‘I don’t like black kids,’ Fresno middle school vice principal heard saying on video

Fresno Bee ^ | 3/16/15 | ANDREA CASTILLO

[Oliviaforever]

Scandinavian Middle School vice principal Joe DiFilippo was placed on paid administrative leave Monday after being recorded on video saying, “I don’t like black kids,” Fresno Unified School District officials said.

[Oliviaforever]

What would you expect from a public school official?

[WayneS]

I don't think DiFilippo is a Scandinavian name...

[WayneS]

District officials are reviewing the 15- to 20-second YouTube video for the context in which the comment was made, among other details.

That's probably a REALLY good idea.

[SharpRightTurn]

PTSD

[Resolute Conservative]

I would think most of them do not like all kids. He put the wrong adjective in the sentence.

[gaijin]

Many of them are violent, have no father and simply distract others.

Some people don’t belong in school.

He told the truth.

[refermech]

He has a right to his opinions I suppose. Maybe best left unsaid though...

[ChildOfThe60s]

Looking at something in context. What a novel idea.

Someone should suggest that to their half wit, PC history teachers.

[kingu]

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences of speech. That said, I really have to wonder, should we start planning now to wear body cams and 24 hour mics, or at some point, does someone become a private citizen entitled to speak their mind when not at work?

[Carl Vehse]

Are you sure it wasn't a cosmetic comment that vice principal Joe DiFilippo made, "I don't like blackheads.

[envisio]

Isn’t that exactly what that no-name black singer lady said in yesterday’s news about whites with absolutely NO ramifications?

[rey]

Well that’s fine. He has less than 8% to deal with. I just hope he likes hispanic kids.

[the_daug]

guarantee it is out of context. Like a Scotsman being fired for displaying his Clan colors.

[Oliviaforever]

“Isn’t that exactly what that no-name black singer lady said in yesterday’s news about whites with absolutely NO ramifications?”

I did not hear about that one, but if she works for Fresno Public Schools, she should face the same consequence.

[NFHale]

And as they led him away to Re-Education Camp, he could be heard, saying to himself over and over...

“Inner voice, Joey!!! INNER voice Joey!!!!!!”

[Yosemitest]

Gee, I wonder WHY .... NOT !

Source:

.... In the wake of the aforementioned murder and another death in the area which was also thought at the time to be another murder, the local chapter of the NAACP is blaming ... (I can't believe I'm typing this) ... the public school system:

NAACP Blames School System for Crime

Two murders in less than 48 hours have the community searching for answers. How can we put a stop to the Meridian's violent crime?

"We should not have to have the crime at this rapid level," Meridian/Lauderdale Co. NAACP President Randle Jennings says.

Jennings says they believe the root of the problem lies within the Meridian public school system. He says many of these criminals drop out, can't find jobs and they run out of choices.

"The criminal is at fault, but what we're seeing is that these are young people that are almost in a position where they're desperate," he says. "I've been in education, my entire life. I've never seen a chaotic community and a sensible, productive school system."

A press release from the NAACP says:

"Meridian school board members consistently expelled or pushed out young people, creating early juvenile offenders!"

By that "logic" that not being able to find a job guarantees a high level of criminal activity American should have utterly imploded during the Great Depression. Note that it didn't.

The demise of Eva Carmichael is just one small item in a long list of such crimes (to be clear, none of the others involve murder) chronicled by Colin Flaherty at American Thinker earlier today.

The press's consistent refusal to give prominence to black youth crime, clearly even murder, is undeniable, pervasive — and a national disgrace.

So WHO is Marcus Steele, II, Juwan McCallum, JaQuis Houston, and Deshay Shively,
and WHY is their MURDER of Eva Carmichael not being publicized by the LAME STREAM MEDIA.?

[Drew68]

My brother is a public school teacher. Vice Principal DiFilippo's opinion is one that is quietly, privately and carefully held by many in the profession.

How much learning do you think takes place in this classroom?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs69k-b4YKg

Youtube is full of these videos.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

What was the rest of the statement?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I grew up in Fresno; and this school did not exist during my childhood, although there is a strong, ethnic Scandinavian history amongst the earliest settlers in the Valley, including my great grandfather.

If Fresno is naming schools after ethnic groups nowadays (instead of American heroes, or early educators) I’m surprised that there is not an “Armenian Middle School”. certainly the Armenians have had more of an influence on the history of Fresno than the Scandinavians.

[4yearlurker]

Maybe he said:"I don't like black birds."