{"id":577,"date":"2009-09-24T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2009-09-24T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:29:21","slug":"old-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"Old Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wish I’d found this old post back when the Gates drama <\/a>was happening.<\/p>\n

I want to try to remember it because sometimes when people say, “would this [bad thing] have happened to a white person,” I think, “well, yeah, probably.” Sometimes; not all the time.<\/p>\n

This is from Why Oh Why<\/a>, which isn’t really much worth visiting anymore, but used to be quite a looker in her day….<\/p>\n

—BEGIN OLD POST!!!!!—<\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much to say about this story, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all so obvious that I almost don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to say it. Almost.<\/p>\n

Basically, this little girl tells the California Education Secretary that her name (Isis) means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Egyptian Goddess.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I imagine that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong, but what the hell.<\/p>\n

So HE says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It means stupid dirty girl.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Which is actually kind of hilarious. In fact, I could see saying something like that to my niece, but maybe not THOSE words exactly. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my niece, not some random little girl. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not the secretary of education.<\/p>\n

She repeated her claim, and he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nifty.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ALSO kind of hilarious, but still, you wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect it from someone in his position. No one says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nifty\u00e2\u20ac\u009d without irony these days.<\/p>\n

Now there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this big furor about how he should be fired, because he must not be the right guy for this particular job. Maybe he should. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know.<\/p>\n

Here are the wonderful things. I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wonderful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d without irony:<\/p>\n

1. The mom says this: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Obviously it hurt her feelings, but she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take it personally. She knew he was wrong and she let it go. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to sue them for therapy bills.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [She also said, “I got the impression that she didn’t think he was very bright.”]<\/p>\n

I love this woman. He may not be the man for the job, but the damage that he did to the girl is pretty minimal.<\/p>\n

2. Democratic state Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally scheduled a protest by civil rights organizations, saying: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a little African-American girl. Would he have done that to a white girl?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Except that she IS white. HA HA HA HA HA HA! Like, a little blond girl who the KKK would embrace with open arms if her name weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Isis.<\/p>\n

Now that Dymally\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office has figured out the race, they cancelled the protest and said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Race is not a factor in this issue. It is time for us to move on.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

But if the girl were black, then the ASSUMPTION was that race was a factor. The first thing to do if he says something wrong to a black girl is to call him a racist and demonstrate.<\/p>\n

I still do enjoy the news some days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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