks and old people it's all about personal responsibility, idgi.

One side has a history of enslaving another. Kinda gives blacks cred.

FlimFlam Imam
Mar 1, 2007

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

Moridin920 posted:

I accept that those things are a product of environment, too, but I feel like the average poor black person is just trying to survive and the average hick redneck blames all his problems on minorities and it's irritating because they keep voting GOP.

Like at least there's black leaders that acknowledge the problem and tell black people to stop wiling out and get educated and poo poo but where's the rednecks doing the same for hicks?

School is too liberal for hicks, there's no praying and they teach evolution.

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ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug

Moridin920 posted:

Like at least there's black leaders that acknowledge the problem and tell black people to stop wiling out and get educated and poo poo but where's the rednecks doing the same for hicks?
They get called uncle toms though.

The confederate flag thing is all just so weird, like I completely understand the criticisms of it but a lot of those poor southerners do legitimately seem to think of it as a cultural rebel power thing. When similar criticisms are levied against how the middle east treats women or homophobia in rap music you get called a bigot for not understanding other people's culture, which is something I sort of agree with I just don't get why it's not a two way street.

ArbitraryC fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Aug 21, 2015

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