tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post2178367990486501363..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: Ohio PC Police Target British Author Agatha Christie: Her Top Mystery Is Too RacistAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-63613155773967347982007-12-02T18:48:00.000-05:002007-12-02T18:48:00.000-05:00As an educator I am appalled at the decision to pr...As an educator I am appalled at the decision to proceed with the play under any name. The title, the previous title, the new title, and the lyrics to the song or 'nursery rhyme' from which they were derived are racist, and it is very clear that faculty, administrators, parents and students at Lakota East are aware of that. Continuing in arrogance despite the pleas of aggrieved groups is reprehensible. Supporters of the play may think that now 'there are none' to stand up and respond, but this too is a sign of deep and abiding ignorance- the same ignorance that allows them to unabashedly use the name 'Lakota' and stick 'tomahawks' in the helmets of their team. These symbols are not funny and they do no honor to Native Americans. They are offensive, and the continued use of those symbols dishonors the school district. Listen to the national outcry, and consider how respectable institutes of higher learning will respond to Lakota east graduates with this abominable behavior the symbol of their school. How can this play represent a 'teachable moment' when the entire school district consistently endorses racism? Who there is qualified to teach about 'diversity'? The play is the tip of the iceberg. The call to stop the play is NOT about censorship. It is about more free speech - it is about hearing at long last the voices of people Lakota East PRETENDS to emulate but continues to ignore. Shame on all of you who support the censorship of indigenous people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-21226823244753505702007-11-28T18:42:00.000-05:002007-11-28T18:42:00.000-05:00SHAKE-DOWN! Free Speech and the play fell victim ...SHAKE-DOWN! <BR/>Free Speech and the play fell victim to a shake-down. Because the school failed to hire Gary Hines' diversity training company, GPH Consultants, he used his position as head of the local NAACP to go after them. It's high-time prosecutors began using the R.I.C.O. Act against this increasingly common scam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-42585562686479179072007-11-28T10:22:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:22:00.000-05:00Per the article: "However, students and staff cont...Per the article: "However, students and staff continued to raise issues." Those students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-7694215384936328652007-11-28T08:45:00.000-05:002007-11-28T08:45:00.000-05:00...based on concerns of the students.NAACP heads a...<I>...based on concerns of the students.</I><BR/><BR/>NAACP heads are students of the school?<BR/><BR/>I suppose it's possible.WestEnderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13170032373825704559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-86816043146023680002007-11-27T12:03:00.000-05:002007-11-27T12:03:00.000-05:00they have not banned the book - they simply are ch...they have not banned the book - they simply are choosing not to use it as a play - based on concerns of the students. If they take it out of the library, and tell students they cannot read it, that's banning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-59063639453263635562007-11-27T09:01:00.000-05:002007-11-27T09:01:00.000-05:00Bill - Thanks for posting. I forwarded your item a...Bill - Thanks for posting. I forwarded your item and the Enquirer article to Nanette Perez at the ALA who co-ordinates Banned Book Week. Here is her contact info if you want to keep this ball rolling: http://tinyurl.com/a4w8j<BR/><BR/>Also, how about getting a comment from national NAACP on this?: http://www.naacp.org/about/contact/form/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com