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Jackson to help Deen?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/jesse-jackson-paula-deen_n_3506218.html
Wow... I may end up having to eat some of the words I've said about the good reverend. (...or this could be a way to keep himself "relevant"...) I hope not. This would actually give me hope for the man and slightly change my opinion. He's got a lot of work to do before I am completely convinced that he cares about all people. Ol' Jesse still shouldn't be mentioned in the same paragraph as the great Dr. Martin Luther King but he is coming close to having an honorable mention in the same story as Dr. King.
Wow... I may end up having to eat some of the words I've said about the good reverend. (...or this could be a way to keep himself "relevant"...) I hope not. This would actually give me hope for the man and slightly change my opinion. He's got a lot of work to do before I am completely convinced that he cares about all people. Ol' Jesse still shouldn't be mentioned in the same paragraph as the great Dr. Martin Luther King but he is coming close to having an honorable mention in the same story as Dr. King.
me thinks we have gone from one extreme to the other in this country.
Since I don’t follow The Beat of the P.C. Drum, I’ll call it the way I see it, It’s Retarded.
“Schlesinger also announced that 500 first-year students will be saddled with an anti-bias program during orientation because of the incident, which occurred during the Carter administration, 17 years before most of the freshmen were even born.”
“Schlesinger also announced that 500 first-year students will be saddled with an anti-bias program during orientation because of the incident, which occurred during the Carter administration, 17 years before most of the freshmen were even born.”
Interesting...a little late, I'd say but I admire his efforts to 'right a wrong'.
At small, private and notably business-focused Babson College in the suburbs of Boston, school president Leonard A. Schlesinger apologized last week for some anti-Semitic antics surrounding a 1978 soccer game.
Schlesinger also announced that 500 first-year students will be saddled with an anti-bias program during orientation because of the incident, which occurred during the Carter administration, 17 years before most of the freshmen were even born.
In addition, reports Boston.com, there will also be a week of training for professors and staff members.
The Anti-Defamation League will formulate the training.
The men’s soccer match for which incoming students will now suffer occurred on November 4, 1978 between Babson and Brandeis University, a school in a nearby suburb that had — and still has — a notable population of Jewish students.
During practice, some Babson players put up a poster containing the letters “K T J,” short for “Kill The Jews,” and a Star of David superimposed with a cross. Some players — who by now are in their fifties — also wore swastikas and yelled, “Holocaust,” explains Boston.com. In a gym the next day, a sign reading “Happy Holocaust” was discovered.
It’s not clear if any anti-Semitic imagery or language occurred during the actual game.
It’s also not clear which team won. Babson finished 13-3-2 that season. Brandeis’s 1978 record is not readily available.
At the time, Babson’s administration responded to the soccer team’s disturbing anti-Jewish antics in several ways, notes Boston.com. The president at the time publicized the event to the entire campus. The team also had to write formal apologies and watch a movie about the atrocities of the Holocaust. The athletic director also issued an apology.
These punishments and acts of contrition are not sufficient for President Schlesinger now, though — at least not since a student recently informed him of the incident.
He is particularly galled that Babson did not formally apologize to Brandeis.
“Although it is some 35 years later, as president of this institution, I believe I have a fundamental responsibility to respond to what I have learned, including extending my most sincere public apology to members of the Babson and Brandeis communities for the unconscionable behaviors they experienced,” Schlesinger pontificated in a school press release.
The College Fix was able to reach Babson’s administration via email. Michael Chmura, a spokesman for the college, apparently ignored a question about any fresh acts of bias or racism on campus that might call for sensitivity training. Instead, Chmura blandly said the school is instituting the training “in (a) desire to support our diverse campus community.”
Chmura declined to disclose the cost of the training.
http://news.yahoo.com/babson-college-freshmen-endure-sensitivity-training-due-1978-170615543.html
This happened 27 yrs ago, for Heaven's sake...... do we all want to be punished like that for things we did 27 yrs ago? Gee how about going back to when you shunned someone on the school playground, because they didn't have as nice clothes as you did or they were heavier than they should have been, couldn't catch the ball as well as you did.... I could go on........and on....
What she said wasn't good, by any sense of the word, but who hasn't said something out of line, at one time or another? Once again, I think the media has taken the whole situation way of line.
