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Having better schools by spending half as much money as urban schools is racist!

https://notthebee.com/article/this-indiana-district-spends-half-what-most-cities-do-on-students-but-has-way-nicer-stuff

The more we say this disparity is due to white racism, the more the problem will grow.

See also:

https://www.revolver.news/2023/02/in-high-school-shows-failing-d-c-and-baltimore-schools-how-to-be-clean-safe-and-successful-while-staying-under-budget/

A video showcasing a school in Indiana has gone viral. It highlights a large, beautiful, clean, safe-looking high school called “Carmel High.”

Several Carmel students take us on a tour of their lovely high school, which includes a “fresh market” cafeteria, massive pool, a state of the art gym, in-house radio station, and a yearbook facility that makes the New York Times look mediocre. ...

So, why all the sudden fuss about this particular school? Well, the kicker to the story is that this school manages to be big, beautiful, and successful even though they only spend $9,629 per student. And honestly, it looks as if they spend twice that amount. ...

Think about this: in liberal-run D.C., the average cost per student is a whopping $22,800. Yet even so, students attending these schools are struggling to learn the basics.

Essentially, D.C. schools are churning out functioning illiterates.

But how can that happen with such a large per-student budgets? Where is the money going? These are good questions and parents should demand answers.

I'm sure that all the kids at Carmel High speak fuckin' English.

In the crap spots of Phoenix about 30-40% of the students don't speak English.

Also, in most schools about 20% of the school budget is spent on students with disabilities. Sure, the kids are cute and nice, but give me a break why spend anywhere close to that amount on them??????

Patrick says

Having better schools by spending half as much money as urban schools is racist!

Baltimore spends $21k/student and at 23 schools, not one kid is proficient in math.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/outrage-twitter-baltimore-reveals-zero-students-proficient-math-across-23-schools-failure

It's not the money.

AmericanKulak says

Baltimore spends $21k/student and at 23 schools, not one kid is proficient in math.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/outrage-twitter-baltimore-reveals-zero-students-proficient-math-across-23-schools-failure

It's not the money.

Do you really think the money is spent productively, or to hire administrators with huge salaries? Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh wrote worthless "books" to be given to school children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Pugh#Resignation_and_criminal_charges

If we actually punished these people, and did real audits of how the money is spent, I bet the school system in Baltimore would turn around quickly. Of course, anybody that tried to do it would be murdered by the mafia.

richwicks says

Do you really think the money is spent productively, or to hire administrators with huge salaries? Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh wrote worthless "books" to be given to school children.

Of course it's mostly spent on EduAdmins, the Assistant Vice Superintendent of Diversity and Inclusion type stuff. And Conferences in Hawaii, etc.

Scott Adams gives up on black people.

Onvacation says

Scott Adams gives up on black people.

Yeah, I thought this was a deep fake video. Its not :-/

https://news.yahoo.com/dilbert-guy-tells-white-people-192734727.html

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AmericanKulak says

richwicks says

Do you really think the money is spent productively, or to hire administrators with huge salaries? Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh wrote worthless "books" to be given to school children.

Of course it's mostly spent on EduAdmins, the Assistant Vice Superintendent of Diversity and Inclusion type stuff. And Conferences in Hawaii, etc.

Heard on dial 580AM few days ago, some of the school administrators are making over $400k which is almost same as US president salary. He says that they don’t bring in any quality education at all.

Onvacation says

Scott Adams gives up on black people.

It is a joke. Really, he said he "identified as Black" to be on the winning team, but then "reidentified as White" when that new poll showed "Black people to be a hate group." Scott Adams is satirizing polls in general, as well as satirizing self-identifying and identity politics.

AmericanKulak says

Patrick says

Having better schools by spending half as much money as urban schools is racist!

Baltimore spends $21k/student and at 23 schools, not one kid is proficient in math.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/outrage-twitter-baltimore-reveals-zero-students-proficient-math-across-23-schools-failure

It's not the money.

