When I woke up at 6:30 this morning to get my girls up for school, I walked into their room and saw them sleeping so peacefully and decided to just let them sleep. I initially chalked it up to me not feeling like getting them dressed and going down to the bus stop. Giving them days off like this are very rare for me because I'm a strong believer in kids getting a good education and being in school everyday. Now, in light of the horrific tragedy that happened at the elementary school in Connecticut, I'm sure I know why I received the message to keep my babies (one of whom is in kindergarten) near me this morning. Some of you might say, "But D, that was in Connecticut, not Georgia. How is that relevant?" To that I'd say, and I'm sure all parents and many others who are reading this will agree, it might as well had been in Georgia and at my children's school because of the sense of loss and grief that I feel right now for those children and others that were so senselessly murdered at that school, as well as their families.
On ballots all across the country in this past election and elections over the past several years, there have been measures to vote on amending the Constitution to include or exclude Gay Marriage; something that if allowed wouldn't kill 30 people all at once even if Frank married Bob 30 times over. As a matter of fact it wouldn't kill one person. But we refuse to take a long hard look at the Second Amendment, or the right to bear arms. If this tragedy isn't the eye opener we need to take a look at this, then I don't know what is. It's easy to say we don't need more gun control, we need more idiot control. But, I submit that we need more of both, and we need it in a hurry! God Bless the families of all affected by this horrendous act and God bless everybody that's reading this right now.
Well, that's The Green Chimp's take on it...what's yours?
Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
An Open Letter From A Dad To The School System
Dear Public Schools, Specifically Black Schools:
Fathers who are involved in and care about their children's educational experience actually do exist! I know you may not see many of them strolling through your halls, but we're out there. And we demand to be respected as part of our children's educational process. I'm so damn tired of being discounted and having the fact that I exist taken for granted by schools.
I know it may be hard to believe, but some of the students at your school actually DO come from two-parent homes. Even when they don't it is down right disrespectful of you to assume that the custodial parent is the mother or that the father isn't involved. I know, I know, it's mind boggling and mind blowing for you to have to fathom that there are actually involved dads, single dads or even stay at home dads out there, but nevertheless they do exist.
It amazes me how a woman can walk into a school's main office and say, "Hi, I'm here to pick up my children." and suddenly the children are produced and handed over to her without any hesitation; never knowing if she is authorized to take those children out of school or have contact with them. But let a man walk into that same office and say, "Hi, I just received a phone call saying that my child was sick. I'm here to pick him/her up. Here's my I.D." and suddenly a tribunal that could rival the Spanish Inquisition starts to take place. "What color are your child's eyes?" "How many braids does she wear in her hair?" "Is his hair wavy or rough looking?" This all takes place despite that man's name being on every document at the school and him being in attendance at all school related functions (PTA, Parent-Teacher conferences, Bring Your Parent To Lunch Day, Just Because Day, etc, etc...).
Look, I get it. You want to make sure the children are safe. I'm all for that, but don't act like they are somehow less safe if their father comes to pick them up than they would be if their mother came to pick them up.
This may or may not be being taught in your schools, but it takes both a man AND a woman to make a child. If you don't know that, then you don't deserve to teach a dog to bark, much less deserve to be teaching the future of this country and the world.
Signed,
How The Hell Are You Going To Call Me And Tell Me My Child Is Sick And Needs To Be Picked Up And Then Be Surprised That I Show Up To Pick Her Up?
Friday, August 31, 2012
Damn Fool of the Week: Dear Mr. Eastwood
As we all may or may not know, The Democratic National Convention kicks off next week in Charlotte, NC with several guest speakers slated to appear. It will be interesting to see how they respond to the things that were said at the Republican National Convention this week. I'm particularly interested to see how they respond to the damn fool known as Clint Eastwood.
If you don't know what happened, here's the gist of it. Eastwood came out as a surprise speaker at The Republican National Convention with an empty chair and proceeded to pretend to speak to an invisible President Obama in a very disrespectful and degrading tone. He even went so far as to pretend that the invisible President used the F-word twice during their exchange.
As bad as that was, what really set me off about his whole appearance was when he said "We own this country", while pointing at the people in the room and it was received with thunderous applause.
The question I have for you Mr. Eastwood, is Who is the "we" you were referring to when you said "WE own this country"? Is it the descendants of Native Americans whose ancestors were here first and doing just fine living off the land until the Europeans showed up and pilfered its resources?
