Much of AIPACs work involves whitewashing Israels illegal occupation of Palestine in support of the Israeli governments campaign of dehumanizing those there before them. Test scores show this move didnt help black kids do better, but it did hurt white and Asian kids. Feinstein has been cancelled already. White, Asian, Black or other. She make it clear and loud that shes a racist and prefers some race and not all. Shame on her, and Shane in anybody who defends her. MB, you cant just get offended when anyone discusses work and accuse them of thinking blacks are lazy. Good luck and good bye. Not because of using the N word. Amazing stuff. Girls choose right more than boys. Is Dianne Feinstein an historical person or a living human being? Did Collins ever make one peep about that schools racist admissions policy? Were the opportunities ONLY offered to Toasted Sandwich kids? What are the disadvantages of a clapper bridge? And the success of Africans and Asians proves whites arent racist. Get another line of work. This is not the type of person that should be on the school board. You people in San Francisco deserve each other. Overall people just seem to get along with each other and having friends and acquaintances from all groups is the norm. I have heard this from teachers (at other schools). But when Black voices are too explicit about their experience, we are punishing them?! At a press conference denouncing the threats, there was no Jenny Lam, no Norman Yee, no Phil Ting, no David Chiu, no Sandra Fewer, no Jane Kim. If one subgroup on average studies more, they are less lazy. this can result in this site earning a commission. Shortly after dissolution of Rossington Collins Band in 1982, Collins started Allen Collins Band in 1983. This is on point. She isnt sorry. Acknowledge the vast majority of violence against Asians in San Francisco and Oakland has come from the African American minority, and stop blaming Trump voters for all anti-Asian violence. This is why we cant have dialog about racial issues. Like if the field negros would just shut up and concentrate on picking more cotton, someday they might make it working in the house. Her performance of neoliberal identity politics has been coarse and crude, originating from an ill-educated place, as this author has noted in previous reportage. Nice to know she stands by those racial stereotypes. Collins's injuries from the crash included broken vertebrae and a wound to his arm, according to Rolling Stone. She should be teaching kids nonwhite immigrants from 70 nations and 30 African Nation out-earn whites within a generation. They dont want to have that conversation because lots of the people making the loudest stink about Collins, in fact, harbor those very same attitudes! Have you read Malcolm Xs speech? Of course there are Asian-American jerks, just like there are jerks of every other race and ethnicity. Its inconceivable that many Nigerians, Jews, Mormons, Chinese, Indians, Koreans, Lebanese, Persians etc. The doctors initially wanted to amputate Collins' arm, but his father refused to let them take his money-maker. She was putting down white people and thats how I perceived it. He resides in the Excelsior with his wife and three (!) Maybe you, as an Asian-American should take time off your busy life and stand in solidarity, unite and work with your fellow African-American citizens for justice for all. Tell me: what is the goal here by going down this path of convincing them to be less successful? Of course! Hard work, deferred gratification, obsession with grades and test scores, saving, marriage, focus on child development all work. delusions. why dont you work harder in life instead of The problem with her Tweets is that we are now in 2021, not 2016. To quote Kierkegaard, once you label me you negate me. i apologize to the readers on my diatribe in response to the comments made by mb. 12. WebLarkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the been blessed with the opportunities afforded me to attain the american dream. We are finally in a climate where more of the mainstream is actually (supposedly) listening to Black voices. Are they blinded by their righteousness that they cant read the room at all? They sacrificed stress pressuring their kids to go the extra mile to ensure they dont get any Bs and study for tests in the summer. The solidarity among San Franciscos political class in calling for school board vice president Alison Collins to resign is stunning in its damn-near unanimity. Her main mistake was in not realizing that her audience was ignorant and racist. Some will agree with you, and others wont. Sorry, you simply do not understand these terms as they are used by people who think about and discuss race as a living,. The racial breakdown of Lowell High School, ranked among the top 60 high schools in the nation by US News & World Report, does not reflect the actual makeup of the district by race. After only a few a days of traveling, the tour was canceled, because Kathy Collins had died. So Allison Collins was way out of line. Solving the problem required everyone tucking their rock and roll image under wigs for the wedding ceremony. Eliminating 8th grade algebra was cruel. Oh please, heres the only context you need to know. Please send them my way., The next tweet continues Im looking to combat anti-black racism in the Asian community at at (sic) my daughters mostly Asian Am school.. She doesnt belong on the school board. When Allison Collins ran for School Board in 2018, there was also a candidate named Josephine Zhao. Is Allison Collins from The Allison Collins Band Allen Collins daughter? I dont care about nuance or context, we need to heal and trust each other, because without solidarity we are going nowhere. And that means having a basic understanding of the terms used by CRT so you can have an intelligent discussion about them, not bloviating away because you cant be bothered to absorb the actual perspectives of the people whose texts youre angrily responding to. She did worse than carjack thousands because a stranger said something. I know for a fact that there is the lack of support from school administrators and teachers to promote Black student achievement compared to other races. So what happens? 