See? The double standards are slowly but surely leaving.

 

 

Black Female Student Body President At NJ Prep School Forced To Resign Over Racist Photo

I lost my concentration at $53,000. :eek:

 

It is good to see that anyone can be disciplined for offending others, that's as it should be.

Honestly she could of got away with the photo , I think all her comments got her in trouble.

I think they were a little harsh on her. That photo is not 'racist'. But if her goal was to tick off people who body check at full speed on the ice and eat their teeth during a game - then I would question her judgement.

“Yes, I am making a mockery of the right-wing, confederate-flag hanging, openly misogynistic Lawrentians,” Peterson responded. “If that’s a large portion of the school’s male population, then I think the issue is not with my bringing attention to it in a lighthearted way, but rather why no one has brought attention to it before…”

 

“I understand why I hurt people’s feelings, but I didn’t become president to make sure rich white guys had more representation on campus,” she said. “Let’s be honest. They’re not the ones that feel uncomfortable here. I’m not saying what I did was right. But it wasn’t racist. I was just calling those guys exactly what they are. And Lawrenceville is the type of place where those kids are idolized.”

 

 

 

 

Think those quotes might be in part attributed to this???

 

"Some students tried to smear Peterson’s reputation, with one student sending photos of the teen smoking marijuana to school officials and others fabricating racist, anti-Sikh tweets from Peterson to get her in trouble."

 

From a separate article (link):

 

Peterson was frustrated that the school didn’t investigate her anonymous attackers, even after another scary incident in the winter, when someone sent an email to the freshman class containing photos of Peterson half naked in her room. Peterson had no idea where the sender had gotten those photos, she said, and the administration, while sympathetic, didn’t either — or didn’t tell her if they did.

 

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"But minority students at Lawrenceville — where, according to both black and white students, Confederate flags still line many boarding houses — said the school still has a long way to go."

 

 

 

Yea, I think I can understand why there might be some hard feelings.

 

I went to Clay County High School (see: NY Times) and go to a private Catholic school that's on the opposite end of the spectrum now, and the latter is WAAAAAAAAY more cutthroat than the former. Some private school kids are just a special kind of evil and there's really no other way to put it.

I absolutely could see where there would be hard feelings, I would feel the same way she does. I also agree that she should have been forced to resign her position as student body president.

I absolutely could see where there would be hard feelings, I would feel the same way she does. I also agree that she should have been forced to resign her position as student body president.

 

That's fair. I really don't think that she seems like the type of person to even care given the attention it's gotten. Kind of just adds to her rebellious appeal that she was the President and resigned as a last move. Not really like it will mean anything to her after high school anyway (at least I'd think she's probably going to move on to bigger things and not be like the guy who still talks about high school glory days 20 years later). She's done a nice job of making her point as is.

That's fair. I really don't think that she seems like the type of person to even care given the attention it's gotten. Kind of just adds to her rebellious appeal that she was the President and resigned as a last move. Not really like it will mean anything to her after high school anyway (at least I'd think she's probably going to move on to bigger things and not be like the guy who still talks about high school glory days 20 years later). She's done a nice job of making her point as is.

 

Agreed. She has put a spotlight on the problem which hopefully puts pressure on the administration, parents and students to improve the situation.

Agreed. She has put a spotlight on the problem which hopefully puts pressure on the administration, parents and students to improve the situation.

 

Its fair to say she is part of the problem though I think.

Its fair to say she is part of the problem though I think.

 

How so?

How so?

 

Even if what she stated happened to her , first we don't know which happened first her comments and actions or the other parties comments actions. Even if the other actions happened to her first , her response showed a lack of maturity and intelligence needed for the position she was in. I hope she learns a lesson that racism and hate is never justified.

Even if what she stated happened to her , first we don't know which happened first her comments and actions or the other parties comments actions. Even if the other actions happened to her first , her response showed a lack of maturity and intelligence needed for the position she was in. I hope she learns a lesson that racism and hate is never justified.

 

 

I think her whole point was to do it in a really sarcastic and mocking way as a means of getting her message across. I don't think her writing some eloquently worded letter was going to get her point across in the same way. A picture's worth a thousand words.

 

I thought she sounded intelligent in her quotes and would imagine that she wouldn't be a scholarship student at such a prestigious school if it were an issue. Smart people can do dumb things, and maybe she'll regret doing this, but maybe not either.

 

Call me crazy, but I think she knew exactly what she was doing and exactly the kind of reaction it'd get. She doesn't really strike me as the type to do something like she did on a whim.

 

I really don't think it matters who did what first, racism is racism. I agree that racism and hate aren't justified, but I'm not really sure an Instagram picture like hers is something I'd really call an expression of hatred. I'm a white guy who can be fairly red, but I thought it was funny and wasn't offended (sorry for not being sorry if I was supposed to be).

 

I think it might be awhile before I can really make a straight faced argument moaning about how bad I really have it as a white male living in a fairly homogenous segment, but I'm not the spokesperson for all white people either, so I guess that's just personally how I feel about it.