They major in twerking, not math, silly!

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/los-gatos-grapples-with-attack-on-whiteness-17796970.php

Wealthy Bay Area town grapples with 'attack on whiteness' controversy

A planning commissioner in Los Gatos was censured by the town council for writing an email to a state agency that included what some say is racist language toward white people ...

In November, Clark wrote an email to the state Department of Housing and Community Development expressing concern over a referendum that was filed by a community group last summer, which opposes the construction of new housing units in the coming years.

"The referendum was fully paid for and passed by a few rich white anti-housing men in our town," Clark, who is white, wrote in her email.

To oppose higher housing density is racist.

media taught people that if you black you should kick everyones ass and whites hate you. media taught white people to be obedient submissive faggot worshipping whipping boys. thats the culture. now shut up and kneel you racist.

Equestrian Helmets

Why would Black hair need a different helmet? Air Force pilot helmets are the same for everyone (though poured fit), whether White, Black, female, or bald. Same for motorcycles and bicycles, I suppose.

gabbar says

AmericanKulak says

Equestrian Helmets

This is just more stupidity. You can get a helmet of any size. They are bringing this up as an "issue" because there's plenty of people that ride motorcycles and bikes, but few people that ride horses, so they are depending on the ignorance of their audience.

All of our media is just stupid clickbait stupidity. The only reason you noticed this, was because how ridiculous it is. Our "news" at this point is just trolling assholes.

That was from 2017 though.

richwicks says

This is just more stupidity. You can get a helmet of any size

its real!!!

“I finally freaking feel like myself, and now society is asking me to change,” Ms. Robbins, 27, of Alliston, Ontario, said as she choked back tears. “I just want to be able to ride.”

Black equestrians have long felt virtually invisible in a sport that remains overwhelmingly white. For those with natural hair, which for many is a declaration of pride and Black identity, finding a helmet that fits properly can be nearly impossible, creating yet another barrier to full inclusion. Some are now lobbying for change, mindful that horseback riding is among the leading causes of sports-related traumatic brain injury. The helmet companies say there isn’t a simple fix.

https://silk-news.com/2023/03/03/sports/black-equestrians-want-to-be-safe-but-they-cant-find-helmets/

Onvacation says

richwicks says

This is just more stupidity. You can get a helmet of any size

its real!!!

It's NOT a story. It's just another piece of clickbait.

My aunt used to wear a beehive hairdo back in the 1970's. It didn't prevent her from riding.

I would love to see ONCE a piece in "mainstream news" that's worth actually paying attention to. How many people ride horses? Maybe 1 out of 10,000 people? They're super expensive to keep up, you hardly actually ride them, they are a money sinkhole. It's worse than owning a boat, but QUITE a measure.

Horses are a serious pain in the ass. You can't just have one, they have to be in a herd of some sort. You can have a donkey or perhaps even cattle, but generally, you need to have two.

richwicks says

Horses are a serious pain in the ass.

Literally. Ride horses long enough and you will be able to crack walnuts with your butt cheeks.

Onvacation says

For those with natural hair, which for many is a declaration of pride and Black identity, finding a helmet that fits properly can be nearly impossible, creating yet another barrier to full inclusion.

That is like saying that pro basketball is overwhelmingly Black because basketball pants do not fit White asses.

richwicks says

AmericanKulak says

Equestrian Helmets

This is just more stupidity. You can get a helmet of any size. They are bringing this up as an "issue" because there's plenty of people that ride motorcycles and bikes, but few people that ride horses, so they are depending on the ignorance of their audience.

All of our media is just stupid clickbait stupidity. The only reason you noticed this, was because how ridiculous it is. Our "news" at this point is just trolling assholes.

learn to play the game. label helmets racist and ban sll helmet laws. fucking easy.

