TsarTom: Timberland noted during the hearing that he has a master's degree in English literature.

orange storm: Naiya Galloway, 31, was fired by Hillcrest Family Services, a privately run K-12 school that is certified by the Iowa Department of Education through the Dubuque public schools. The school helps students who have mental health issues or behavior problems.

I guess they wanted a teacher who could relate to the students.

that name is so close to Natalie Holloway. Connection?

Iwonder what they would call niger jim today

Skyred: It is racist, i don't think its appropriate to have it as mandatory reading in schools.
While I'm hating on it, I'd also like to throw out any other book that addresses racism, such as To Kill a Mockingbird.

Parents should teach their kids ethics and values, not schools.

Get rid of Animal Farm too, its anti communist propoganda



/hot

In other news, now we know what it takes for a judge to deny someone unemployment benefits.

wxboy: what_now: She acknowledged that she had disrupted a classroom discussion of the Ku Klux Klan because it had triggered "flashbacks," noting that she's both black and Japanese.

...what?

Blackanese. Insert bullet train joke here.

Why am I imagining tracks and train stations built sideways?

varmitydog: noting that she's both black and Japanese. blackanese.

I thought blackanese was what you got when you gave blowjobs in the dirt.



+1 internets for you

squrt: Iwonder what they would call niger jim today

will it would start out 011-227

Rape and Racism.
Two things guaranteed to eliminate all rationality in a discussion.

dittybopper: lisarenee3505: Wow, black AND Japanese. That's a winning combination right there.

So she's liable to bomb Pearl Bailey?

I don't care who you are that right there is funny.

doubled99: Rape and Racism.
Two things guaranteed to eliminate all rationality in a discussion.

two things guaranteed to make Tosh hilarious.

dittybopper: lisarenee3505: Wow, black AND Japanese. That's a winning combination right there.

So she's liable to bomb Pearl Bailey?

You owe me a new keyboard.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Biness: orange storm: Naiya Galloway, 31, was fired by Hillcrest Family Services, a privately run K-12 school that is certified by the Iowa Department of Education through the Dubuque public schools. The school helps students who have mental health issues or behavior problems.

I guess they wanted a teacher who could relate to the students.

that name is so close to Natalie Holloway. Connection?

Natalie Holloway = wholesome, all-american white girl, still in the media five years after her disappearance

Naiya Galloway = ethnically ambiguous name, probably some kind of Afro-brown person, will be forgotten by tomorrow

Right, but what if its really Natalie Holloway who ran away, assumed a new identity, and chose a name that very nearly rhymes with her old name.

Godscrack: TsarTom: he has a master 's degree

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Should I feel bad for laughing as hard as I did? Good thing my boss wasn't in yet, be hard to explain random laughter.

voran: Godscrack: TsarTom: he has a master 's degree

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Should I feel bad for laughing as hard as I did? Good thing my boss wasn't in yet, be hard to explain random laughter.

depends what you do for a living

dittybopper: lisarenee3505: Wow, black AND Japanese. That's a winning combination right there.

So she's liable to bomb Pearl Bailey?

I LOLed in the middle of the library. Got a couple of dirty looks.

/+1 internets for you!

What a freaking moron. She deserved to be fired if she doesn't understand that Huck Finn is a scathing criticism of racism.

Hey lady...

Racist teacher's aide is racist.

Kind of like Schindler's list is pro-Nazi, because it has Nazis in it.

"He also was accused of playing adult-themed music for the children and giving one student a CD that he had made that featured lyrics of questionable content."

deathmöle?

Biness: i mean, lets be honest, is racism even bad? Isn't it just a time saver?

I doubt your time is that valuable.

Naiya Galloway PLEASE....

squrt: Iwonder what they would call niger jim today

Jim
James
J-Rock
Jizzle
J-dizzle
N-word Jim

If they ever re-make this movie, I hope Flavor Flav! plays him.

Huck Finn isn't just about racism. I don't have a degree in English, I screwed around in every English class I took, and even I know that if all you take away from Huck Finn is that it's about racism you missed the farking point.

The book is really more about hypocrisy than racism. A bunch of Christian white slave owners go to church, learn about how they must love one another and be kind to their fellow man, and then head home and beat their slaves.

But no, just look at the slave owners and racism in the book and let that blind you. Ignore the story about the boy who braves the wild to free a slave, because that might force you off your soap box.

BMFPitt: Kind of like Schindler's list is pro-Nazi, because it has Nazis in it.

this is the best analogy yet offered.

There was a similar complaint about his novel Puddin'head Wilson. The message - that the only difference between a slave and a free person is how they are treated by society - is racist?!?!?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Biness: Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Biness: orange storm: Naiya Galloway, 31, was fired by Hillcrest Family Services, a privately run K-12 school that is certified by the Iowa Department of Education through the Dubuque public schools. The school helps students who have mental health issues or behavior problems.