Or is the "we" you were referring to the descendants of slaves who were forced to come to this country and work, yet politicians so conveniently keep lumping them into their "we are a nation of immigrants" rhetoric?
Who exactly is the "We" Clint?
Is the "we" the 23 million unemployed Americans who can't find work because President Bush allowed so many of our jobs to be outsourced to other countries? And not only did he not try to stop it, but he gave the companies tax breaks that did so.
Or is it the 50 million uninsured Americans who still don't know if they will have healthcare coverage because The Republican controlled House has voted on 31 different occasions to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act but not one single time on President Obama's jobs bill?
Maybe it's the 46 million Americans living below the poverty line. Or the 40 million Americans who decided that rather than continue to toil in a broken educational system that is more concerned with standardized test scores than they are with children actually learning something, they'd try it on their own and are now relegated to minimum wage jobs that don't even come close to making ends meet. Children aren't standardized so why should their tests be?
Is the "we" you're referring to, the children and families of the men and women who died serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan? Undoubtedly WE have ALL made sacrifices of blood, sweat and tears for this great country of ours. So before you go throwing the word "we" around as if it pertains to some elite exclusive club, make sure it's understood who the "we" you're referring to is. Better yet, instead of using an empty chair to mock and disrespect the office of The President of the United States, why don't you put it to its intended use and sit your ass down?
You have always been a talented actor, but now you're a bit long in the tooth and maybe senility has reared its ugly head or perhaps all of the roles you've played all came out at one time during your speech in some kind of twisted Sybil sequel, who knows.
But, there's no wonder "The Outlaw Josie Wales". You'd Wail too if every time you drove your "Gran Torino" through Arizona, some big "Dirty, Harry(hairy)" cop stopped you and asked you for your papers. And while Mitt Romney may have a "Fistful of Dollars", "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" of it all is that most Americans are struggling just to earn "A Few Dollars More". Until you realize that, you and that empty chair can take a leap off of "Coogan's Bluff" and take "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" AKA Romney and Ryan with you. Please know that the Democrats and Oprah are going to turn you "Every Which Way But Loose", so you'd better apologize "Any Which Way You Can". When you decided to do that speech you put yourself "In The Line Of Fire" and for your antics you will be "Unforgiven". Your shenanigans certainly made a "Sudden Impact" but definitely not in the way that Mr. Romney might have hoped. So, perhaps you should drive your "Pink Cadillac" back across "The Bridges of Madison County". Because if you have any thoughts or inclinations that the Republican Party is going to have your back on this, unless you have a "Million Dollar Baby", you can "Hang 'Em High"!
So go ahead Clint, make all of our day and stop being a damn fool.
If you don't know what happened, here's the gist of it. Eastwood came out as a surprise speaker at The Republican National Convention with an empty chair and proceeded to pretend to speak to an invisible President Obama in a very disrespectful and degrading tone. He even went so far as to pretend that the invisible President used the F-word twice during their exchange.
As bad as that was, what really set me off about his whole appearance was when he said "We own this country", while pointing at the people in the room and it was received with thunderous applause.
The question I have for you Mr. Eastwood, is Who is the "we" you were referring to when you said "WE own this country"? Is it the descendants of Native Americans whose ancestors were here first and doing just fine living off the land until the Europeans showed up and pilfered its resources?
Or is the "we" you were referring to the descendants of slaves who were forced to come to this country and work, yet politicians so conveniently keep lumping them into their "we are a nation of immigrants" rhetoric?
Who exactly is the "We" Clint?
Is the "we" the 23 million unemployed Americans who can't find work because President Bush allowed so many of our jobs to be outsourced to other countries? And not only did he not try to stop it, but he gave the companies tax breaks that did so.
Or is it the 50 million uninsured Americans who still don't know if they will have healthcare coverage because The Republican controlled House has voted on 31 different occasions to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act but not one single time on President Obama's jobs bill?
Maybe it's the 46 million Americans living below the poverty line. Or the 40 million Americans who decided that rather than continue to toil in a broken educational system that is more concerned with standardized test scores than they are with children actually learning something, they'd try it on their own and are now relegated to minimum wage jobs that don't even come close to making ends meet. Children aren't standardized so why should their tests be?
Is the "we" you're referring to, the children and families of the men and women who died serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan? Undoubtedly WE have ALL made sacrifices of blood, sweat and tears for this great country of ours. So before you go throwing the word "we" around as if it pertains to some elite exclusive club, make sure it's understood who the "we" you're referring to is. Better yet, instead of using an empty chair to mock and disrespect the office of The President of the United States, why don't you put it to its intended use and sit your ass down?