Organized Pantries

https://notthebee.com/article/thread-things-that-are-now-racist

Bd6r's classic "Classic Music is Racist" thread
https://patrick.net/post/1325574/2019-07-05-it-s-time-to-let-classical-music-die

Country lifestyle/Cottage living aesthetic

LOL! They are trying to make being white a form of 'original sin', which in itself is racist. The snake eating its own tail, or just another Satanic inversion KommieKunt oxymoron?

https://euphoricrecall.substack.com/p/ackshually-thats-racist

To give a sense of just how ridiculous this has gotten, I’ve compiled 50 examples of things that have been declared “racist” over the past few years. You’ll notice in some of these the notion that mere cultural differences are evidence of racism, as well as the implication that because something was once used for racist ends or at the center of a racist incident, it is somehow permanently contaminated. The brilliant John McWhorter cites two real-world examples of such strained usage of the term “racism”: the rarity of the black oboist, as if this demonstrates anything more than the fact that most black Americans just don’t have much interest in playing the oboe; and declaring the filibuster racist, with Strom Thurmond’s 24-hour speech against a 1957 Civil Rights bill often cited as an example of the practice being employed to further racism (never mind that Obama readily supported use of the filibuster).

Starbucks:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbucks-ordered-pay-25-6m-114957350.html

Starbucks ordered to pay $25.6m in damages to white regional manager who claimed she was used as a ‘sacrificial lamb’ to calm racial outrage after Philadelphia arrests

zzyzzx says

Starbucks:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbucks-ordered-pay-25-6m-114957350.html

Starbucks ordered to pay $25.6m in damages to white regional manager who claimed she was used as a ‘sacrificial lamb’ to calm racial outrage after Philadelphia arrests

Ha-Ha!

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Yeah Booger, the Chicoms are at the master level of manipulation and gaslighting.

This is a perfect Woke Wash play to get any remaining Democrats to distance themselves from the legislative effort to ban Tik Tok.

https://www.tiktok.com/@blacktiktok/video/7244957178833014058

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Google has dropped their "black owned / woman owned / chinese owned / etc." bullshit.

That was entirely about bigotry. Fuck Google for ever doing that.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21348990/google-black-owned-businesses-maps-search

Don't forget what those bigots did.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200806081824/https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21348990/google-black-owned-businesses-maps-search

Fuck Google. I'm tired of this division, I'm too old for it. Racism is a thing of the past and it's being stoked now only to divide this nation to weaken it.

I love the black owned labeling at the stores so I know what not to buy.

Booger says

I love the black owned labeling at the stores so I know what not to buy.

I have no preference. When I go to purchase something, I don't even have in my mind who owns it.

I purchase the majority of my food from an Indian store, NOT because they are Indian, but they have the lowest prices and the best quality. You can't get decent pepper from a chain for example, or rice. They source locally as well for fruits and vegetables. A single lemon is $1.00 at my local Safeway, it's 4 to 6 for a dollar at this little Indian grocery I go to.

NOTE: Indian rice MUST be washed. It contains dirt and even small pebbles of stone. Basmati rice (real Basmati) is delicious. Honestly it is.

Whenever I see an Indian in Safeway buying food, I'm always tempted to ask them "why are you here?" but I know how that can be taken the wrong way. I go to Safeway to buy beer, cheese, eggs and milk. Everything there is over-priced there, and low quality in comparison. I would say almost any small grocery is better than a nationwide chain. The onions I bought today were weirdly shaped, but they taste fine, and were 1/5th the cost at least. I can't even get fresh garlic at Safeway - it's all dried and in a plastic container. Dehydrated garlic is fine, but fresh is better although inconsistent in strength and flavor. Depends on the time of year and how fresh the vegetable/spice is.

Check out your little local market if you have one. Mine aren't only cheaper, but they are superior as well.

It just occurred to me that "racism" is like "climate change"; if you have nothing to say about something, you can make shit up and say one or the other is responsible, depending on the circumstance.

Academics and scientists have to find something to say or they're irrelevant or worse, broke.