Comments on: Early Show anchor explores ancestry

By: Unlisted

Unlisted — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:49:18 +0000

I took the same test and it said that my DNA went back to Spain, Germany or Hungary.

By: Lyonside

Lyonside — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:01:42 +0000

Crap. Link I posted looks 404ed.
Same story, different site:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06032/647562.stm

By: Lyonside

Lyonside — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:58:55 +0000

>Situations with white teachers and Black/minority students like that above have shaped generations with miseducation and no self esteem.

The point is that a lot of students, even if they don’t directly challenge in the classroom, know it’s wrong and will speak out, if not against the teacher, at least among themselves.

I went to a private Catholic school, very white. Grade school was coed, high school was not. Occassionally when a teacher said something borderline, she (usually a she) could feel the vibes and would either explain further (diffusing the apparent slight) or apologize/backpedal.

I believe the average kid today is not afraid to confront, although they may not have the tools to go about it in a right way. Schools at least know to discuss diversity issues, even if it’s not handled as well as we’d like or the resources aren’t always there. Even the racist/biased teachers tend to watch their language, because they know it will make its way back to some other teacher or parent. When they don’t, it hits the papers >http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/01/24/jersey.lesson.ap/index.html<

Brown wasn't intended to be a final cure, but rather was the starting point. The Education System is FAR from perfect, but the seeds are there. Most problems I see in the US education system are class related (poor vs. rich), and not exclusively race-linked.

By: In my opinion...

In my opinion... — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:50:38 +0000

Brown vs. Board of Education was not simply about desegrating the schools but more importantly about dismanteling the racist notion that African-Americans were not good enough to fraternize with whites, were not worthy of full citizenship rights in spite of their monetary contributions to American society via taxes and labor. Brown helped to dismantle the apartheid system America endorsed with its “colored” and “whites only” drinking fountains and “blacks must sit at the back of the bus” mentality. Such a system was psychologically damaging to African-Americans (and whites) and needed to be abolished. The decision in Brown vs. Board of Education was therefore proper and necessary for the overall health not only of African-Americans but of American society in general. The decision went beyond the issue of desegration in American schools, so yes it was effective in that it helped not only to desegregate the schools but also to eliminate the legal endorsement of racial segregation in American society, which I think is a necessary step towards changing people’s hearts. Unfortunately racists people will always exist, but at least now they don’t have the law backing them up.

By: tmj

tmj — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:15:38 +0000

Just a question for debate: using the example above of the hateful or simply clueless teacher, are we still so sure that the Brown vs Board of Education case was effective? It’s nice to have the same economic resources as other students, but if being sent to white schools with racist teachers is the compromise, maybe we should’ve stuck with the second hand schoolbooks. Situations with white teachers and Black/minority students like that above have shaped generations with miseducation and no self esteem.

By: dcmc

dcmc — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:38:05 +0000

Could someone tell me what song was used in the news clip?it is a gospel song sung by a male singer i think, what is name of the song anyone?

By: H

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:46:19 +0000

Yeah, that’s one of the most outrageous things I’ve ever heard. What an awful teacher. Comments like that can affect a person for a long time, as the fact that Syler still remembers it attests to.

By: Lyonside

Lyonside — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:03:30 +0000

Tests aside, I would have flipped out at that teacher.

As if all African-americans are from the same region of even the US, or have the same experiences! The nerve…