Atlanta school kids: “They’re supposed to be helping us, not cheating”
The Atlanta public schools cheating scandal has rocked the community and made headlines around the country. Atlanta’s public school system has consistently ranked at the bottom of national scholastic achievement tests. It’s not that the students are dumb — it’s that their (mostly black) teachers are corrupt and just plain lazy.
I remember the day when a local hospital (which shall not be named) ordered testing for its entire staff of licensed practical nurses (LPNs). The action was taken in response to complaints from patients and RNs.
A shocking number of (mostly black) LPNs failed the tests — and were fired.
Many of them were distraught after working at the hospital for decades. But the hospital is responsible for ensuring that the medical staff is competent and capable of doing their jobs. In national rankings, this particular hospital consistently ranks near the top among its national peers.
The same cannot be said for the Atlanta Public School system.
Students in the Atlanta Public Schools are angry, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They feel betrayed — cheated, in fact — after learning last week that nearly 180 educators in 44 schools changed students’ answers on standardized tests in order to artificially inflate APS test scores and avoid losing its accreditation.
It was all about greed — “to make sure the money is there,” said Tucker, 18, a student at Carver school of the arts.
“They’re supposed to be helping us, not cheating,” said a student who was among more than a dozen students interviewed by the AJC.
“I think they’re really taking education away from us,” said another student.
Autum Ashante’s dad wants you to know that…
A reader claiming to be Autum Ashante’s dad had this to say about my post and your comments) on the black child prodigy who’s admission to UConn was revoked for undisclosed reasons.
i wanted to register on your site but i couldn’t.your followers are fuck in idiots.. to say my seed is brainwashed…she half white and things of that nature.. we r trying to create change in the way our children are educated and this is what she gets from so called blk folk.
its not enough we have to deal with our white enemies but to read that crap your followers are saying about my daughter is wrong… i want to say more but I’m not.. just know i live 5blks from uconn and we cant afford to pack up and relocate to areas where the blk colleges are located. u want a story… call me 646-334-_____. because right now ur story sucks and it did not help our position and what is we are trying to do for our future and the long term history of our movement… thanks a lot for tearing down the confidence of a 13yr genius…we will prevail!!!!
*Note to media: the email author’s identity has not been confirmed
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White University Rejects 13-year-old ‘Racist Poet’
Raised by her militant father to reject America’s multicultural values, a 13-year-old child prodigy was just informed that she’s not good enough for the first time in her life.
Autum Ashante was only 7 years old when she stood before her middle school audience to recite her poem comparing Christopher Columbus and Charles Darwin to “pirates and vampires” that “robbed Blacks of their identity.” Moments before, she had recited the “Black Child’s Pledge” of the Black Panther Party.
“Black lands taken from your hands by vampires with no remorse. They took the gold, the wisdom and all the storytellers. They took the Black women, with the Black man weak. Made to watch as they changed the paradigm of our village… White nationalism is what put you in bondage: pirates and vampires like Columbus, Morgan and Darwin drank the blood of the sheep, trampled all over them with steel, tricks and deceit…”
Some white students walked out, and the NY Post reported that Autum was banned from reciting the poem at any public school.
Autumn’s father, Batin Ashante, a devout follower of the Minister Louis Farrakhan, explained that there had been violent clashes between Black and Latino students at Autum’s middle school, and she wanted to give them something to think about “that would stop them from wanting to kill each other.”
Ashante abruptly pulled his daughter out of the public school system and home-schooled her for the next 6 years.
The child prodigy, once dubbed the “racist poet,” landed in the headlines again when she was accepted to the mostly white University of Connecticut this year at the tender age of 13.