You have always been a talented actor, but now you're a bit long in the tooth and maybe senility has reared its ugly head or perhaps all of the roles you've played all came out at one time during your speech in some kind of twisted Sybil sequel, who knows.
But, there's no wonder "The Outlaw Josie Wales". You'd Wail too if every time you drove your "Gran Torino" through Arizona, some big "Dirty, Harry(hairy)" cop stopped you and asked you for your papers. And while Mitt Romney may have a "Fistful of Dollars", "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" of it all is that most Americans are struggling just to earn "A Few Dollars More". Until you realize that, you and that empty chair can take a leap off of "Coogan's Bluff" and take "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" AKA Romney and Ryan with you. Please know that the Democrats and Oprah are going to turn you "Every Which Way But Loose", so you'd better apologize "Any Which Way You Can". When you decided to do that speech you put yourself "In The Line Of Fire" and for your antics you will be "Unforgiven". Your shenanigans certainly made a "Sudden Impact" but definitely not in the way that Mr. Romney might have hoped. So, perhaps you should drive your "Pink Cadillac" back across "The Bridges of Madison County". Because if you have any thoughts or inclinations that the Republican Party is going to have your back on this, unless you have a "Million Dollar Baby", you can "Hang 'Em High"!
So go ahead Clint, make all of our day and stop being a damn fool.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
F*** Your Football Team!
I wrote and read this on The Green Chimp Show today:
Dear Penn State Apologists and Sympathizers,
At some point you have to stop being a fan. You have to stop being blinded by the school’s colors or deafened by the team’s fight song. You have start looking at situations for what they truly are.
Some people have the audacity to decry the sanctions that the NCAA imposed on Penn State as unfair, extreme or biased. Some even dare to call the decision made by collegiate athletics’ governing body, knee jerk and media driven; when in fact, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
First off, the university hired its own investigator to get to the bottom of a scandal that rocked Penn State and agreed to accept any sanctions that were meted out by the NCAA. Secondly, because of certain rules and regulations set forth by certain government bodies, the media’s hands were tied when it came to properly describing the heinous acts carried out by convicted child rapist and former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. The media was forced to use words like oral sex, fondle, masturbate, molest, and sexual intercourse. So perhaps, many of you didn’t quite understand the severity or how heinous these acts were.
Well, I’m not governed by those same entities on this show and I feel like it’s my duty to describe in layman’s terms for those who possibly have the vocabulary of a brick, what Sandusky did, AND what the school’s president, vice president, athletics director and beloved and legendary head football coach turned their backs to for nearly 15 years.
Jerry Sandusky fucked little boys in the ass! He jerked and sucked their dicks. He lathered himself up with soap and rubbed his dick all over little boys’ bodies. He put his finger up little boys’ assholes. He groped little boys’ testicles. He forced his dick into little boys’ mouths. All the while, President, Graham Spanier, Senior Vice President, Gary Schultz, Athletics Director, Tim Curley, and Head Football Coach Joe Paterno, worked to cover it up in the name of protecting their beloved Nittany Lions football program.
You see, they were blinded by the school’s colors, they had allowed themselves to be deafened by the team’s fight song and they let this monster ruin life after life after life, year after year after year.
If you can’t see what’s wrong with that, and you still want to sympathize with Penn State, then I can’t help but to believe that you’re either apt to do the same things to little boys as Sandusky did, or you’re willing to cover them up like so many others did. Either way, you don’t deserve any sympathy when you’re caught up in something like this and neither do they.
What if this were your kid?
Signed,
Fuck your football team, I got kids motherfucker!
Dear Penn State Apologists and Sympathizers,
At some point you have to stop being a fan. You have to stop being blinded by the school’s colors or deafened by the team’s fight song. You have start looking at situations for what they truly are.
Some people have the audacity to decry the sanctions that the NCAA imposed on Penn State as unfair, extreme or biased. Some even dare to call the decision made by collegiate athletics’ governing body, knee jerk and media driven; when in fact, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
First off, the university hired its own investigator to get to the bottom of a scandal that rocked Penn State and agreed to accept any sanctions that were meted out by the NCAA. Secondly, because of certain rules and regulations set forth by certain government bodies, the media’s hands were tied when it came to properly describing the heinous acts carried out by convicted child rapist and former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. The media was forced to use words like oral sex, fondle, masturbate, molest, and sexual intercourse. So perhaps, many of you didn’t quite understand the severity or how heinous these acts were.
