If youre complaining people missed nuance and context, maybe it wasnt there to start with. I guess that makes my parents house niggers (Malcom X: The house Negroesthey lived in the house with master, they dressed pretty good, they ate good because they ate his foodwhat he left). It is true, we do NOT see Asian children in immigration dog cages and ripped away from their parents. 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Once, doing field research at Clemson we were working with a class of students who were morons at best, the genius teacher on site had rigged up a series of motor responses to flash cards to teach work skills. 3/4 or more of Black and Brown students in SFUSD cant pass their state proficiency exams. Lynyrd Skynyrd had met a sudden, tragic end. Allen Collins was at the genesis of Lynyrd Skynyrd when he joined lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and fellow guitarist Gary Rossington as long ago as 1964 to form If she doesnt want to sound like a fool, maybe it would help to crack a few books about the subject before she gets mad enough to start yelling online about something? Its also about opportunities that may not have been accepted/taken, it might also be about family/home life problems, it might also be about medical problems that affect learning, it might be about pop culture where being smart isnt always the coolest, its a lot of things. Her comments to me, as someone who is part Asian American (Afghan/South Asian), generalize an entire community. One might understand how under current circumstances, that racist history might be downplayed while all responsibility for anything wrong cast, again, on Black and Brown commissioners and the students they represent by conservative Asian American west side families. His asst principal is an Asian immigrant and when he explains that someone was not insulting her, they were just using an idiom. Her statement is racist because she made negative generalizations (anti-Black) about a race (Asians) based on personal anecdotes (her friends feelings and an incident her daughter witnessed). You have no idea who I am, but you are trying to pressure others to obey groupthink by essentially saying, obey me or Ill call you racist. We need advocates for our kids and not someone whos devoted to scapegoating others. Collins sounds pretty hateful towards Asian-Americans, to be honest. After only a few a days of traveling, the tour was canceled, because Kathy Collins had died. Thats because whiteness is an ever evolving construct that benefits those who are in power and are free to define whiteness as they see fit. 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 not due to food insecurity or racist white people but because studying is less fun than TV, social media, hanging out, video games or other diversions. Kathy had a fatal haemorrhage during miscarriage of the couples third Enter the code you received via email to sign in, or sign in using a password. The only way to stop being a model minority is to consciously reject it. We should not have a biased, ignorant person representing us. Thats the go-to solution with every mistake Youre fired! Sound familiar? The Northern California branch of the Society of Professional Journalists named Eskenazi the 2019 Journalist of the Year. get by effectively getting rid of its nationally renowned public college prep school. There is no white supremist mentality here just hard work! She needs to resign and spend some time thinking about how her selfish and divisive political agenda has been so detrimental to the real work that the board needs to do especially in this time. But i was a social worker and prior educator with spanish language instruction for middle grade. Maybe the guy in Georgia liked Trump, and there are whites who attack Asians, but most here are black, so acknowledge that. She could use Twitter and other mediums in a positive and constructive way but she chooses not to. We Asians/Asian Americans do not see ourselves as inferior or superior to other races, nor should any other nationality, race, color, creed, age or gender. Any valid point made is going to be torpedo by calling someone a bozo, that they need to read a book or dropping references to demonstrate being cultured in the Arts. Dont ignore how prejudice toward Black people from anyone in the Asian community furthers white supremacy! If she gets away with this then what message are we sending to the school kids? She was using the term House N***** as a euphemism for Model Minority. So lets just say its not racelets just say she said there are too many kids that like toasted sandwiches at this school. The mayor has the power to The accident unfortunately led to an abrupt end to the 1970s era of Skynyrd. Alison Collins used house nigger in her Tweets about Asian Americans. She has actively pursued policies that specifically hurt Asian American children more than any other group. The band existed till 1984. And, what I cant dismiss is she is likely a factor in why we are losing our first Black superintendent, as well as our Black vice principal, and our Latinx vice principal. Parents want kids to excel. During a week-long stint at Funochio's in Atlanta, the band was discovered by the renown Al Kooper. Do not assume that all these families if students are lucky enough to have families are leveraging privilege to just get a private school education on taxpayer dollars. Because even her ideological allies see where this could go: This could be the French Laundry moment for the nascent recall attempt of Collins and fellow commissioners Faauuga Moliga and Gabriela Lpez. If my kids posted what she posted Id be horrified , I remember once asking