Local celebs speak to kids at 2011 SHOW ME Karma Teen Summit
Dondria, D. Woods, Demetria McKinney, Ebony Steele, and more speak to teens at 2011 SHOW ME Karma Teen Summit
From press release by AW Media Group:
Show Me the Way Foundation in partnership with Project Karma, Inc, and C.H.O.I.C.E Foundation produced the first 2011 SHOW ME Karma Teen Summit. Held at the state-of-the art facility, Porter Sanford Performance Arts Theatre in Decatur, GA, teens between the ages of 10 – 18 attended the entertaining action-packed one day event that featured informative workshops about financial planning, fitness, sex education, peer pressure, bullying, and more. Attendees enjoyed performances by local acts such as the Radiance Girlz, Hi-Riz, and 3 Girls and A Mic. The attendees also had the opportunity to participate in a group discussion with the 2011 Power Panel about karma and the importance of sowing your seed today to shape your future tomorrow. The 2011 Power Panel included a diverse group of special guests speakers who’ve made major accomplishments in various industries including entertainment, politics, and entrepreneurship.
No one believes Kelly Rowland got her hawt bod from a DVD
Earlier I told you about Queen Latifah’s ex-lover, Jeanette Jenkins, making an exercise DVD with singer Kelly Rowland. According to That B*tch, Jeanette posted stills from her DVD on her facebook page last night. Although the images from the DVD are visually appealing, what’s the point of the DVD when we all know Kelly didn’t hone her naturally hawt bod from trying Jeanette’s exercises?
These celebrity exercise DVDs are entertaining, and they provide something to do while passing the time. But there should be a disclaimer on the packaging that there is no guarantee you will look like Kelly Rowland just by exercising to a DVD.
Will and Jada Attend Son Trey’s High School Graduation
Actors Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were just a couple of faces in the crowd at the high school graduation ceremony for their son Trey Smith in Westlake Village, CA yesterday. Also in attendance was Will Smith’s ex-wife Sheree Zampino who is the biological mother of Trey Smith. Ice hockey great, Wayne Gretzy’s son, Trevor, also graduated. The graduation was held in the city of Westlake Village on June 9, 2011.
Sheree did an excellent job raising her son outside of the harsh glare of the spotlight — no thanks to Will and Jada who tried to force him into the industry at a young age, but he bucked back.
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Siblings say UCLA’s anti-’sissy’ therapy caused their brother’s suicide 33 years later
The gay media has a new poster child to generate sympathy for their cause and to further their agenda of promoting gay acceptance.
His name Kirk Murphy, and he was a successful accountant until he hanged himself in 2003 at age 38.
Normally when a person commits suicide, it is usually due to depression and despair that has been undiagnosed or untreated for years.
But nowadays when a gay person commits suicide, the media latches on to the story and repackages it to push their gay social acceptance agenda, as if depression had nothing to do with it. Just this week, a former Duke University and Chicago Bulls basketball star leaped from the roof of the NY athletic club and plunged to his death.
His name was Tom Emma, 49, and he was not gay that we know of. So the media handled his death differently. A few paragraphs into an article reporting his death comes the words: “Sources told the Daily News that Emma had been depressed.”
Nowhere in the reports on Kirk Murphy’s suicide do you see the words “depressed” or “depression.” Why? Because it doesn’t fit the gay media agenda.
Even though he died in 2003, Mr. Murphy’s family knew that all they had to do was mention the words “anti-gay” and “suicide” in the same sentence and his story would make headlines all over the country.
Kirk Murphy was an effeminate boy who preferred playing with girls toys and dressing in girls clothing. So, when he was 5, his mother took him to a government-funded program at UCLA to try to cure his effeminate behavior. Dr George Rekers, who founded the program, was an anti-gay activist who was outed by a Miami newspaper last year when he was spotted at the Miami airport with a gay male escort whom he had hired to travel with him.
Mr. Murphy’s siblings blames Dr. Rekers and the UCLA program for their brother’s suicide, even though he took his life 33 years after the therapy.
According to London tabloid the Daily Mail, “Kirk’s family believe the therapy directly contributed to his death, and say he was never the same again after the sessions to get rid of his ‘sissy’ characteristics, which included instructing his father to beat him for feminine traits.”