 

Every white person isn't a Republican, nor do they play sports like hockey, support the Confederacy, or go to Yale. If I were guessing, she probably does have a friend or two who is an athlete, some few that would have voted for Romney, or are going to Yale. She was electable, so I'm guessing she found some common ground with a large cross section of people. I'd guess that most of those know exactly how she meant it when she posted that as well.

 

What lesson should she learn? That you'll not be your high school class president the whole last week of school even though you're already so tired of it that you make a post knowing it'll get you axed, so they're basically giving you what you're asking for anyway? That was kind of the whole point of the #peakedinhighschool. I guess maybe kids who had or will have "peaked in high school" have a right to be offended too.

 

If people were really offended by what she did and were as slick about it as she played it, the best action they probably could have taken would have been to do nothing. Not even acknowledge it because they didn't think it was worth their time and effort. At least then, they wouldn't have been giving her exactly what she wanted.

I think her whole point was to do it in a really sarcastic and mocking way as a means of getting her message across. I don't think her writing some eloquently worded letter was going to get her point across in the same way. A picture's worth a thousand words.

 

I thought she sounded intelligent in her quotes and would imagine that she wouldn't be a scholarship student at such a prestigious school if it were an issue. Smart people can do dumb things, and maybe she'll regret doing this, but maybe not either.

 

Call me crazy, but I think she knew exactly what she was doing and exactly the kind of reaction it'd get. She doesn't really strike me as the type to do something like she did on a whim.

 

I really don't think it matters who did what first, racism is racism. I agree that racism and hate aren't justified, but I'm not really sure an Instagram picture like hers is something I'd really call an expression of hatred. I'm a white guy who can be fairly red, but I thought it was funny and wasn't offended (sorry for not being sorry if I was supposed to be).

 

I think it might be awhile before I can really make a straight faced argument moaning about how bad I really have it as a white male living in a fairly homogenous segment, but I'm not the spokesperson for all white people either, so I guess that's just personally how I feel about it.

 

Every white person isn't a Republican, nor do they play sports like hockey, support the Confederacy, or go to Yale. If I were guessing, she probably does have a friend or two who is an athlete, some few that would have voted for Romney, or are going to Yale. She was electable, so I'm guessing she found some common ground with a large cross section of people. I'd guess that most of those know exactly how she meant it when she posted that as well.

 

What lesson should she learn? That you'll not be your high school class president the whole last week of school even though you're already so tired of it that you make a post knowing it'll get you axed, so they're basically giving you what you're asking for anyway? That was kind of the whole point of the #peakedinhighschool. I guess maybe kids who had or will have "peaked in high school" have a right to be offended too.

 

If people were really offended by what she did and were as slick about it as she played it, the best action they probably could have taken would have been to do nothing. Not even acknowledge it because they didn't think it was worth their time and effort. At least then, they wouldn't have been giving her exactly what she wanted.

 

As I stated above the picture didn't bug me. It was her comments that came across unintelligent and racist . Sorry if you want to be a leader you must show better judgement . Her behavior at the very least showed a lack of common sense.

 

The lesson is if you want the have position of leadership or importance you must be able to communicate with civility, intelligence, and be able use common sense. You can't alienate people and expect people to not react. I'm sorry if you agree with her actions there is no place for her comments in places of leadership. I believe you stated you are finishing up law school , how do you think this type of behavior would be treated in the work place.

As I stated above the picture didn't bug me. It was her comments that came across unintelligent and racist . Sorry if you want to be a leader you must show better judgement . Her behavior at the very least showed a lack of common sense.

 

The lesson is if you want the have position of leadership or importance you must be able to communicate with civility, intelligence, and be able use common sense. You can't alienate people and expect people to not react. I'm sorry if you agree with her actions there is no place for her comments in places of leadership. I believe you stated you are finishing up law school , how do you think this type of behavior would be treated in the work place.

 

 

I think she knew and expected for them to react. And I'm not saying I 100% agree with her actions. I'm just saying that their reaction was giving her exactly what she wanted. They played right into her hands.

 

I don't really think a high school yearbook is the same as a professional workplace or hostile work environment. If it were, then, yes, I'd agree, that it's different, but this is high school drama and some kids mad that she beat them for a high school office making retaliatory claims. If this were an actual workplace, it sounds like there were plenty of things on both sides that would have gotten people in trouble long, long before the situation seems to have reached the point it had gotten to now.

 

I'm not saying she wasn't wrong on some levels or that she should have been able to keep her position. I think she knew what she was doing and that it'd get the kind of reaction it did, but the reaction she got was exactly what she wanted.

 

 

To make a parallel to the sports world, it's like when TO went from the Eagles to the Cowboys, then came back to Philly to play. A guy like that feeds off the boos the Eagles fans were to give him. If they really wanted to get his goat, then they'd have sat completely silent while he was introduced, because that would have probably gotten to him more than them booing and showing that he mattered to them.

I don't really find the photo as racist, but I'm not sure it was the smartest move for the student body president to be making, in my opinion. There are smart ways to pick your battles when you are in that type of position and I don't think her photo and hashtags were the appropriate way.

 

However, I'm sure someone in her defense would say they were the best way because of the attention it drew.

 

But what did she really accomplish? Hate to say it but just from reading the article, the administration probably thought she was a bit of a trouble maker for them and was glad to have a reason to have her removed from the position.