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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:37 AM Original message |
Is it racist to fire a teacher for antisemitism? |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Absolutely not |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. +1 |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. +100 |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Several threads along these lines here recently an opinion is clearly divided |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Only if the teacher happens to be African-American |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Is that a joke? I can't tell anymore. nt |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fire them for incompetence instead. They 're paid to teach the curriculum. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Naaah. Fire 'em for being racist fucks. You don't give out passes |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Firing a teacher for antisemitism is not racist. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Actually it has increased which is ironic given the history |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. This article is 4 years old, but nothing newer refutes it |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. 36%? That seems extremely high. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That's a good point. Anyone teaching who professes anti-semitic |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Funny that you said that |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, a racist is a racist. You don't get a "pass" if you're some race other than pale Euro pink. nt |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Is is racist to fire a teacher for anti-African American statements? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only if he or she is Finnish |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is it racist to fire a teacher for homophobia? |
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Gamow (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. absurd. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'd say it's racist to think of black people as anti-semites. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That's not an answer to the question asked in the OP |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. Tolerance doesn't require one to tolerate bigots |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. McAllister on "Zionist" Jews |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No dice, if she had just said "zionist" she would have been fine. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. There is no defense for her statement |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Defending anti-Semitism. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Defending Zionism |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You obviously have no idea what Zionism is, which explains your defense of anti-Semitism. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hell no it isn't racist to be rid of racist scum, whatever their race. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. No. But it's racist to force a Jewish kid to be taught by an anti-Semitic teacher (nt) |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Dunno, but I do know only racists call Judaism a "race". It's a religion. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. She didn't say "Judaism", she said "Jews" |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. No, it's not racist to fire someone for bigoted statements. Regardless of |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why is this POS thread still open? |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Because it is an important question |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. The question you led off with is bizarre and has nothing to do with oppression. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
35. Would you fire them for speaking against Muslims ? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yeah, if they're making bigoted statements publicly while identifying themselves as school district |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
38. Racist no; but wrong if those views were kept of the classroom. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. If you make a public statement on camera and identify yourself as a school district employee |
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