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Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by Tyrannical » Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:50 pm

Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/was-a-5 ... ack-obama/

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Grayson, a fifth-grader at the campus near Santa Clarita, Ca., noticed the gentleman’s outward characteristics: Tall and lean. Good looking. Charismatic. Charming. Energetic.

Then he made a fatal error: Grayson, 11, pulled a little “made you look” joke on a schoolmate seated next to him, saying something along the lines of “Obama’s visiting our school today,” referring to the magnetic figure holding court nearby.
Kid got expelled over it too.
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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by Twoflower » Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:55 pm

I don't think it is.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
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And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
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And dragged away and thrown away
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Post by Azathoth » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:01 pm

Seems like the kid was a little shit and they were just looking for an excuse to get rid of him
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Post by Santa_Claus » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:25 pm

But apart from that the visit went ok (including tying the Nigger to a burning cross - but that had long been planned).
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Post by FBM » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:29 pm

Santa_Claus wrote:But apart from that the visit went ok (including tying the Nigger to a burning cross - but that had long been planned).
I think ya gotta tie the African fellow to the cross first, then set it on fire. :awesomecat:
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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by PsychoSerenity » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:57 pm

That is a very odd thing to get expelled for, if it's true. I don't see any racism from what's been said.
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Post by Gawd » Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:17 pm

What the article doesn't say is that the kid is now listed on the terrorist watch list and has been sent to Guantamano.
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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by Jason » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:13 pm

I hacked my computer in CS class in highschool and sent a pop-up message to every user on the network that 'Harry is gay.' :hehe:

Eh.. different times.
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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:32 pm

No news will touch it. There is nothing, including in the local news for Santa Clarita.

I call bullshit.
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Post by Gawd » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:48 pm

Schneibster wrote:No news will touch it. There is nothing, including in the local news for Santa Clarita.

I call bullshit.
Try calling the school. Duh.
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Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:50 pm

Gawd wrote: :tantrum: I want you to post on my forum!!! You MUST pay attention to me or I will punish you!!! :tantrum:
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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by Pensioner » Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:15 pm

Tyrannical wrote:Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/was-a-5 ... ack-obama/

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Grayson, a fifth-grader at the campus near Santa Clarita, Ca., noticed the gentleman’s outward characteristics: Tall and lean. Good looking. Charismatic. Charming. Energetic.

Then he made a fatal error: Grayson, 11, pulled a little “made you look” joke on a schoolmate seated next to him, saying something along the lines of “Obama’s visiting our school today,” referring to the magnetic figure holding court nearby.
Kid got expelled over it too.
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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by tattuchu » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:57 pm

This poor kid obviously hasn't yet figured out that we're meant to celebrate diversity whilst simultaneously maintaining that we are all exactly the same. Noting that two black people look alike is admitting that there are such a thing as black people :nono:
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:06 pm

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Re: Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

Post by Schneibster » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:12 pm

Winger told KHTS that Grayson’s misbehavior in the past came into play when the incident occurred November 4.

“It’s not what he said, it’s how he said it,” Winger related, adding that student confidentiality precluded him from sharing many of the details.

“I can tell you that there was history and that the student had been counseled and we met with the parents,” he concluded.
About what I figured.

The story here is the right wingnuts making political hay out of racism again. Judging from the picture the parents are just as bigoted as the kid, which explains the kid's behavior.

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