You cannot put an entire group on blast when she cites a few incidences. How many Democrats use private school? Overall white students make up 11% of the high school age student body. Maybe thats not really true! Youre suggesting that these terms have universal definitions that are widely accepted by scholars. Im saying that the scholars defining this field arent actually scholars, and ipso facto, neither you nor anyone else can say that weve defined any of these terms in a way that has been accepted universally. shaming yourself? I must be obtuse, because I do not understand the double standard at play here. "Skynning" Europe alive. Yes, while Asians are only 2 out of 5 students in the district, Lowell is almost 3/5 Asian American. I find it harmful to pit races against each other and to continue to tell race groups they are victims or if they worked hard and became successful to call them White adjacent and the problem, or they are the problem bc they are White no matter socio-economic status. If you are Black or Latino, you are guaranteed to NEVER pass your 6 month probation as you are looked at as not qualified in the first place, uneducated, a liar and a thief. if D students get in. The attitude some blacks have holds others down. Im told the idea of killing me was broached at an SFSOS meeting. When minority communities dont support one another, white supremacy THRIVES. Meritocracy has roots at least as far back as Confucius before they were even deeply exposed to European culture. The bulk of the the model minority (aka house negro) stereotype revolves around the fallacious idea of the American work ethic. Maybe the guy in Georgia liked Trump, and there are whites who attack Asians, but most here are black, so acknowledge that. By Gawd, man, its an attack upon Prince Harrys tongue!!! Its antiracism to note if blacks studies as much as even low income Asians, racial inequality would end quickly. As America is dedicated to anti-racism, that is a serious threat and lives are ruined over accusations of racism. alison tried to openly shame her perceived asian enemies/competitors, but it backfired. With the band having so much tragedy surrounding it, it's not a far stretch to assume that the band's members each had their own tragic lives. Unless it applies to her. I expected at least a few paragraphs at the level of scholarship my 9th grader is using in his English assignments. You dont. This is not the type of person that should be on the school board. According to thePeoria Journal Star, Kathy had been pregnant, and it was hemorrhage following an unfortunate miscarriage that ended her life. She should resign. Things were looking up for Collins. We have to understand the contextcalling someone a house n for doing well in school and getting in to lowell and then to UC and then getting a great job is a gross distortion of what malcolm x was talking about(because he was speaking specifically about blacks).using the model minority concept and equating it to house ns makes sense only if you feel all minorities must side with certain political and racial ideologies.her entire folly is to assume that asian people must submit and further woke agendas, and if they dont they are siding with white supremacy.Malcolm spoke in the context of independence not in the forced integration and forced equity that the woke mob intends to imposethe collective freakout the bay had because of trump is not an excuse, forced solidarity is not true solidarity.blaming those that mastered the system as siding with the supposed master, and subsequently complicit in the oppression of others is a truely distorted sense of reality.inequity does not racism make just because your woke guru said so. Because, deep down, Dodgers fans are good people. Replace words in the brackets with any other minority and stereotype and Im not sure that there will be so apologists trying to legitimize the idea. Her main mistake was in not realizing that her audience was ignorant and racist. Nobody is coming out of this looking good. But if she does, I will not call for her to resign. Thank you Randy Cameron for standing in solidarity with those who were harmed by Commissioner Collins words. I know theres a lot of passion here but we defeat the whole purpose of this dialogue by going off on each other, because that will create deeper division and this will continue to happen. I imagine Catch-22 is in few of the libraries of the anti-Collins group. And your continued success requires others to think highly of you. And, how long since you seen anyone bunt for a single on a drag down 1st base line? 9. Both are true. After all, thats something Malcolm X wanted or more so, the complete separation of blacks from whites and basically the rest of Americans. Collins says her First Amendment Rights were violated after she received a vote of no confidence for posting derogatory remarks against Asian Americans. But then that wont make it elite, and it will no longer be a desirable school. By the way they are also taxpayers. I worked with Plaintiffs Employment lawyers who would comment on how surprisingly educated their clients were. what do you have? Even in this discourse i dont think people are aware of how harmful it is that latin and african american are refered to as black and brown people a skin tone yet every other group is given cultural heritage identity of italian american or irish etc. Well played. I did not call her an idiot for believing in the American Dream, youve just completely made that claim up with zero textual evidence. My father was not racist against Black Americans. I read Allison Collins By Ryan Broussard rybroussard@theadvocate.com Aug 18, 2014 - 3:54 pm Prosecutors will not file charges against Baton Rouge singer Allison I will give you an example: Lets take a sport like volleyball and pretend that Americans wished to transform the sport to be more inclusive and diverse by eliminating merit based admissions (no need to count the scores, it will make the kids who are not good at it feel bad). this can result in this site earning a commission. Together. As soon as she had saved enough money, she surprised Allen by taking him down to Sears and ordered his first Silvertone guitar and amplifier. ', and 'That Smell'. Skynyrd started gaining national success from early 1973. She was rightfully let go. This article hits it on the head bc Collins has no defense for her broad stroke generalizations of the entire Asian community that are contrary to one of the first fundamental understandings of crit: no person has a single, easily stated, unitary identity. I think all students regardless of color are capable of learningso why is it then? We need to be more civil there is a lot of intelligence in these responses and we can all make our fiercest points without getting personal and mean-spirited. Dividing groups based on race wont solve issues. Thats fair. i have an M.D. So the toasted sandwich kids who have worked hard, who have their OWN set of obstacles not unlike some of the Pasta loving kids, should be punished because they like toasted sandwiches? Im 1/4 Asian American, but Im Afghan. Asian-Americans believe in their inherent superiority