I guess they wanted a teacher who could relate to the students.

that name is so close to Natalie Holloway. Connection?

Natalie Holloway = wholesome, all-american white girl, still in the media five years after her disappearance

Naiya Galloway = ethnically ambiguous name, probably some kind of Afro-brown person, will be forgotten by tomorrow

Right, but what if its really Natalie Holloway who ran away, assumed a new identity, and chose a name that very nearly rhymes with her old name.

Well, it wouldn't be the first time. After all, Natalie Holloway was originally a Jewish man named Nathan Lee Horowitz

My god, i think we've blown this whole investigation wide open

Lsherm: Sounds like this woman has issues beyond just the book. Unfortunately, this court case is just going to further her paranoia about being oppressed.

she clearly suffers from PVS (Perpetual Victim Syndrome).

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um, thats awesome

The_Original_Roxtar: Lsherm: Sounds like this woman has issues beyond just the book. Unfortunately, this court case is just going to further her paranoia about being oppressed.

she clearly suffers from PVS (Perpetual Victim Syndrome).

that v could stand for something else. amirite fellas?!

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: squrt: Iwonder what they would call niger jim today

Trayvon

no, jim was alive

In 1968 my 6th Grade English teacher read us Huckleberry Finn cover to cover. He read to us every Friday afternoon. Even more amazing is that our school system had only been desegregated for 6 years at this point and there had been race riots in the streets within the last 5. The interesting part was that on one Friday one of the black kids fathers showed up to listen to what was being read (parents were always welcome). As he was walking out with his son at the end of the day he was quietly explaining to his son that it was like that "back then" and that a lot of progress had been made but his soon needed to be aware of how far things had come. Now the school system would think that time spent like that could be better spent of "Standards of Learning" tests or some such BS.

Aarontology: Fano: TsarTom: Gwendolyn:Well this thread is over.

Wait. Can't we still make fun of the crazy lady?

Preferably in a way that also makes all literature racist.

Ever notice how all "books" use black ink stamped onto white pages?

This is becoming a real tar baby...

advex101: In 1968 my 6th Grade English teacher read us Huckleberry Finn cover to cover. He read to us every Friday afternoon. Even more amazing is that our school system had only been desegregated for 6 years at this point and there had been race riots in the streets within the last 5. The interesting part was that on one Friday one of the black kids fathers showed up to listen to what was being read (parents were always welcome). As he was walking out with his son at the end of the day he was quietly explaining to his son that it was like that "back then" and that a lot of progress had been made but his soon needed to be aware of how far things had come. Now the school system would think that time spent like that could be better spent of "Standards of Learning" tests or some such BS.

i love that, and hate that the era of good education is so thoroughly behind us

"All right. then, I"ll go to hell"

My favorite literary epiphany.

FTFA: Galloway allegedly announced to a classroom full of students in October that Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was a racist book
The next day, she was on a school bus with students when she allegedly renewed her criticism of the book as "racist,"
She also allegedly tried to derail a math teacher's presentation by telling the students how she had once been the victim of racism. In addition, she was accused of suggesting to at least one of the students that the math teacher was a racist.

She's not playing with a full deck.
Only has one card.

royone: FTFA: Galloway allegedly announced to a classroom full of students in October that Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was a racist book
The next day, she was on a school bus with students when she allegedly renewed her criticism of the book as "racist,"
She also allegedly tried to derail a math teacher's presentation by telling the students how she had once been the victim of racism. In addition, she was accused of suggesting to at least one of the students that the math teacher was a racist.

She's not playing with a full deck.
Only has one card.

Clearly its been rough on her since she ran away after that Aruba trip.

Godscrack: TsarTom: he has a master 's degree

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She acknowledged that she had disrupted a classroom discussion of the Ku Klux Klan because it had triggered "flashbacks," noting that she's both black and Japanese.

So shouldn't the "That's Wacist" Kid be in here too?

ChipNASA: Naiya Galloway PLEASE....

Holy shiat. Kill it with fire!

Bermuda59: Godscrack: TsarTom: he has a master 's degree

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She acknowledged that she had disrupted a classroom discussion of the Ku Klux Klan because it had triggered "flashbacks," noting that she's both black and Japanese.

So shouldn't the "That's Wacist" Kid be in here too?

Is the klan really coming after Japanese people?

Void_Beavis: ChipNASA: Naiya Galloway PLEASE....

Holy shiat. Kill it with fire!

i know right? those acne scars are gross. shes fooling no one.

Gwendolyn:
Well this thread is over.

Donnun one.
Now make the teacher read it and write a book report on is as part of her punishment.