What do you think of a no-whites school trip?

[AviatorTom]

A high school in Minnesota canceled a trip planned for only students of color after it was pointed out that it violated federal and state civil rights law as well as school policy.

What do you think about this and the school administrators who planned it?

[MrOracle]

If it's not okay to have a whites-only school trip, it's not okay to have a non-whites-only school trip. Figuring this out is NOT rocket science.

Racism is favoring someone or discriminating someone based on race. WHICH race is irrelevant. That's why we've made racial discrimination illegal.

The problem is that these woke people don't want that at all. They aren't interested in equality - they're actively against equality. They're looking for (black/brown) racial superiority, because they're against whitey. And they're furious that their grift is being shut down. As a brown person myself, I'm thrilled to see it shut down.

People are people. We all bleed red blood. We're all humans. There's no reason whatsoever to discriminate based on race, especially not for anything government-funded.

[FunkyMonkee]

First off, that's racist.
Secondly, if any of the kids are partially white, are they going to be kicked off the bus?

Oh!! So, you can BE white as long as you IDENTIFY as black!! In that case, anybody can go no matter how white they are! "Hey! You can't go!! You're white!!" "But, I IDENTIFY as black!!"

[DishLady]

Ok, so the fact is there ARE minority recruitment events supported not only by private- and public-sector companies but by the government (EOAA) as well. It's not designed to be racist and it's rather upsetting that the willful misinterpretation of the trip prevented minority students from having access to possibly valuable opportunities that will help them transition from high school to the workforce. The fake claim that it's a violation of some kind is ridiculous and sets EOAA efforts back to the 1800s. Smh. Don't get me started.

[purplepoppy]

The key phrase is "identify as" so nothing stopping white kids identifying as black.

The real reason it was cancelled is someone discovered it was a plan to bus loads of kids to Mexico.

[Red_Arrow]

If this is the trip planned by the St Paul high school, the real reason it was scrapped was because they found out you would be driving the bus.

[goaded]

@Red_Arrow She never said it was the school's plan to bus loads of kids to Mexico.

[Red_Arrow]

@goaded What "she". The original poster was a man. The flyer named a man. And @purplepoppy DID say it was a plan to bus the kids to Mexico.

[goaded]

@Red_Arrow Yes, but... She never said it was the **school's** plan to bus loads of kids to Mexico.

It was a joke, you see. I'm not sure if it's British or Dad humour, it obviously didn't work.

[Red_Arrow]

@goaded @AviatorTom said it was the school administrators who planned the trip and @purplepoppy said "The real reason it was cancelled is someone discovered it was a plan to bus loads of kids to Mexico." I Recognized that she was joking so I said "the real reason it was scrapped was because they found out you would be driving the bus." to tease her. I knew we were joking and she knew we were joking.

[goaded]

@Red_Arrow And I suggested it was poppy's plan to steal the children, not the school's...

The penny's in the air... C:

[purplepoppy]

For clarity I was suggesting that America would export black kids out of the country by tricking them on to a school trip.

[AI Opinion]

This situation highlights the importance of inclusivity and adhering to legal standards in educational settings. While the intent may have been to provide certain opportunities, excluding students based on race is not consistent with equality and inclusivity principles. School administrators should strive to create programs that foster diversity and inclusion without exclusion. It's crucial to find ways to support and uplift all students while respecting legal guidelines and promoting an environment where everyone feels valued and included.

[PrincessC16]

Well said!

[PrincessC16]

C'mon people. Have we not learned anything about history. All people are equal. This shit pisses me off that it even still happens in America.

[beefcakebradybatson]

@PrincessC16 And that certain people excuse it as being helpful for minorities.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Im black and i agree with you equally is the key

[exitseven]

In the 70s there was a program of forced busing. Students were bussed out of their neighborhoods to schools in other parts of the city to create schools that were more integrated. This caused many white people to move to the suburbs and the ones who could not move put their kids into private schools. The whole experiment was a dismal failure. There is one part of the city that is connected only by a tunnel. They did no bus any students there because there was a lot of talk that if they did some of the residents would blow up the tunnel.

[PrincessC16]

This happened in the 80's too.

[exitseven]

@PrincessC16 yes, it was a mess

[PrincessC16]

And you're right. The kids just didn't mix well.