and goodness. I for a fact know that systematic racism and bias plays a hand at the lack of support and resources provided to Black students compared to other races. Very interesting and informative to read this article and all the comments. After WWII, Jews were deemed to be fully white. No. As social worker i came in contact with asian and latin x and many poor brown and black.1 thing my experiance has taught me is that when we say things like work hard and achieve american dream it really hits differenty from immigrants community cultural knowledge and american descendent of chattle slavery. She has actively pursued policies that specifically hurt Asian American children more than any other group. If whites are caught being racist, by all means prosecute them, but to claim all whites are racist without proof and to destroy Lowell is indefensible. Heres how racist white people use the model minority to deny racism.. Model Minority Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks And then, its defended unapologetically by Collins and the rest of the Board, and said historical context, nuance were not going to used in the judgements. 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. It is the path for academically-oriented low and middle income kids to get into a top college. Of course not. This word describes the position with which Asian-Americans reside in the American racial hierarchy and the direction where loyalties are placed. Stop making everything racist. If America prevents blacks from succeeding due to racism, you wouldnt see incredible success from African immigrants who believe they control their destiny. Our problems will never be solved by the white man.. For her, to pander and hope That alone should disqualify her from a public service position. You want to silence a strong outspoken Black woman because she speaks truth to power. I want more black and Latino kids at Lowell. Its interesting how you want to talk about anti-blackness but fail to mention how the overwhelming majority of attacks on Asians come from blacks, which has been this way for decades. Moving kids around, renaming schools, stripping away academic entry.none of that solves the root cause of the academic failures of certain groups of studentswhich is family values around academic commitment and achievement, high academic standards, no entitlement mentality as if someone owes you anything, and not looking for entitlement and lowering standards to compete. I see now that I should not have had hurt feelings because I am too uneducated to have understood the true meaning of Collins tweets. Thats not racism to note. After several years of practicing, performing and personnel changes, Skynyrd, like any decent group of fledgling rock stars, started gigging the notorious one-nighters. However, what people accusing Asians of anti blackness fail to realize is that there is context on the other side of the equation too, whether thats seeing mobs during the Rodney King riots target Asian stores for the crimes of a white judicial system or the day-to-day casual aggression from our neighbors. Afghan Americans in the Bay Area form the largest Diasporic community in the United States. Jan. 25, 1990 12 AM PT. Did Collins ever make one peep about that schools racist admissions policy? "Alison Collins wants $87 million for damage to her career. These SFUSD employees say she destroyed theirs". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-09. ^ Tucker, Jill (November 7, 2018). Theory #3 is effort. That shouldnt stop anyone from calling it out where it does exist, but the essential point here is that she implicated an entire community in this harmful characterization based solely on their race. And if I then doubled down again and again that I was Very Accomplished and that I Worked Very Hard and Humbly to be a leader in my field and that my Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies entitled me to be taken very seriously about medicine, I would just sound like a clownish, arrogant, unbelievably lazy idiot. Bye, bye Allison. We need advocates for our kids and not someone whos devoted to scapegoating others. White and Asian kids at most SF public schools are 8x as likely to be on a track to be a UC Grad. Collins's injuries from the crash included broken vertebrae and a wound to his arm, according to Rolling Stone. WebLarkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the If there's one band that inspired the overused, mildly annoying tradition of yelling "Free Bird" at the encore of random concerts, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd. 2021, is the year we speak up. 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 At a press conference denouncing the threats, there was no Jenny Lam, no Norman Yee, no Phil Ting, no David Chiu, no Sandra Fewer, no Jane Kim. Do you need to re-take the Diversity and Respect class? Kathy had a fatal haemorrhage during miscarriage of the couples third child in 1980. Does anyone know about any news stories highlighting hate speech or bullying of Asian students? Her tweets, no matter what she actually meant, would seem to fit perfectly in the criteria of those 44. She isnt sorry at all. She has implemented VERY UNFAIR policies against Asians due to her racismand turns around and calls racism on others. The only explanation that seems to make sense is that we, as Americans, have internalized and normalized anti-Asian racism. Maybe guardians that had to work a lot and couldnt help with school work or didnt have the skills to help? If this work ethic is acknowledged to be true, then someone who is lacking in finances is not working hard enough. you are not grandiose as you claim. Collins became proficient with the guitar quickly and soon formed his first band The Mods.'. These tweets continued, however. Here's a little bit about the tragic life of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and founding member Allen Collins. and felt they were treated well (broad, over generalized statement, I know). against Asian-American families. She seemed to be soliciting negative stories about Asian Americans in order to push her agenda. She was using the term House N***** as a euphemism for Model Minority. Eliminating 8th grade algebra was cruel. It doesnt matter where she got the quote from, it is outrageous for her to call Asian Americans house ni****s. To see so many people on here both for & against Collins for the wrong reason makes me realize how bad this ideology has poisoned your school system. We are ourselves and we know exactly what to feel and think when we see a racist. But Collins protestations that her comments were being taken out of context befuddled the Asian Americans who subsequently reached out to her (as did her apology not for what she said, but for how it was received). Allen's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie followed quickly by Allison. never found any evidence to support that except for the Is Allison Collins from The Allison Collins Band Allen Collins daughter? I share many of the sentiments expressed here on all sides, but it got pretty ugly at times. 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