We read:
"The guy dressed in the suit and tie, smiling and shaking a bevy of hands, caught Grayson Thomas’ eye. Grayson wasn’t alone. Teachers and other students at Stevenson Ranch Elementary School couldn’t take their eyes off the lunchtime visitor, either.
Grayson, a fifth-grader at the campus near Santa Clarita, Ca., noticed the gentleman’s outward characteristics: Tall and lean. Good looking. Charismatic. Charming. Energetic.
Then he made a fatal error: Grayson, 11, pulled a little “made you look” joke on a schoolmate seated next to him, saying something along the lines of “Obama’s visiting our school today,” referring to the magnetic figure holding court nearby.
It wasn’t Obama, of course. But from Grayson’s point of view, Chris Schauble—morning co-anchor of KTLA 5's TV news program in Los Angeles—did possess a demeanor and countenance similar to the president’s.
According to Grayson’s dad, Darren Thomas (who provided the previous details), what happened next was scary: Word of his son’s Obama-Schauble comparison spread to Schauble’s daughter, Shelbi, who was sharing lunch with her newsman father. And Shelbi was uncomfortable with Grayson’s statement, saying it felt racist.
Then a teacher was summoned, then the principal, Candace Fleece, then the Newhall School District superintendent, Marc Winger. And that very afternoon, Nov. 4, Grayson was kicked out of Stevenson Ranch for good, his father says, for implying that all black men look alike.
The kicker, Darren says, is that school officials had no basis for determining that Grayson’s comparison implied that all black men look alike.
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11 comments:
More though and speach control at our rotten schools Its time to bring back back home schooling and end the NEAs domination at our schools and expell the principal
"Political correctness is a greater threat to our freedom and liberty than is terrorism..."
Anon 4:51...........Political correctness is indeed terrorism. It's objective is to kill rational thought. The political establishment, big media and the education establishment are the barbarians within the gates.
This is a classic example of liberal knee-jerk reaction to a non-incident.
Political Correctness just a code word for SOCIALISM
This story - if true - just boggles the mind.
There was a time when children could play, joke, laugh and poke fun - and no-one got upset, offended or sued.
Now not even children can say things without fear of reprisals - even if the comment is entirely innocuous...
Our freedom isn't being taken from us - apparently we're giving it away.
They may be on to something. After all, unless they open their eyes or smile, it's really hard to see blacks in the dark.
" It's objective is to kill rational thought. "
That is religion's goal, too.
If the story is true as reported then the child is better off out of that school.
You know, the bad part is that they have studies out CONFIRMING that members of different races do have trouble distinguishing between members of races other than their own. It's one of the reasons for the higher than expected incidence of eyewitness mistaken identification in criminal cases. While I figure the kid was just being a kid and not implying this, if he had been he would have been factually correct to a degree.
Time for home schooling and getting the kids away from the NEA
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