[exitseven]

@PrincessC16 My cousin was in that jackpot. He was bussed into a really sketchy part of town and the kids used to beat him out of his lunch money. His mother was a teacher in one of the suburban towns so she snuck him in there. This kid was able to get a PhD in Chemistry from Stanford. Who knows what would have happened to him if he had to be part of that failed experiment?

[jennifer_bloom]

I think pro-inner demographic events make rational sense because a lot of people feel like they are ignored or under regarded in mixed race settings but having a blanket refusal to reject diverse groups sets the same type of racist message that having selective racial disrespect within mixed racial groups would have. There is no simple way to resolve the issue of racism, every strategy the government uses is going to have both benefits and failures in their performance outcomes and results, for the racial groups in the area. I would not recommend a black only event that bans white people but I can acknowledge the pain and anti black hatred that motivated them to think the event was a logical conclusion to their feelings of persecution.

[KostasKouvalis]

I'm honestly not surprised they tried to pull something like this. I saw a news report last year about a non profit that takes poor teenagers of color for free camping.

I was like, "Where are the programs to help poor WHITE kids?" And this is our alleged privilege.

Im glad it got canceled, but that school should be fined.

[douride2]

Just doesn't sound right.. How much trouble would someone be in if things were turned around & the school trip was for white students only? The screaming would have been heard around the world.

[TatesGirl62]

The guy doing it is white so is this for black history month since it's February or some type of disadvantaged program because let's be realistic the disadvantaged kids in most kids are black. There's a lot of context missing because I can't imagine a school doing this in this day in age.

[beefcakebradybatson]

It sucks, just as an all-white school trip would suck. Look, at 71, I remember "White" and "Coloured" facilities of all kinds. We needn't officially sanction segregation, though it's far too often practiced in many American spheres.

[lightbulb27]

I'm colored peach so I'm included... and sometimes, I'm kinda tan after sun, so that's colored too. I don't see the issue. All colors are colors, they cannot define "color" to exclude a particular color.

As well, if they were trying to do that, it's bogus.

That said, if they want to limit it to some subset of humans, I'm ok with that and quite frankly, I probably don't want to be on that bus anyways if they don't want me.

[Anonymous]

Racist first of all. Second those staff administrators/teachers who organized it should be fired.
It amazes me how people of color can just go online, YouTube, social media and be racist against white people w no repercussions.

[MemeSupreme]

fucked up

kids will already be racist, so we don't need the school taking part in it too

[Staximus]

And this day and age anybody can identify as anything, so the white kids could just say they identify as a student of color. Isn't that technically racist to say that white school kids can't attend this field trip?

[OlderAndWiser]

All of these staff members should be at least demoted, if not terminated.

[chrissykerdock]

i think what was corrected has turned to reverse

[msc545]

You would just need to identify as some "color". I would identify as "blue" and then dare them to exclude me. This is very racist and I suspect that would expose it.

[MikeRJ]

I think the same as I would for a trip that was limited to whites.

[PeachyPie93]

I wouldn't even give a shit.. it's only a trip that I wouldn't want to go on anyways lol It's not like they were taking them to a theme park or Costa Rica or something it's a business trip lol

[dustybiker2]

Then they should've canceled February because it's already well known as Black History Month.. people get in such a bind it's amazing their bowls do not explode.

[Ironco]

I'm in MN, the left and it's ways can go fuck themselves... Just saying...

[RavVid]

Highly wrong of everybody involved.

Even more wrong that they preferred to cancel it than to make it available to all students.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Was this trip advertised as a trip everyone can go on white student decided they wasn't interested in this trip or was it something that was advertised as a black only trip

[AviatorTom]

@bklynbadboy12 The invitation is pictured. It's only for those who "identify as a student of color".

[Bklynbadboy12]

Wow! That's crazy it should be canceled

[SeekerOfTruth007]

I wouldn't want to be around that many niggers anyway.

[andreasderjuengere]

I see no issues.

My own colour is between beige and copper with some pink added.

[Cubus]

It's this opposite to what Blacks were fighting for in 1960s?

[Dongie]

Hummm, I think they are liberals.

[masterSir]

Typical liberal thinking.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a form of racism.

[Alicebianca]

Can we be friends that will lead to a relationship

[Drumlin2001]

Clearly racist.