I'm just amazed a school board member had the presence of mind to realize that it's a small number of students who are disruptive. Normally they just blame all the kids with their hip hop music and goth pants or whatever.

since this is in Florida, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that yes, these kids are hoodlums. Because in FLA, youre either a hood, a hipster, or an emo. the goth kids have faded into oblivion.

Kenyon Martin unavailable for comment?

Well, can we at least call them ne'er do wells? Rapscallions? Ruffians?

GIS for goth pants

You had it right the first time

hood·lum (hdlm, hd-)
n.
1. A gangster; a thug.
2. A tough, often aggressive or violent youth

FTA:
They might be in gangs. They might be many things, but they are not hoodlums...

From Dictionary.com:
hood·lum
-noun
1. a thug or gangster.
2. a young street ruffian, esp. one belonging to a gang.

I don't know what these kids were or weren't, but there's something not right here.

Maybe they're just assholes.

They're hoodlums.

Scalawags?

Hooligans?

So, uhuru movement is calling her a racist for using the term, hoodlum.

who are the uhuru? from wiki...

"On March 25, 2009, the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement organized a march in support of Lovelle Mixon, an Oakland, California resident who killed four Oakland police officers after a routine traffic stop.[1]"

This just in: Black women are offended by everything. Anything the slightest bit racial (or not) is an excuse to grandstand and wave a bloody shirt.

Note that they accept that the kids are a nuisance and refuse to do anything about it, nor allow the school to do anything about it.

That ought to hold the little bastards...

Man, I'm apparently 13 seconds too slow for Fark.

I take it "hoodlum" has now evolved into something other than a thug.

/thank you $3.99 Webster dictionary

They never should have worn those hoodies with the pictures of Robert Ludlum. This was bound to happen.

Yeah, the Uhuru Movement is sort of like PETA. Many correct ideas, thousands of stupid ideas to promote them/petty battlefields to play on.

Ow! That was my feelings!: So, uhuru movement is calling her a racist for using the term, hoodlum.

who are the uhuru? from wiki...

"On March 25, 2009, the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement organized a march in support of Lovelle Mixon, an Oakland, California resident who killed four Oakland police officers after a routine traffic stop.[1]"

Lovely people. I hope they move into my gated community one day

Dear lord, the stupid, it burns, its sickening that ignorance makes it okay to make serious accusations.


Hadn't thought about that 'nubianrdly' fiasco for a while, wasn't there another politician who got in trouble around the same time for saying a room looked "spic and span" and everyone went "SPIC" WTF?!?!

otherginger: Uhuru





Uhura?

/Hot, damned hot...

Stating the truth is racist now?

TFA: ...the meanings of words can change, Adams said. Over time, "hoodlum" may have become a more racially identifiable word, in part because of the slang term "hood," short for neighborhood, and also because hood and hoodlum began to be applied to African-American youths by white people, he said.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop the farking train!

Are we going to start labeling any remotely derogatory term which has ever been leveled at a black person by a white person as "racist"? Is that the road we want to go down? I know we've been making great strides in that direction over the years, but nothing this blatant.

Mighty sensitive for tough asses. Might be in gangs but they aren't hoodlums. That may be one of the stupidest things I've seen.

Today anyway.

"My son is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star!"

Gravyguts: since this is in Florida, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that yes, these kids are hoodlums. Because in FLA, youre either a hood, a hipster, or an emo. the goth kids have faded into oblivion.

well shiat. Who's buying NIN records and going to see Tim Burton movies now? Old people?

Ebolatron: Stating the truth is racist now?

Have you been in a coma for 20 years? This is not new

Dr Volta's Electric Fish: "My son is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star!"

You sir are win!

"And now Ray Tampa, president of the St. Petersburg branch of the NAACP, said Clark's refusal to apologize has made things worse."

I am shocked, SHOCKED to find the NAACP behind this.

Dr Volta's Electric Fish: "My son is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star!"

Just thinking of this quote. ::High five::

"They might be disruptive. They might be in gangs. They might be many things, but they are not hoodlums," Brown said. "I feel that that statement showed insensitivity to our children, and it certainly did not offer good guidance to our staff."

Do people even think when they talk anymore?

Jees. I'm just glad she refused to apologize. She has no reason to apologize.

pwhp_67

Uhura?

/Hot, damned hot...


Agree, as well as this version:

Because the Uhurus are totally not a bunch of racists.

I love how the NAACP's concern is that someone called a hoodlum a hoodlum, and not the fact that there are huge distractions in schools for kids who want to learn.

From my experience in public schools, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Some kids don't want to be there, will never want to be there, and will never stop letting everyone else know this fact.

If your kid is determined to be a poor loser in life, great. But other kids are there to learn. You're offended they got called a hoodlum? I'm offended they're still allowed in school.

Yeah, I vote for "Rapscallion" too.

I prefer 'hooligans,' but it only really works if they're british.

The politically correct term these days is hood rats.

I'm pretty sure Robin Hood was a disruptive, gang member white guy.



"Da Sheriff of Nottingham see me riding, he hatin'"

"First they fail black children! Then they jail black children!"

Yeah, I'm sure those children are darling little snowflakes who always pay attention in class and obey the teacher's every word, do their homework every night, and never ever act out in a disruptive or violent manner under any circumstances.

give me doughnuts: FTA Said Adams: "What people hear always means something more than what a word may mean historically."

Translation: We're too ignorant to understand what you just said, so we're throwing the race card.

Correct answer.

I just like the picture you see before you start the video.

Love the guy on the left with baggy Jean shorts and a full winter jacket on. LMAO!

DblDad: I believe the correct plural is hoodla.

Would that make them a plethora of hoodla?

South St. Pete should be walled off, Escape from New York style.

Sadly, the easiest way to avoid accusations of racism in America is to not interact with anyone from a different race.