…the schools would become politically oriented:
Jackson Public Schools board member to teachers who did not show inauguration: Go home
Jackson Public Schools board member Sheila Patterson had a strong message Tuesday for some teachers who did not "feel it was important" to show the inauguration of President Barack Obama during class.
"They don’t belong in this school district — not the type of district we have here," Patterson said at Tuesday’s board meeting.
Patterson was speaking of the 43 percent minority student population, and that the inauguration of the first black president was an historic event no matter what political viewpoint one has.
"I am just very very disappointed," she said.
Oops, wrong President….
On a serious note, would it really have been the same reaction if the incoming President had been a black CONSERVATIVE Republican? I watched with dismay on the invective hurled by Lefty / Liberal / Progressive commentators of all color upon Colin Powell and Condelezza Rice over the past 8 years – it was not a pretty sight.
Look, politics of ANY stripe should be verbotten in any classroom be it Right or Left. The unfortunate reality is that conservative message is not standing next to that of the liberal message due to lack of numbers, intimidation, and general environment.
And right now, I’m not going to touch the implicit race baiting of the above Board member.
(few more thoughts on this over at American Princess filling in a little in helping)
