It's Time to Boycott Arizona

Soon · 06-05-2010, 10:40 AM

I read about that yesterday, U.

It's almost too horrific to believe.

I don't understand these people and the fact that the school (!) conceded to ugly racism makes me ill.

DapperButch · 06-05-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

I read about that yesterday, U.

It's almost too horrific to believe.

I don't understand these people and the fact that the school (!) conceded to ugly racism makes me ill.

Yes, adorable posted a link in the racism, race relations thread, if anyone wants to read it. page 14, post #272

Disgusting and unbelievable.

UofMfan · 06-05-2010, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

I read about that yesterday, U.

It's almost too horrific to believe.

I don't understand these people and the fact that the school (!) conceded to ugly racism makes me ill.

Right?! I mean, the crazies I am used to, but the fact that the school conceded is mind blowing.

This is not the country that I learned to love. I am so sad seeing what is going on, and not just in AZ, but nationwide.

DapperButch · 06-05-2010, 10:48 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_601436.html

UofMfan · 06-05-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DapperButch

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_601436.html

Or you could have seen that this is what I posted.

DapperButch · 06-05-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

Or you could have seen that this is what I posted.

My mistake. Snark much?

Geezus.

UofMfan · 06-05-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DapperButch

My mistake. Snark much?

Geezus.

No, no snark, just a statement.

Toughy · 06-05-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

Or you could have seen that this is what I posted.

actually Dapper's link gave me more information........there were links in the article that didn't show up on your post....

Mister Bent · 06-05-2010, 10:54 AM

I'm thinking we could solve two problems currently plaguing our nation.

Let's send the Arizona racists to the gulf to plug/sop up the BP oil spill. Just cram a few dozen down that hole in the pipe, use some others to soak up oil, like white bread in gravy, and maybe we could wipe down some oil fouled pelicans with still others.

Who do I need to write?

UofMfan · 06-05-2010, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mister Bent

I'm thinking we could solve two problems currently plaguing our nation.

Let's send the Arizona racists to the gulf to plug/sop up the BP oil spill. Just cram a few dozen down that hole in the pipe, use some others to soak up oil, like white bread in gravy, and maybe we could wipe down some oil fouled pelicans with still others.

Who do I need to write?

You first need to write the Governor of AZ and tell her to lead by example, then, after we all celebrate, you can write Rush and the rest of the conservative whacks and ask them to follow suit.

Random · 06-05-2010, 11:23 AM

The further whiting of america.. Because no other peoples have made ANY impact on this country...

It makes me fucking sick.. really.. like I need to toss my cookies..

WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER WHAT COLOR ANYONE IS??????

You respect someones culture, you try to understand that you might have been raised differently and have different responces to the world...

But really.. Every race... EVERY Race have the same type of people in it..

You take a cross cutting from any culture, any color spectrum and you are going to have the exact same personality spectrum..

*rant*

When I was a young teenager just starting to think about dating boys.. My brothers gathered round me and told me why I couldn't date boys of certain races..

Now, only one of these boys that I called brother was my biological brother..
the other four were his best friends...

Each of these boys told me why I couldn't date a boy of their race..

You know what? The reason was all the same..

Beat me and get me pregnant...

They just prefexed it with race...

I remember looking at them and thinking.. Ya'll are crazy.. you just don't want me to date... /end rant*

I'm really starting to think that this world has a soul sickness..

Soon · 06-05-2010, 11:32 AM

Has this story broken into MSM in the USA? CNN or any of the major network news?

This story needs to be all over the place. It needs attention and exposure. I want to see the people interviewed who made the school *whitening* decision.

So angry.

UofMfan · 06-05-2010, 11:38 AM

Random, it is pretty sickening. Racism is alive and well in North America. It just seems to me that there is a new wave of it and the scary part is that this time around they are actually proud of it and taking it to the streets and it is deep in government.