Well, I’m not governed by those same entities on this show and I feel like it’s my duty to describe in layman’s terms for those who possibly have the vocabulary of a brick, what Sandusky did, AND what the school’s president, vice president, athletics director and beloved and legendary head football coach turned their backs to for nearly 15 years.
Jerry Sandusky fucked little boys in the ass! He jerked and sucked their dicks. He lathered himself up with soap and rubbed his dick all over little boys’ bodies. He put his finger up little boys’ assholes. He groped little boys’ testicles. He forced his dick into little boys’ mouths. All the while, President, Graham Spanier, Senior Vice President, Gary Schultz, Athletics Director, Tim Curley, and Head Football Coach Joe Paterno, worked to cover it up in the name of protecting their beloved Nittany Lions football program.
You see, they were blinded by the school’s colors, they had allowed themselves to be deafened by the team’s fight song and they let this monster ruin life after life after life, year after year after year.
If you can’t see what’s wrong with that, and you still want to sympathize with Penn State, then I can’t help but to believe that you’re either apt to do the same things to little boys as Sandusky did, or you’re willing to cover them up like so many others did. Either way, you don’t deserve any sympathy when you’re caught up in something like this and neither do they.
What if this were your kid?
Signed,
Fuck your football team, I got kids motherfucker!
Monday, July 23, 2012
Why Penn State Deserves The NCAA Sanctions
Every year before, during, and after the college athletics season there are allegations swirling about how some student-athlete at some major school received improper benefits. Inevitably people start to speculate as to what the penalty would or should be if it's determined that the allegations are true. Depending on their allegiance to the school in question or its rival, people either call for harsh, tough sanctions or leniency. It is all subjective in the end because we all know that the NCAA isn't the fairest governing body in sports and and can be supremely hypocritical at times.
Typically, the kind of infractions that the NCAA metes out punishment for involve a student-athlete receiving money or something in-kind as an incentive to attend a certain school or as a show of appreciation from boosters. Many times this can include selling of memorabilia to a die-hard fan with deep pockets and influence in the surrounding community. Other times, these infractions occur when the student-athletes get what is commonly known as "the hook-up". Things ranging from free tattoos to the use of a car from a local car dealer without a car note to pay. They can be things as simple as being flown to a game and given tickets by a former teammate who is playing at the next level.
Some instances that most people are familiar with are the "death penalty" that SMU received in the 80s, where their entire football program was shut down for a year by the NCAA and for another year by the school itself for participating in what was basically a "pay for play" scandal. Many local businessmen and government officials contributed to what amounted to a payroll for SMU football players and when the NCAA got wind of it they doled out the harshest penalty possible...the death penalty. In addition, to the program being shut down for a year, SMU lost several scholarships and post season privileges. Another pretty infamous scandal involved former NBA and University of Michigan standout, Chris Webber along with 3 other players receiving money while playing at The University of Michigan. The scandal cost Webber his All-American 1993 honors, Robert Traylor his MVP awards in the 1997 NIT and 1998 Big Ten Tournament, as well as Louis Bullock's standing as the school's third all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in free throws and Big Ten all-time 3 point field goal leader. When Reggie Bush was found to have received improper benefits in the way of his parents being given a house during his time at USC, the NCAA imposed sanctions that included stripping 30 scholarships from the school, vacating wins, and a a 2-year bowl ban among other things. Bush even felt pressure to return the Heisman trophy that he earned on the field to the Heisman Trust. He eventually caved to the pressure and returned the award. Most recently, the Ohio State University football program came under fire from the NCAA for players receiving what amounts to "the hook-up". Coach Jim Tressel was given what amount to the death penalty for coaches, a 5 year "show cause" sanction where any school who wants to hire him has to show good reason why he should be allowed to be there coach and would face severe penalties if Tressel were to violate NCAA rules again because he turned his back to the players' activities.
You can add all of those scenarios up they still wouldn't compare to the egregious violations that took place at Penn State. Why? Because the only people who were involved in those scandals were student-athletes (who should be payed anyway) and boosters who have more money than they know what to do with. No one was hurt by their actions. However, when it comes to Penn State there were several people who were hurt physically and emotionally; namely the little boys, now young men who were sexually assaulted by former Penn State defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky.
What Sandusky did to those boys was not only perverse and disgusting, it was also prolonged. Sandusky molested and assaulted boys over a 15 year span, and officials at Penn State, including famed football coach Joe Paterno, knew about it. Not only did they know about it, they took measures to cover it up in order to protect their beloved football program. They showed little to no regard for the young boys lives who were being violated and ruined by Sandusky.
