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Michelle Obama Would Like Students to Monitor Family Members for Racial Insensitivity
The Blaze
By: Pete Kasperowicz
May. 19, 2014 9:57am
Excerpt:
First lady Michelle Obama is encouraging students to monitor their older relatives, friends and co-workers for any racially insensitive comments they might make, and to challenge those comments whenever they’re made.
The first lady spoke on Friday to graduating high school students in Topeka, Kansas, and in remarks released over the weekend, Obama said students need to police family and friends because federal laws can only go so far in stopping racism.
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“Maybe that starts simply in your own family, when grandpa tells that off-colored joke at Thanksgiving, or you’ve got an aunt [that] talks about ‘those people,’” she said. “Well, you can politely inform them that they’re talking about your friends.
“Or maybe it’s when you go off to college and you decide to join a sorority or fraternity, and you ask the question, how can we get more diversity in our next pledge class?” she added. “Or maybe it’s years from now, when you’re on the job and you’re the one who asks, do we really have all the voices and viewpoints we need at this table?
“But no matter what you do, the point is to never be afraid to talk about these issues, particularly the issue of race,” she said.
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While Obama praised the student body for being racially diverse, she said segregation is happening again in some parts of the country, as some people are moving away and leaving city schools. She said that is leading to segregation that is as bad as it was decades ago.
“So today, by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were back when Dr. King gave his final speech,” she said.
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Read more at:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014...insensitivity/
Also see:
Michelle Obama To High-School Grads: Monitor Your Parents For Thoughtcrime
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/19/mi...-thoughtcrime/
and
Remarks by the First Lady at Topeka School District Senior Recognition Day
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...ecognition-day
The Blaze
By: Pete Kasperowicz
May. 19, 2014 9:57am
Excerpt:
First lady Michelle Obama is encouraging students to monitor their older relatives, friends and co-workers for any racially insensitive comments they might make, and to challenge those comments whenever they’re made.
The first lady spoke on Friday to graduating high school students in Topeka, Kansas, and in remarks released over the weekend, Obama said students need to police family and friends because federal laws can only go so far in stopping racism.
...
“Maybe that starts simply in your own family, when grandpa tells that off-colored joke at Thanksgiving, or you’ve got an aunt [that] talks about ‘those people,’” she said. “Well, you can politely inform them that they’re talking about your friends.
“Or maybe it’s when you go off to college and you decide to join a sorority or fraternity, and you ask the question, how can we get more diversity in our next pledge class?” she added. “Or maybe it’s years from now, when you’re on the job and you’re the one who asks, do we really have all the voices and viewpoints we need at this table?
“But no matter what you do, the point is to never be afraid to talk about these issues, particularly the issue of race,” she said.
...
While Obama praised the student body for being racially diverse, she said segregation is happening again in some parts of the country, as some people are moving away and leaving city schools. She said that is leading to segregation that is as bad as it was decades ago.
“So today, by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were back when Dr. King gave his final speech,” she said.
...
Read more at:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014...insensitivity/
Also see:
Michelle Obama To High-School Grads: Monitor Your Parents For Thoughtcrime
http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/19/mi...-thoughtcrime/
and
Remarks by the First Lady at Topeka School District Senior Recognition Day
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...ecognition-day