1. I am joining the conversation many months late, but I want to remind everyone that harm to any one is harm to all. A very friendly greeting and I have a 10 minute tour of the "archives"--gold records everywhere, Your long novel or a response showed exactly why you are a Collins supporter-you had to turn the whole situation into YOU YOU YOU! The accident killed three band members, Ronnie, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines while Collins suffered two broken vertebrae in his neck and serious damage in his right arm. Why refer to Asian Americans as if the community is monolithic? Its not racist to note that Asian kids study more. Why are you assuming the best with Ms. Collins? Just imagine if she were a Trump supporting conservative. There is still no plan to bring back older students, the District will forfeit close to $20M because of it, and Collins is more concerned with herself than with educating the students. How many Democrats use private school? You can be successful if you work hard. And when members of their communities DO thrive but DARE to point out problems standing in the way of real change, they are maligned and punished. Does Ms. Collins ouster send a message ( I doubt it as weve been firing people over this for decades and it still happens)? These are the Collins supporters and I stand in solidarity with AAPI offended here, but will not speak for them as they are more than capable of expressing themselves. Here is where we get to varying opinions and we all have a right to form our own. In recognition of an extremely high level of academic excellence, a President's List is compiled each academic semester. He was a composer, known for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Straw Dogs (2011) and Speed Racer Thanks again. Im not any of those things, nor am I a Republican, and I agree with himdid you look at the research they did? According to thePeoria Journal Star, Kathy had been pregnant, and it was hemorrhage following an unfortunate miscarriage that ended her life. My family, refugees from Laos, escaped to the US in 1975. Its rich that the progressives who swept the likes of Abraham Lincoln under the rug as dishonorable racists in the school-renaming fiasco are now calling for forgiveness and historical context for a contemporary racist. vote to remove the merit-based entrance system at Lowell High School. His asst principal is an Asian immigrant and when he explains that someone was not insulting her, they were just using an idiom. When talking about Asians in America, Afghans and other South Asians are usually not included in the conversation. Part of Allen's sentence from his car wreck, called for him to use his fame and influence to warn kids of the dangers of drunk driving. thank you, MER, for your heartfelt, educated and eloquent 3/25 post. The systems and structures of power, the institutions that combine to reinforce white supremacy, have long controlled and enforced the constructed definition of whiteness. Its the elephant in the room. I just listened to his whole speech today for the first time. Immigrants prove that. She doesnt acknowledge studying is a choice, with girls of all races studying more than boys of the same race in all cases. It is totally ignorant for her to equate academics with White Supremacy. After WWII, Jews were deemed to be fully white. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Collins simply, to use a grotesquely appropriate metaphor, gave her opportunistic opponents enough rope. I can also promise you that if a Black male were at the scene, he too would have been stereotyped, detained and gunned down by the police, no questions asked. 5. There was the polarizing decision to paint over murals at George Washington High School depicting our founding father as the slave-owner and Indian-fighter he was. I believe there are more good than bad in each race. Many immigrants have worked harder than average and thrived. Web partisans unearthed some low-hanging fruit, the mainstream media picked up the story, and Collins was quickly irradiated and weaponized. Collins must go, she has no ability to serve SFUSD as a leader. It just became another school taken down by woke progressives. We should not have a biased, ignorant person representing us. The bulk of the the model minority (aka house negro) stereotype revolves around the fallacious idea of the American work ethic. The next Board of Education meeting is slated for 3 p.m. today, and it remains to be seen how good and pleasant that will be. There were drugs, infighting, literal fights, and the plane crash that ended the band and took the lives of two of Lynyrd Skynyrd's members. Heres how racist white people use the model minority to deny racism.. Model Minority Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks Your contribution is essential to our efforts. Thank you for acknowledging that CRT is a (profitable) industry. Incorporation as white by power does not mean that one is exempt from discrimination by the weak. Apologizing means you acknowledge how your words are perceived as hurtful to others. From my perspective saying the truth hurts diminishes the value shes put into her beliefs and priorities of working hard and sacrificing to become a physician and being grateful for the opportunity. Her daughters prestigious public high school SOTA was never targeted, WHY!?! Its not always about racism. This is whats in her heart. They had other accomplishments as well, like convincing millions that they longed for their homeland of Alabama, whether or not they'd ever been to the state. Why hasnt Zhou been made or voted to be removed from her city position? Masterful. But I guess this isnt enough for Collins since they didnt speak up, or become activists, or confront their tormentors, and therefore remained niggers. The drugs led to the car accident. This is a sad day in SF, and might just push me out. ', and 'That Smell'. There was the vote to remove the merit-based entrance system at Lowell High School. She called it an incident. His life after the plane crash was a slippery slope that connected one tragedy to the next. Their foreign policy seems fixated on out of context Middle East history, yet they seem unconcerned with active Black African slavery in Mali, Sudan, Mauritania and, recently, Libya. Collins intentionally abuses and misuses the term white supremacy. 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