Recently, Penn State removed Joe Paterno's statue from outside Beaver Stadium. In addition, the NCAA levied severe penalties against the school and its football program which included a $60 million fine, bowl bans, loss of scholarships, 5 years of probation and vacation of all wins from 1998-2011. AND THEY DESERVED EVERY BIT OF IT, if not more.
For those who believe that things should have stopped once Jerry Sandusky was convicted, I say there would not have been a scandal were it not for the football program. Had Jerry Sandusky just been a professor or somehow employed by Penn State otherwise, I'm sure those that knew about his actions would have reported them immediately to the authorities. But, sense he was connected to their football program they chose to cover it up and turn a blind eye. I wish the NCAA had stripped them of the program for a year or two to make them get their priorities straight.
God bless the young men who endured this horrific act and all those like them. Life is bigger than football and the NCAA showed that they understand that with their sanctions against Penn State today. They don't always get it right, but today they did.
Well, that's The Green Chimp's take...what's yours?
submitted by D. Wright
Typically, the kind of infractions that the NCAA metes out punishment for involve a student-athlete receiving money or something in-kind as an incentive to attend a certain school or as a show of appreciation from boosters. Many times this can include selling of memorabilia to a die-hard fan with deep pockets and influence in the surrounding community. Other times, these infractions occur when the student-athletes get what is commonly known as "the hook-up". Things ranging from free tattoos to the use of a car from a local car dealer without a car note to pay. They can be things as simple as being flown to a game and given tickets by a former teammate who is playing at the next level.
Some instances that most people are familiar with are the "death penalty" that SMU received in the 80s, where their entire football program was shut down for a year by the NCAA and for another year by the school itself for participating in what was basically a "pay for play" scandal. Many local businessmen and government officials contributed to what amounted to a payroll for SMU football players and when the NCAA got wind of it they doled out the harshest penalty possible...the death penalty. In addition, to the program being shut down for a year, SMU lost several scholarships and post season privileges. Another pretty infamous scandal involved former NBA and University of Michigan standout, Chris Webber along with 3 other players receiving money while playing at The University of Michigan. The scandal cost Webber his All-American 1993 honors, Robert Traylor his MVP awards in the 1997 NIT and 1998 Big Ten Tournament, as well as Louis Bullock's standing as the school's third all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in free throws and Big Ten all-time 3 point field goal leader. When Reggie Bush was found to have received improper benefits in the way of his parents being given a house during his time at USC, the NCAA imposed sanctions that included stripping 30 scholarships from the school, vacating wins, and a a 2-year bowl ban among other things. Bush even felt pressure to return the Heisman trophy that he earned on the field to the Heisman Trust. He eventually caved to the pressure and returned the award. Most recently, the Ohio State University football program came under fire from the NCAA for players receiving what amounts to "the hook-up". Coach Jim Tressel was given what amount to the death penalty for coaches, a 5 year "show cause" sanction where any school who wants to hire him has to show good reason why he should be allowed to be there coach and would face severe penalties if Tressel were to violate NCAA rules again because he turned his back to the players' activities.
You can add all of those scenarios up they still wouldn't compare to the egregious violations that took place at Penn State. Why? Because the only people who were involved in those scandals were student-athletes (who should be payed anyway) and boosters who have more money than they know what to do with. No one was hurt by their actions. However, when it comes to Penn State there were several people who were hurt physically and emotionally; namely the little boys, now young men who were sexually assaulted by former Penn State defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky.
What Sandusky did to those boys was not only perverse and disgusting, it was also prolonged. Sandusky molested and assaulted boys over a 15 year span, and officials at Penn State, including famed football coach Joe Paterno, knew about it. Not only did they know about it, they took measures to cover it up in order to protect their beloved football program. They showed little to no regard for the young boys lives who were being violated and ruined by Sandusky.
Recently, Penn State removed Joe Paterno's statue from outside Beaver Stadium. In addition, the NCAA levied severe penalties against the school and its football program which included a $60 million fine, bowl bans, loss of scholarships, 5 years of probation and vacation of all wins from 1998-2011. AND THEY DESERVED EVERY BIT OF IT, if not more.