HSIN, I haven't seen it anywhere else but HuffPo and the Marion Observer. This is one of the problems, mainstream media is not covering this mostly because those who own it are in on it. My opinion.

Soon · 06-05-2010, 11:43 AM

I don't know, U, it seems SO outrageous to me that even the MSM would want a stab at it despite owners/bias etc.

Maybe Maddow will pick the story up...I'd love to see THAT interview.

UofMfan · 06-05-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

I don't know, U, it seems SO outrageous to me that even the MSM would want a stab at it despite owners/bias etc.

Maybe Maddow will pick the story up...I'd love to see THAT interview.

I think Maddow is a little busy with the Gulf Oil Spill. Perhaps Mr. Bent Over can write her?

I would love to see it too. I don't get MSNBC here but I follow it online. Maybe they have the story bury somewhere in there, I will take a look around.

Soon · 06-05-2010, 11:51 AM

Prescott, Ariz., elementary school to 'whiten' image of child in mural

An artist's decision to prominently feature a non-white child on an elementary-school mural in Prescott, Ariz., sparked so much controversy that school administrators asked him to "lighten" the child's face after a city councilman launched a campaign against the mural, according to the Arizona Republic.

The Prescott episode isn't likely to help Arizona's growing reputation as a battleground of racial and ethnic confrontation, as the state faces a widespread boycott campaign over its harsh new immigration law.

The mural, which was funded by a state grant, features the faces of four actual students at the school and is intended to promote biking and other environmentally sustainable modes of transportation. The most prominent face on it belongs to a Latino student.

Steve Blair didn't like that. Blair, local city councilman and talk-radio host, inveighed against the mural on his show last month, according to the New York Daily News:

"I am not a racist individual," Blair said on a radio show last month, "but I will tell you depicting a black guy in the middle of that mural, based upon who's President of the United States today and based upon the history of this community, when I grew up we had four black families — who I have been very good friends with for years — to depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person, I would have to ask the question, 'Why?' "

Good question, to which there are two answers: 1) The boy in question is of Latino heritage (but it's hard to tell them all apart sometimes, right?), and 2) because the boy in question is of Latino heritage. It is suspicious, though, seeing as how only 42 percent of Arizonans aren't white.

R.E. Wall, a Prescott artist who worked on the mural along with several other members of the city's Downtown Mural Project, told the Republic that local residents driving by the mural as they were painting it — sometimes with children helping — shouted ethnic slurs. Wall claimed the school's principal asked him to make the child's skin tone lighter in response to the pushback. The principal acknowledged receiving three complaints about the child's race but insisted that the lightening was an "artistic" decision.

The important thing to remember here is that Steve Blair is not a racist individual and that he has been very good friends with Prescott's four black families for years. Blair didn't immediately return a phone call from Yahoo! News.

— John Cook is a senior national reporter/blogger for Yahoo! News.

AtLast · 06-07-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by UofMfan

Random, it is pretty sickening. Racism is alive and well in North America. It just seems to me that there is a new wave of it and the scary part is that this time around they are actually proud of it and taking it to the streets and it is deep in government.

HSIN, I haven't seen it anywhere else but HuffPo and the Marion Observer. This is one of the problems, mainstream media is not covering this mostly because those who own it are in on it. My opinion.

U, you have hit it for me... it is the pride in racism that seems different to me.

I knew that with the financial crisis and recession, we would see an upsurg in bold racist statements, actions, etc. along with obama being elected. But, whoa...

