Ugh. Talk about sexualizing little girls! I hate to be harsh (Oh, who am I kidding? I LOVE to be harsh!), but I think these girls' parents and dance teacher/s ought to be tarred and feathered. And then arrested for promoting child pornography. Or something. There is just no universe in which this is appropriate. Seriously.
12.5.10
"White privilege doesn't exist, so shut up about it already!"
On the heels of SB 1070 (Sorry, guys - I'm not opening that can of worms here), AZ Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a bill prohibiting classes "that advocate ethnic solidarity, that are designed primarily for students of a particular race or that promote resentment toward a certain ethnic group."
Specifically, the bill targets the African-American, Mexican-American, and Native-American studies classes offered by the Tucson Unified School District.
From the link:
He went on to say, "It's just like the old South, and it's long past time that we prohibited it."
If you don't understand what is wrong with that statement, then I suggest you brush up on your American history, specifically, your antebellum American history.
Specifically, the bill targets the African-American, Mexican-American, and Native-American studies classes offered by the Tucson Unified School District.
From the link:
Yeah, because it's totally a class in school that teaches minority students to resent white people.State schools chief Tom Horne, who has pushed the bill for years, said he believes the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students that they are oppressed by white people.Public schools should not be encouraging students to resent a particular race, he said.
He went on to say, "It's just like the old South, and it's long past time that we prohibited it."
If you don't understand what is wrong with that statement, then I suggest you brush up on your American history, specifically, your antebellum American history.
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