For those who believe that things should have stopped once Jerry Sandusky was convicted, I say there would not have been a scandal were it not for the football program. Had Jerry Sandusky just been a professor or somehow employed by Penn State otherwise, I'm sure those that knew about his actions would have reported them immediately to the authorities. But, sense he was connected to their football program they chose to cover it up and turn a blind eye. I wish the NCAA had stripped them of the program for a year or two to make them get their priorities straight.
God bless the young men who endured this horrific act and all those like them. Life is bigger than football and the NCAA showed that they understand that with their sanctions against Penn State today. They don't always get it right, but today they did.
Well, that's The Green Chimp's take...what's yours?
submitted by D. Wright
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Why Reading Is Fundamental, Especially For Fundamentalists
So I happened to be perusing the Internet and came across the "Brainstorm" blog in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The blog written by Naomi Schaefer Riley was entitled "The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations." Please pay close attention to the "Just Read The Dissertations" as it will be very relevant later. In her post Riley says that the dissertations being offered by graduate students who were featured in the site's piece entitled, "A New Generation of Black-Studies Ph.D.'s", were "a collection of left-wing victimization claptrap" and that the best thing about them was that they won't be read by many people. She goes on to attack some of the students individually about their dissertations. In fact, she calls La Tasha B. Levy's efforts to examine black Republicanism a work of "sheer political partisanship and liberal hackery". Riley also completely dismisses Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor's work entitled, “Race for Profit: Black Housing and the Urban Crisis of the 1970s.” as a belief in a government conspiracy to promote single family homes in black neighborhoods after the unrest of the 60s. She specifically calls into question Taylor's assertion that, “The subprime lending crisis, if it did nothing else, highlighted the profitability of racism in the housing market.” Riley rebuffs this by sarcastically suggesting that the white people who lost their homes as a result of sub-prime lending were "collateral damage".
During her vitriolic and uninformed blither she even makes mention of the "black president" as if to suggest that that should be enough evidence that there is no need for black studies and black people have arrived by writing, "black studies today seems to rest on the premise that nothing much has changed in this country in the past half century when it comes to race. Shhhh. Don’t tell them about the black president!" Click the link above, I can't make this kind of stuff up. She closes her balderdash with this sentiment, "...there are legitimate debates about the problems that plague the black community...But it’s clear that they’re not happening in black-studies departments." Then she dares to write, "legitimate scholars find solutions to the problems of blacks in America. Solutions that don’t begin and end with blame the white man.".
As a ray of hope for our society she was bombarded with criticism for her nonsensical tirade from people who commented on her blog. However she wasn't rattled by the comments. In fact, she found it necessary to write a response to the response that she had gotten. In her response she admits to not having read the dissertations and that she doesn't hold an advanced degrees herself. How utterly arrogant is it for her to make such brash statements about the works of Ph.D. candidates, when she didn't read the works nor holds any advanced degrees herself?
Perhaps, the riposte from the students who's program of study and diligent works she so critically, blindly and unapologetically bashed will give her a clearer understanding as to how ignorant she really is. If you hold you breath waiting on that to happen, I hereby absolve myself of any liabilities. The response to her nonsense is a far better read than the malarkey she let drip from her fingertips. So, click the link and enjoy reading them smash egg into her face.
During her vitriolic and uninformed blither she even makes mention of the "black president" as if to suggest that that should be enough evidence that there is no need for black studies and black people have arrived by writing, "black studies today seems to rest on the premise that nothing much has changed in this country in the past half century when it comes to race. Shhhh. Don’t tell them about the black president!" Click the link above, I can't make this kind of stuff up. She closes her balderdash with this sentiment, "...there are legitimate debates about the problems that plague the black community...But it’s clear that they’re not happening in black-studies departments." Then she dares to write, "legitimate scholars find solutions to the problems of blacks in America. Solutions that don’t begin and end with blame the white man.".
As a ray of hope for our society she was bombarded with criticism for her nonsensical tirade from people who commented on her blog. However she wasn't rattled by the comments. In fact, she found it necessary to write a response to the response that she had gotten. In her response she admits to not having read the dissertations and that she doesn't hold an advanced degrees herself. How utterly arrogant is it for her to make such brash statements about the works of Ph.D. candidates, when she didn't read the works nor holds any advanced degrees herself?
Perhaps, the riposte from the students who's program of study and diligent works she so critically, blindly and unapologetically bashed will give her a clearer understanding as to how ignorant she really is. If you hold you breath waiting on that to happen, I hereby absolve myself of any liabilities. The response to her nonsense is a far better read than the malarkey she let drip from her fingertips. So, click the link and enjoy reading them smash egg into her face.
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