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Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,824 Times in 1,722 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	two birds, one stone I'm thinking we could solve two problems currently plaguing our nation. Let's send the Arizona racists to the gulf to plug/sop up the BP oil spill. Just cram a few dozen down that hole in the pipe, use some others to soak up oil, like white bread in gravy, and maybe we could wipe down some oil fouled pelicans with still others. Who do I need to write? __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

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Random Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: back in the land of trees and snow Posts: 2,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,017 Thanked 5,327 Times in 1,378 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	The further whiting of america.. Because no other peoples have made ANY impact on this country... It makes me fucking sick.. really.. like I need to toss my cookies.. WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER WHAT COLOR ANYONE IS?????? You respect someones culture, you try to understand that you might have been raised differently and have different responces to the world... But really.. Every race... EVERY Race have the same type of people in it.. You take a cross cutting from any culture, any color spectrum and you are going to have the exact same personality spectrum.. rant When I was a young teenager just starting to think about dating boys.. My brothers gathered round me and told me why I couldn't date boys of certain races.. Now, only one of these boys that I called brother was my biological brother.. the other four were his best friends... Each of these boys told me why I couldn't date a boy of their race.. You know what? The reason was all the same.. Beat me and get me pregnant... They just prefexed it with race... I remember looking at them and thinking.. Ya'll are crazy.. you just don't want me to date... /end rant* I'm really starting to think that this world has a soul sickness.. __________________ ~Volunteer~ "It gets in your blood"

06-05-2010, 11:51 AM	#16
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Yahoo News Prescott, Ariz., elementary school to 'whiten' image of child in mural An artist's decision to prominently feature a non-white child on an elementary-school mural in Prescott, Ariz., sparked so much controversy that school administrators asked him to "lighten" the child's face after a city councilman launched a campaign against the mural, according to the Arizona Republic. The Prescott episode isn't likely to help Arizona's growing reputation as a battleground of racial and ethnic confrontation, as the state faces a widespread boycott campaign over its harsh new immigration law. The mural, which was funded by a state grant, features the faces of four actual students at the school and is intended to promote biking and other environmentally sustainable modes of transportation. The most prominent face on it belongs to a Latino student. Steve Blair didn't like that. Blair, local city councilman and talk-radio host, inveighed against the mural on his show last month, according to the New York Daily News: "I am not a racist individual," Blair said on a radio show last month, "but I will tell you depicting a black guy in the middle of that mural, based upon who's President of the United States today and based upon the history of this community, when I grew up we had four black families — who I have been very good friends with for years — to depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person, I would have to ask the question, 'Why?' " Good question, to which there are two answers: 1) The boy in question is of Latino heritage (but it's hard to tell them all apart sometimes, right?), and 2) because the boy in question is of Latino heritage. It is suspicious, though, seeing as how only 42 percent of Arizonans aren't white. R.E. Wall, a Prescott artist who worked on the mural along with several other members of the city's Downtown Mural Project, told the Republic that local residents driving by the mural as they were painting it — sometimes with children helping — shouted ethnic slurs. Wall claimed the school's principal asked him to make the child's skin tone lighter in response to the pushback. The principal acknowledged receiving three complaints about the child's race but insisted that the lightening was an "artistic" decision. The important thing to remember here is that Steve Blair is not a racist individual and that he has been very good friends with Prescott's four black families for years. Blair didn't immediately return a phone call from Yahoo! News. — John Cook is a senior national reporter/blogger for Yahoo! News.

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Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I read about that yesterday, U. It's almost too horrific to believe. I don't understand these people and the fact that the school (!) conceded to ugly racism makes me ill.

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Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Has this story broken into MSM in the USA? CNN or any of the major network news? This story needs to be all over the place. It needs attention and exposure. I want to see the people interviewed who made the school whitening decision. So angry.

06-05-2010, 11:38 AM	#13
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,935 Times in 4,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Random, it is pretty sickening. Racism is alive and well in North America. It just seems to me that there is a new wave of it and the scary part is that this time around they are actually proud of it and taking it to the streets and it is deep in government. HSIN, I haven't seen it anywhere else but HuffPo and the Marion Observer. This is one of the problems, mainstream media is not covering this mostly because those who own it are in on it. My opinion.

06-05-2010, 11:43 AM	#14
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I don't know, U, it seems SO outrageous to me that even the MSM would want a stab at it despite owners/bias etc. Maybe Maddow will pick the story up...I'd love to see THAT interview.