No Apology from Texas Elementary School Over Blackface Accusation
Vložit
- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- How could a 5th-grader end up being accused of accidental blackface? And how could the school recklessly throwing around that accusation refuse to apologize? Today’s guests are currently on a crusade to answer those questions. This incident touches on crucial issues our society currently faces, especially in our schools. When adults fail to be more mature and measured than the children in their care, inflating honest mistakes into serious accusations of bigotry, they elevate their sensitivities above those of the children and risk causing serious psychological harm. Furthermore, they model a censorious, chastising social dynamic as the ethical norm for those kids and further encourage the excesses of cancel culture, which already dominate our discourse.
Subscribe and ring the notification bell so you don’t miss a single video!
Follow Dad Saves America on Substack: dadsavesamerica.substack.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: dadsavesamerica.substack.com/...
Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: secure.anedot.com/emergent-or...
_____________________________________
Our Website: www.dadsavesamerica.com
_____________________________________
Outline:
[0:00] Intro and disclaimer
[1:50] Background of school incident
[7:16] Teacher accuses her of racism
[16:36] School officials demand an apology
[22:42] Aftermath and reflection on the incident
[30:11] Her parents’ initial reactions
[41:50] Taking action against school misconduct
[46:12] Suspicious behavior by the teacher
[51:10] Why Jay ran for school board
[58:50] Past issues with the school
[1:04:26] Why bother making a big deal of this?
[1:12:07] The bureaucracy kicks into gear
[1:26:18] Schools need to be held accountable
[1:33:17] Choosing schools depends on the child
[1:40:47] Why take the story public?
[1:46:08] The needs of kids should come first
Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Troy Kotsur, John Mackey, Ben Askren, and Adam Carolla.
#publicschool #school #student
I don't see any problem with kids painting themselves black as long as they aren't making fun of black people. It's ridiculous to turn this into a big issue.
You could use the same argument of the Google AI portrait of George Washington with black skin. The right went crazy.
You could use the same argument about babylon bee overweighted MAGA crowd. MAGA went crazy.
People under stress don't act rationally; they evolve in lineage groups-group thinking.
I bet that school doesn’t put that energy into bullying
Not sure what you mean. The school is doing the bullying. They are putting lots of energy into bullying.
@@darianbalcom8777 yes they are going after the girl cuz of the dad. I’m talking about school dealing with kids bullying other kids.
@@marcrose3403agreed agreed agreed
My son is 1/4 black. He was given a hard time very often and whenever I went to talk to teachers at conference time they all just talked about how much they liked him when in fact I picked him up in tears before. I quit going to conferences at that point because the teachers were liars. They themselves cause parents to go against them.
I’m glad her dad took it serious. This is why dad’s important
Society needs to stop treating children and teens as fully accountable adults. They literally don't know any better. She's not even grown and society already branded her as a racist and now it's memorialized on the internet forever.
I also find it really strange that the teacher felt it was appropriate to basically isolate the child from her parents whilst writing the letter.
These parents are fantastic. If every girl had parents who had her back like this, the world would be a different place. Though I realize they have the financial means to defend her and fight this fight.
Here I am, still trying to understand what the "problem" was. If a black kid did the same with white ink, Would he be considered racist as well?
It's a tough argument since there was an obvious stain in global history where Black people were slaves. However, there is evidence that Blacks owned slaves and sold them as well. White Irish people and the Chinese were slaves as well, though that is not discussed. Why? Because it didn't have an advantage to gain votes.
In the 1840s entertainment by minstrels white performers with black face was very popular and that’s the excuse they’re giving
I'm only like 8.5min in rn, but my first thought at this point is- why would anyone come after this girl? Why would the schoolboard not just say "this could be an issue, we need to adjust the dress code to not allow face paint at school during school hours or extracurricular hours or on school grounds at all, with the single exception of pre-approved makeup colors and design applications for the exclusive purpose of theatrical productions arranged by the school and only to be worn during the final dress rehearsal and the actual performances themselves and will be necessarily removed immediately after final bows are taken."
That seems like the obvious solution to me. That was the rule at every school I ever attended- they didn't allow colored hair or wallet chains or decorative belt buckles, or pants around knees with boxers hanging out, or spaghetti straps - 3 finger rule was the most lenient I ever had in school and skirts that don't reach below fingertips which was applicable both to my private and public school experiences...kinda not sure why school dress codes would've changed so significantly in such a short amount of time? Or they just let kids get away w breaking dress code on field day and then select one child at random to punish to...idk I guess make an example of them? So kids will follow the dress code for the rest of the school year, which is silly bc field day usually comes toward the end of the year or at least end if a semester so that's a terrible time to make an example of someone when by the time the kids come back to school they've all forgotten the incident...except maybe that 1 traumatized kid...lol just doesn't make any sense
Blackface was not uncommon even through the 1940s. But that was 80 years ago. 80 years of change. People find it difficult to let go of their victimhood; it's like an annoying but reliable member of the family.
Love these parents.
Such an interesting interview. Thank you to this family. Parents really do need to talk to their kids and confront these abuses of power.
The kid made a great and provocative comment about school being prison.
She’s more deeply right than she realizes. It’s built and designed by the same people and philosophies.
@@DadSavesAmericacheck out the last comment in the comments. The commenter identifies the location and the girl’s full name and age😳
@DadSavesAmerica hey brother I appreciate your podcast and take a look at the comment above me. Can you please delete it and keep this young girls identity private?
