Posted on 04/26/2005 5:02:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
You are probably correct that the kid never stood a chance
but Her name had very little to do with it.
Looks like someone should have been calling her name a lot
well before things ever got to this stage. Followed up by
a good butt whipping I might add.
In an ideal world, this parent would have been paddled first.
She was contacted. She couldn't make it any earlier. She was busy! /sarc
You are right.... (taking deep breath)
It's stereotypical.
Some of the politest children I've met have been black.
I've also been "run over" several times by out of control black youth, in groups out in public places.
I watched Hannity & Colmes last night who did a segment on this story. They had as a guest a black liberal who insinuated that the police handcuffed this little girl because they were racist. He suggested that it might not have been conscious racism but unconscious racism against blacks that made them do it. I almost puked.
So if the cops were racist, maybe the cause for this little girls assaulting all white teachers was rascism also??
What I want to know is where did this little girl learn her hatered for whites? Maybe there needs to be an investigation into this? Maybe the teachers that were assaulted all need to sue this little girl's mother for teaching her daughter to hate whites?
(See how easy it is to play the race card? This is play #1 in the liberal playbook)
Then call Cochran.
Cochran is dead - brain tumor.
Read Thomas Sowell's article which relates to this topic of 'culture', mainstream and otherwise.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006608
Maybe Ja'eisha is the 10th "eisha" in the family. What is the bahavior ofe Aa'eisha, Ba'eisha, Ca'eisha, Da'eisha, Ea'eisha, Fa'Eisha, Ga'eisha, and Ha'eisha?
My Goodness, I just realized that I am guilty of writing Ja'eisha off when it is not my right to. I think we should all pray for Ja'eisha and her mom and her situation instead of dogging her out. I feel rall awful after reading what people keep saying she is going to be and do in the future. We don't have a right. And as for bad kids, we can all watch on "Nanny 911" little white kids, with pretty white names acting just as badly as Ja'eisha. ...... I'm out!
If I worked for that school district, I'd hire a private detective to film the mother. She's probably all kinds of an abusive/neglectful parent. Then the school district can threaten to call DHS unless she drops her lawsuit.
Oh boy.
You said: I so, completely disagree. If someone decides to label her because of her name that is their problem.
I am certain you are proud of your daughter, and with good cause. And I agree with you that this child's major problem is her mother's lack of care, concern and involvement in her child's life. But I have to disagree concerning her name, and the names of many others like her. It is a shame and a loss if good, honest, able and qualified people like your daughter are passed over because they have an "ethnic" name, but it is not only the problem of those who pass them over, but of those who are passed over. We all carry baggage, proudly or not, of our backgrounds. Those who are wealthy can tell where they are from, or what clubs their parents belong to, what prep school they attended, etc., and get a certain amount of mileage out of it. On the other hand, if my name is Joe Bob Smith, or worse, Bubba Henderson, or the like, those who might hire me will have to do so by overcoming the obstacle that my name presents, even before they meet me. If a candidate named Anfernee or Ant'won presents himself for a position in opposition to "Michael" or "Stephen" then Anfernee had better be much more qualified than Stephen if he wants the job. And if Anfernee doesn't get the job, it is not only his employer's problem, it is his, because he is still looking for work.
You seem to be something of the exception. You are articulate, involved and even post on a conservative website. Have you not seen what the mainstream press has done to the likes of Condoleeza Rice, and other black conservatives? I have no doubt that your daughter will succeed, but her name will not be an advantage for her, it will be something to overcome.
No kidding!!
How many copycats will we see?
In my 3 room elementary school back in the early 60's we had a teacher (now deceased) who was strict disciplinarian. She didn't tolerate any foolishness. One day there were two boys fighting out on the playground. She grabbed them by their collars and cracked their heads together. They never fought again. It had an effect on everyone who saw her do it. I don't remember seeing any more fights on school property after that.
It was rather inconsiderate of Je'kisshaieie or whatever's mother to move Out Of State like that - what's to happen of the 20 or 30 people the State of Florida has hired to take care of then?
In many if not most cases, I believe children can be appropriately disciplined with only modest corporal punishment. The key is to start disciplining them when they are very young and to be consistent. For an appropriately disciplined child, a firm disapproving voice from a parent is usually all that is necessary to correct misbehavior. I cannot remember my wife or me spanking any of our four kids more than once or twice in their lives, and then when they were no older than three. They don't even remember being spanked. But they are well behaved as teens and adults today, have an acute sense of right and wrong, and we have never received bad reports about their behavior from any source.
Unless this little girl has some undiagnosed organic problem with the behavior control center of her brain, her outburst is likely a direct consequence of her parents' manifest neglect of her need for firm but loving discipline at a time when she was most teachable. This, IMO, is likely a particularly sad case of child abuse through gross parental neglect.
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