Poll: Teen sues school over "wigger day"
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If everyone else jumped off a cliff...gmaverick019 said:
seriously. I don't have to finish do I? See my above post please.
i actually agree, isnt the point of a wigger to be a white guy acting like a stereotypical black person? So how did they cover that wrong? is our hatred for fox so deep we actually rip on them for not makeing a mistake?Lionsfan said:
I like that apparently nobody picked up on this being a bad idea until after it happened.
I mean, how many people would have to be involved, or at least have heard of it and could have pointed out the incoming shitstorm?
I mean, how many people would have to be involved, or at least have heard of it and could have pointed out the incoming shitstorm?
It's stupid and offensive
But doesn't rank nearly as high as being an opportunist who tries to leverage it into a payday.
What does more harm to students, "Wigger Day" or funneling money out of an already poorly funded public school system during a recession?
And anyways, aren't wiggers being the one's targeted and stereotyped, and thus, they be the ones that should be offended?
It's like saying Ali G is racially offensive.
But doesn't rank nearly as high as being an opportunist who tries to leverage it into a payday.
What does more harm to students, "Wigger Day" or funneling money out of an already poorly funded public school system during a recession?
And anyways, aren't wiggers being the one's targeted and stereotyped, and thus, they be the ones that should be offended?
It's like saying Ali G is racially offensive.
no way. Best yet:Mathak said:
Straight male Saturday! Everyone dress up with backwards sports hats and gang up in groups of three or more harassing women on the street, drinking too much beer and talking about power tools! NO EMOTIONS ALLOWED!
Edit: Also you get to complain a lot about how minorities are always bitching about their 'rights' when everyone knows there isn't a problem.
The Fox News hate in this thread is hilarious. You see this story and THAT's the first thing you complain about?
Though what's even more amusing is that anyone has to think twice about a school's decision to either put on or knowingly allow such an outlandishly racist event. I'd say the same thing if they had redneck day, where everyone made fun of those with necks of color, so to speak. It's a decision that's going to lead to nothing but problems. Not to mention the word itself is a barely altered racial epithet.
Anyone involved with this at the school should be fired, since they've just cost the district $75,000.
Though what's even more amusing is that anyone has to think twice about a school's decision to either put on or knowingly allow such an outlandishly racist event. I'd say the same thing if they had redneck day, where everyone made fun of those with necks of color, so to speak. It's a decision that's going to lead to nothing but problems. Not to mention the word itself is a barely altered racial epithet.
Anyone involved with this at the school should be fired, since they've just cost the district $75,000.
We could just go with "Minority Mondays" and let people dress up as their favorite stereotype.loodmoney said:
On topic, bad idea? Yes.
Legally though, unless this teenager can somehow prove that Wigger Wednesdays cost her $75,000 in therapy to overcome, then this entire case *should* collapse fairly quickly. You haven't been able to just make shit up and sue over it since the late 90's, maybe very early 2000's.
actually i did see your post and i figured you would quote me..but actually,intheweeds said:
yes i have jumped off a cliff, with everyone else, it was quite fun, did it last summer and the summer before that.
and yes, prejudice is all with intentions, if you keep seeing as prejudice and you keep inducing that it is, well than frankly your the one who is making it that way, and way to snip out the bit where i was surprised the school would do something like that, therefore i DISAPPROVED OF THE ACT, herp derp
the part you quoted was after the fact and was based on social/public events, have you never been to a toga party? or a wifebeater night? i'm assuming every greek in history is supposed to be angry and every male partner perpetrated in history supposed to get mad about the term "wife beater"?
also, as the last part of my post, if everyone had come to school that day dressed as a "wigger", but didn't officially announce it, what would have happened?
not a damn thing.
that's the point i was going for, it was one student trying to cash in for a "race" issue as plenty try to all the time, if it had been "dress like a snotty white person" day, and a white person tried to sue, no way in hell that would have gotten through to anything anywhere.
$75,000 dollars!? What the hell!?
She lost no money due to it, & should've filed a complaint with the school, who wouldn't've done it if they knew her reaction. The most that should've happened is the school being banned from doing it. Monetary compensation is completely unjustified. She should be prosecuted for even trying that.
She lost no money due to it, & should've filed a complaint with the school, who wouldn't've done it if they knew her reaction. The most that should've happened is the school being banned from doing it. Monetary compensation is completely unjustified. She should be prosecuted for even trying that.
An idiotic "celebration", and obviously demeaning/condescending/offensive to anyone with half a brain cell (I'm "white", if you want to label me too).
Not that hard to prove it as you may think. I'm actually surprised they went for such low sum. It's not only therapy costs but also the very vague "psychological damage" that can be go in pretty high sums depending on your lawyer and the courts attitude.Zaik said:
The school's idea is not only idiotic but it's against the idea of equality between different races. It doesn't teach young people about how black, or otherwise different' people are similar to them to overcome the stereotypes - it enhances the differences. It's basically encouraging teenagers to pull out the most stereotypical image of a minority and flaunt it in their faces.
Just think how would You feel if you went to a school in, say different part of States, and every kid in your school would for a whole day mock the stereotypes associated with your place of birth, like accent, dress style or things like that. Thick skin is one thing, but You can't expect it from everyone, and if i ever went to a school like that i'd oppose to such themed-events even as a Caucasian-white person.
now not starting an argument, but plenty of people i know, including myself, make fun of our state/city/area/accent all the time, hell i purposely put on the hick accent and i'll steal my grandpas overall's sometimes just to walk around like a fun hick.Keava said:
Is there a way I can make that my desktop wallpaper, that is like the best eyefuck ever.Sneaky-Pie said:
Why would someone ever think this would be a good idea?
OT: What were they smoking when they came up with that?
I'm white and I'd sue them.pubbing said:
For being incredibly lame. Lame in the sense of your Dad who thinks he'd cool because he "talks black" as he'd put it.
I'd subvert the whole think and arrive in a business suit and red tie, when they ask how I am "dressing black" I'll say I'm dressed as The President.