"Paint It, Black"-M. Jagger and K. Richards
By going through the grievance process and being public about the outcome, these parents -- this family -- has made the world a better place. There was of course no way they were going to get school district adults to apologize to a child, privately or otherwise. Litigation fears aside, doing so would have represented to most observers, the kids in their charge especially, a real diminishment of their authority as school leaders, i.e. ostensibly knowledgeable, even wise guides for children, and a huge blow to their egos. Especially in TX where everything's a competition -- the fact of your apologizing means you lost and you even admitted you're the loser, you're the one who 'got taught'; you 'found out'. But this would be so anywhere -- it's how pop culture and the general culture operate now.
But by going through the process these parents have taught every SD teacher, administrator, and board member with even an ounce of integrity to look at their own behavior more carefully and, where needed, to strive for greater thoughtfulness and fairness in their treatment of others, students especially. It's important that this was filmed and put out in the world.
I really liked the mother's final words about appreciating that children are children, i.e. essentially quite innocent. Also liked the observation about adults needing to be less insecure and ego-driven so as to be better leaders.
Great documentary.
When my son was still in middle school he had a tech class. They had an assignment where they needed to take a selfie and upload it on to some computer or something. He took a photo of himself making the “ok” sign with his hand. He was brought to the office and the school called me and asked what he meant by the hand gesture. I said, “ok I guess”? Turned out some people think that hand gesture means “whites only”. They kept him out the whole class that day talking to him about it. The really dumb thing is he is 1/2 Hispanic. I was super pissed.
OMG, that’s ridiculous! I’m so sorry that happened to your son.
They understood that she wasn't deliberately trying to make a racist statement but they made her rehearse an apology for being racist? I can't be hearing this right.
what exactly is a perpose parents can have gun permission?
The fifth grade teacher “felt emotionally harmed?” Are you freaking kidding me! That sub needs to go get an office job. Teaching fifth grade gets harder than field day face paint. If that ridiculous sub is so emotionally harmed from this nonsense then she needs to just find another career. She needs to find another job no matter what. This is total and complete foolishness.
When I was about 7 years old my mom asked me if I wanted to go the store with her. Usually I loved going but that day I said no, I wanted to finish reading my book. After she left I burst into tears, worried I’d hurt her feelings. When she got home, I was still crying and I told her why. She said “oh sweetheart! Children are not responsible for the feelings of adults. Especially if you didn’t mean to be hurtful.” So many teachers need to learn this lesson - children are not responsible for the feelings of grown ups! Sure, they shouldn’t be intentionally rude, but it’s not up to kids to make adults happy, or walk on eggshells for fear of hurting an adult’s feelings. Sorry for the long comment. ❤😊
Here in the UK back in 2012 I was told by a fellow passenger into London from a suburb town that his 5 year old daughter had been reprimanded at school and he had been called to the school for a meeting. His daughter had finished her work of colouring in with coloured pencils and put her hand up and said “please Miss I have finished the page, it is all coloured in”. The teacher and the head said to the father that his daughter was racist because his 5 year old daughter had used the word “coloured”. American spelling “colored” I think? At that time I had difficulty accepting that the teachers could have made such an error and poor decision. But now as I realise the mass formation by so many people within so many topics I can accept what this fellow traveller was telling me.
There are so many terms I do not understand in the USA even after living here 23yrs, here’s one again’Blackface’ ??????
The references appear now and again including ‘Woke’, which apparently had its meaning totally changed around 2016, I woke this morning to a sunny day !!!
Of course there are many more examples…I’ve found I only need four words to communicate in the USA … Awesome…Really…Good and Cute.
The word Good particularly generates a great vision, I worked in a gas station for a time, when you asked customer how they were they usually replied “good”.
Each time they answered in that way I imagined someone coming into the gas station even if their leg was hanging off they would answer GOOD!
When the customer asked me how I was I usually answered “I’m very well thank you, and how are you?”
You could see the blood drain from their face when they had to find more words other than just GOOD.
You're not from Holland, are you? (Home of the "Zwart Piet" controversy)
Haha!!! I love your observation about our use of “Good” 😂 it’s so true though. We ask “how are you” as a greeting, and are taken off guard when the answer is anything other than “Good”.
So they beef with the father n made it hell for his daughter
James Lindsey at New Discourses has an excellent video series about Marxism and DEI in education.
Camille Lamy is a friendly, mature 12-year-old (now 13 yo) girl from Austin, Texas, but SHE IS NOT RACIST.
Maybe delete her name for privacy?
Any privacy concern should perhaps be addressed with THEBLAZE media group, requesting the deletion of her name from their PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE? It is ALREADY PUBLIC KNOWLEGE and can be found by anyone with a browser searching for 12 year old girl blackface.
@backthatthingup…WHY on earth would you reveal this child’s full name and location? Did you not hear/comprehend what was said at the beginning of this video-that they were Not revealing her name or location because she’s a child? Are you so lacking in self-esteem that you thought you’d get 👍’s for revealing her identity/location? How would you feel if somebody on the internet sees her name and location and tracks her down?…or people at her middle school find out and harass/physically assault her? Use your brain and DELETE your comment!
You need to delete this comment. Why would you identify her, post her age and location? The intro to this video specifically stated her identity was not going to be revealed. Further more, you plagiarized your entire sentence because it was originally written by someone else and published by Blaze News on 3/27/24!
Getting REAL TIRED of addressing this. YOU, as several others, are knee-jerk reacting rather than doing a little digging for yourself. Ever here of THE BLAZE website. Perform a Google search for THE BLAZE and her name, or even just her name or the situation, and what you will see is that HER NAME IS ALREADY OUT THERE. It is NOT like she is being outed; that has already happened. If YOU have a problem with her name being known, PERHAPS, just perhaps, YOU SHOULD TAKE IT UP WITH THEM. And NOTE, there are several OTHER news services that had published her name long before THE BLAZE did. ANY other DUMB questions? DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH BEFORE sending off a comment like this.
The editing enhances the overall viewing experience.