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Re: should I move to Alabama?
Posted by Mrs. D on 3/04/08

    I could see where that could come from, but teaching the children to
    hate? Why would you do that? I have been a military wife for 16 years,
    and I have met many people of many colors from many countries. The
    bottom line in how successful they all become is 1)the decisions each
    individual makes for himself and 2)how hard that individual is willing
    to work. We make fun of the Indians and their Slurpee machines, but he
    who works hard 1) is able to provide for himself and his family and 2)
    doesn't have time to teach his children to hate other people, for he
    is busy working!

    On 3/03/08, Reason Why wrote:
    > I can answer your question as to why the black students do not
    > like the Hispanic students. The black community feels that the
    > Hispanics have come to this country (many of them illegally) and
    > taken many jobs that would have been available to them. This may
    > be true or fiction, but it is what they believe.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 3/01/08, Mrs. D wrote:
    >> I have to disagree with almost everyone...sorry. I live and teach
    >> in a suburb just outside of Montgomery, and racism is alive and
    >> well here. We are military and were shocked and sickened when we
    >> moved here four years ago. I can't wait to get out (and I'm
    >> white). It's NOT just the adults. The N-word flies around the
    >> classroom all of the time, and I get no back-up from
    >> administration, because they don't like "those kinds of people"
    >> either. We even had a black guest speaker at our school during
    >> black history month, and some kids started yelling the N-word
    > from
    >> the bleachers. NO ONE tried to put a stop to it. To top it off,
    > my
    >> black students hate the Mexicans, which is just one more
    >> heartbreaking situation to deal with. When I asked one black
    >> student why he hates Mexican, he responded, "that's how I was
    >> raised and that's how it's going to be." I live in Mobile years
    >> ago, and I don't remember it being like this.

     
     

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