someone who was herding the crazy cats running a SF non-profit how in gods name she could tolerate the opportunistic hateful bile leveled at anyone who dared not tow their SF Gestapogressive party line resorting often to disparagement of their race, gender, and sexuality. In the front row, from left, are Seniors Jerry Albertson, Ron Allen, Bill Kersey, David Collins, Ray Patterson, Mickey Greer, Frank Sayre, Bob Less than ten minutes later, the plane crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp. Calling out racism is not racist. It is racism, it is inflammatory, and it is not appropriate for someone responsible for children she is clearly racist towards. She never praised Asians for long study hours and sacrifice. WebAccording to her Instagram, she says that someone named Les Collins is her father, NOT Allen Collins. Her youngest daughter really resembles Allen. It just became another school taken down by woke progressives. This city has been very unfair to minorities with the gentrification of many neighborhoods and the exuberant rents. 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. We are people , right? Black kids will attain equality by not having resentment, putting their heads down and working very, very hard. The physical wounds would eventually heal, but the psychological scars from watching his friends die while Collins survived would plague him for the rest of his life. Never mind about the subject at hand, you want to take the time to school people on YOUR situation and whatever situation Collins has experienced. And your continued success requires others to think highly of you. I think there are legitimate questions about that now, while shes still alive. During the 1987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute tour Allen served as musical director -- selecting the set lists, arranging the songs and setting the stage. She seemed to be soliciting negative stories about Asian Americans in order to push her agenda. Since Asians think theyre pretty smart, they get pretty arrogant when new information is presented that contradicts their worldview. Thats lazy. addendum to my earlier post: Her main mistake was in not realizing that her audience was ignorant and racist. Long considered one of rock's premier guitarists, Allen Collins served as heart to Ronnie VanZant's soul in Lynyrd Skynyrd. Why dont you put her tweets in context by referencing the Malcolm X quote she was obviously referring to? Their racism is in pursuit of a greater good so if you dont like their racism, its because you are racist. Asian Americans are sick and tired of her belittling!!! What is the Denouement of the story a day in the country? But it is the argument. shaming yourself? i have an M.D. The Asian cop during the George Floyd murder said NOTHING and did NOTHING to stop the murder from taking place, he is an accessory to MURDER, a MURDER to a man of color, need it say more. Hey, my parents were fundamentalist Pentacostal hillbillies and they taught us kids everything but fear. And why we are at it, does anyone deny that the predominate racial groups attacking Asians and motivated by anti-Asian bias are clearly non-White.dare I say African-American.by and large? 2. She made her racist comments in 2016, not 1916. Your fellow antiracists are desperate not to have to call you out. I want to know what really happened when I read a period account and the best way to do that is to be given that account in the language and understanding of the period of that account. Its in our culture to study hard as a way to get ahead when you dont have money or connections which is exactly where my family started out in the US. So what happens? Give us a hand and lets rise up together. Collins intentionally abuses and misuses the term white supremacy. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by thebeatles67, May 26, 2009. Ive not been a fan of Collins. This thing with Commissioner Collins use of the words current at the time to describe in the most understandable format . Many blacks teach their kids that America being the land of opportunity is just a bunch of bullshit, but the experience of Asian and Nigerian Americans proves its not bullshit, and if we can convince blacks to behave better (study 15-20 hours a week, work full time, pay attention in class, learn proper grammar, dont have kids before marriage, dont do drugs, save and dont blow money, do workbooks and flashcards summers), then the poverty of African Americans will soon be over, because whites are not discriminating against them. Alison Collins did not return our calls or texts. Black people do have to do exactly what Asians did to be successful. Why were Mexican workers able to find jobs in the Southwest? It is the fairest and purest form of meritocracy there is. https://www.sfweekly.com/news/tenderloin-community-demands-apology-from-hisashi-sugaya-for-drug-remark/. So while this specific person might be prejudice toward the asian community it is telling that parents and community are trying to tell us that poor performance at school is because we black student dont value hard work now we dont value slavery and racism that does not want to pay people or protect provide resources to people because they are specially black . I never heard Trump DENIGRATE a race. But I would not be offended if Collins commentary was directed toward many South Asians. A very friendly greeting and I have a 10 minute tour of the "archives"--gold records everywhere, original awards, guitars, etc. Collins use of the term House N***** is an accurate term when used to describe the position given to Asians in a white dominated society. 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