<p>@BSBound that’s definitely not the prejudice she combats on the daily… I would know, being two of the things she is, which are black and a girl. Even as (or at least I like to think) a likable person, there’s no escaping the rude comments and jokes that I do everyday, because of my who I am.
And Tbh no one should be made fun of for their race/religion/gender/orientation, but at least she spoke her mind. There are too many out there afraid to say anything, and an exponentially bigger group ignorant enough to see a problem at all (which is racism in this case). </p>
<p>Okay I’m done talking about this haha. I already did on another thread lol.</p>
<p>For those of you who think this wasn’t a big deal, please read the uplifting and full of promise article/ announcement <a href=“http://www.lawrenceville.org/news/item/index.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=7900&ModuleID=76&NEWSPID=1”>http://www.lawrenceville.org/news/item/index.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=7900&ModuleID=76&NEWSPID=1</a> and then try to reconcile it with what this young lady did. </p>
<p>Mockery never works if you want to win the hearts and minds of others. </p>
<p>At the very least she should be forced to resign, and it will only be a slap on the wrist. If she was a white kid mocking blk kids, she would have been EXPELLED so fast her head would spin Kids at S1’s school have been expelled for far, far less. For someone in a visible position of leadership, that display was especially egregious.</p>
<p>Girls at S1’s school dressed similarly for Halloween, calling themselves ‘lax bros’, but they didn’t make it a racial thing and call themselves ‘WHITE lax bros’ and caricature the boys as being racist Confederacy supporters.</p>
<p>May I add my two cents.</p>
<p>She would not have been expelled if she were a white male mocking black students and that’s just the way it is. Plus, when you use the term ‘lax bros’, you’re basically implying that they’re white. Also, she was using racism to satirize the racism used by her white male counterparts. She just may have taken it a bit too far. Plus, she’s the president of the student body of a high school, let’s not forget that. What she posts on social media should in no way link to her role as student body president unless she is addressing something in all seriousness to the student body of Lawrenceville. I’m sure that she hears and receives racially charged comments everyday, on social media and in person, but no one in administration really cares. She was attempting to make a point and its a shame that it went this far.</p>
<p>All I can say is that it must have been a slow day at the offices of Buzzfeed or whoever “broke” this news and made it go viral. The Lawrenceville paper reported this on 3/28. The woman graduated last month. It’s just not internationally newsworthy IMHO.</p>
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<p>Umm, I’m not sure how it is in your school or your area, but in mine, white students being racist to black students is a lot more badly taken than the other way around, and posting things in social media like that would have led to immediate expulsion.</p>
<p>Yeah, I saw this on The Lawrence a couple months ago.</p>
<p>Key word would have. Has this ever happened at your school? Because I have gone to multiple schools where racism prevalent and no action has been taken upon the white students sending racially charged messages in any form.</p>
<p>Twice. And once, the student was suspended, the other, he was expelled.</p>
<p>And if there’s no action being taken after, then there’s something seriously wrong with the disciplinary procedures at your school.</p>
<p>Really? So you think that those two kids were the only people conducting in racist behavior?</p>
<p>I’m white, I thought it was pretty funny. I don’t think that it is appropriate conduct of somebody in such a high position nor do I think she should be mocking the people who very well may have voted for.</p>
<p>Of course not. However, they are the ones publicizing their bigoted views, and were appropriately punished for doing so.</p>
<p>Are you saying that it’s right to let these publicized acts of racism go unpunished?</p>
<p>@mrnephew there’s flaws in the disciplinary procedures at schools all across the country because faculty are in fact biased towards white students. Students of color (especially black students) are suspended and expelled at alarming rates compared to their fellow classmates because of their race, and black people on average are arrested and serve more time for the same crimes as their white counterparts. I would never make this up, and any source could prove my point true.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m trying to say is that overall, there are certain groups who are looked at more favorably, and that needs to change in our schools, public and private. Again, I would never condone Miss Peterson’s actions, but I do think that she was treated unfairly, and that the reverse situation would have caused an uprising only for the sake of the school’s (or any school’s) reputation. </p>
<p>And also, if any of you haven’t noticed, MLK didn’t end racism; it is still alive and living on well in our generations and for most likely many generations to come. The world isn’t the bucket of rainbow and sunshine we all think it is.</p>
<p>(Lastly, sorry for starting this on the L’ville thread, though I felt I needed to say my bit. Hopefully before long it’ll return to it’s normal topics that will help students with their transition into school there.)</p>
<p>No, I completely agree that some groups are singled out. I go to a school composed mostly of whites and asians, with about 10-15% black students, so maybe I’m not the most qualified to elaborate here, but I have seen cases of racism that was made public, and my school was very expedient in handing out disciplinary measures. </p>
<p>She wasn’t treated unfairly at all, in my opinion. She was removed from office, but can you imagine what would have happened if Obama went and posted something like that on social media?</p>
<p>@mrnephew Did you see that Chris Rock skit? Obama is a pretty preppy guy, if he rolled out in salmon pants and a polo I’m not sure anybody would catch on.</p>
<p>Ugh you guys hijacked our thread! </p>
<p>Anyway, to chip in here, while I don’t endorse what she did at all, and I think her ‘punishment’ was fair, I think this story’s a little blown up.</p>
<p>@grace - I think you missed my point.</p>
<p>@boardingjunkie There’s not much going on right now, so I wouldn’t worry about talking about it here - Maya was an L’ville student, so I think that anything really pertaining to L’ville is valid here.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d like to note that white kids at my school make racist comments and the teachers often pretend not to hear. They also make comments about sexual orientation and gender that are quite gross. And I know this isn’t just my district; it’s a nationwide problem. Some people just turn a blind eye to things like that, or just laugh it off as a “joke.” </p>
<p>Fact of the matter is that we are a racist society. That’s the fact of it. I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s true. Teachers especially would rather turn a blind eye to something bad a white student is doing compared to something a black kid is doing.</p>
<p>In terms of Miss Peterson, I think that what she did was unsavory, but the administration overreacted. I’ve read several times on different articles that students have on occasion seen Confederate flags on campus, yet the administration did nothing about that (note: there were only a couple flags, but even one is inexcusable.)</p>
<p>Oh wow sorry guys lol it took me a moment to fabricate my comment. I didn’t see anything after boardingjunkie’s post.</p>