What she said wasn't good, by any sense of the word, but who hasn't said something out of line, at one time or another? Once again, I think the media has taken the whole situation way of line.
ROFL...
Ah, but the food.
I was preparing my meal for my Sabbath today, singing "O Sole Mio"
(For real)
Ah, but the food.
I was preparing my meal for my Sabbath today, singing "O Sole Mio"
(For real)
Italian and Jew mix. Wow! One Race believes Jesus was just a Prophet and the other Race not only believes that Jesus is God (or Lord) but also worships his Mother. Now that had to be messed up around Christmas and Easter!
I don't mind so much being a cracker. Crackers don't have such negative connotations.
Now call me a kike or a wop and I will deck you. :-)
Now call me a kike or a wop and I will deck you. :-)
It depends on the context of the word. If she were running around calling people the N-bomb, eh.... that ain't so cool and in some respect you've got it coming. But like RGlass said, if anyone is running around calling her cracker, you're a bit hypocritical.
I only have third hand knowledge from someone who knew Coretta Scott King, but, no, Jackson should not be mentioned in the same paragraph as King.
Well, how is this for karma?
After trashing that poor pathetic lady I tried one of her recipes and I really blew it. Mind on too many things, instead of grilling I boiled and *not* the right method for this dish. Frustration...I wonder if the crows eat potatoes?
Back to Deen, I was a bit strong ... See Glass I agree we all have are prejudices and many good ppl say things they are later ashamed of (I certainly have, but *not* that word) It is human, she is human, what bothers me is that she is only crying because she was exposed. I don't know that for sure but most people only feel shame when they are found out or have to face the consequences.
I should also give Jesse the benefit of the doubt. Yeah, he is a media hound but he might feel some real compassion for her.
I would except she says such stupid things like, " I looove *all* God's creatures." Sheesh! What is the woman thinking???
Teko you are right though the media is really sickening and making much over the poor woman's mess.
I have to see if I can salvage this dish. Karma *****.
After trashing that poor pathetic lady I tried one of her recipes and I really blew it. Mind on too many things, instead of grilling I boiled and *not* the right method for this dish. Frustration...I wonder if the crows eat potatoes?
Back to Deen, I was a bit strong ... See Glass I agree we all have are prejudices and many good ppl say things they are later ashamed of (I certainly have, but *not* that word) It is human, she is human, what bothers me is that she is only crying because she was exposed. I don't know that for sure but most people only feel shame when they are found out or have to face the consequences.
I should also give Jesse the benefit of the doubt. Yeah, he is a media hound but he might feel some real compassion for her.
I would except she says such stupid things like, " I looove *all* God's creatures." Sheesh! What is the woman thinking???
Teko you are right though the media is really sickening and making much over the poor woman's mess.
I have to see if I can salvage this dish. Karma *****.
I don’t even want to get started on Jackson (or Sharpton) I have no respect for them.
Deen- I know who she is but never watched her. I do find these attacks and destroying her career Hypocritical. Who hasn’t made derogatory comments at one time or another? I do feel sorry for her but then again I’m not the type of person that walks around on eggshells afraid that I might offend someone that has low self esteem. Where is the Public Outcry when someone uses the terms Redneck or Cracker? It doesn’t bother me at all, I just find it Hypocritical.
Know Body Knows The Troubles That I’ve Seen…….
Deen- I know who she is but never watched her. I do find these attacks and destroying her career Hypocritical. Who hasn’t made derogatory comments at one time or another? I do feel sorry for her but then again I’m not the type of person that walks around on eggshells afraid that I might offend someone that has low self esteem. Where is the Public Outcry when someone uses the terms Redneck or Cracker? It doesn’t bother me at all, I just find it Hypocritical.
Know Body Knows The Troubles That I’ve Seen…….
Im not a hater of Deen Not a fan either.. I could name numerous people, who have done exactly what she has done or worse and are still making their millions. I do not defend what she said, it was wrong. But the hatefest in the media and on twitter and other sights is just as UGLY and just as wrong.
Deen is an embarrassment to all people, she just makes me shudder with her alligator tears and idiotic comments.
Jesse is a buffoon who will do anything to be in the limelight.
Those two deserve each other.
Jesse is a buffoon who will do anything to be in the limelight.
Those two deserve each other.
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