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A Teacher Threatened a KID!!
Jan. 20th, 2010 03:49 amThe other day, Matthew and I were listening to OutQ on SiriusXM Radio. It's a radio show that discusses news topics of the day pertaining to the gay community. At one point, Matt mentioned the a teacher in Georgia having threatened to take a hit out on a kid in his school for being gay. I couldn't believe my ears!!
In today's society, with the hate crimes bill just passing in October 2009 that helps to keep our kids safe from physical harm, a person in authority in a school would think this sort of thing was funny or alright to do! Thank goodness, the Clayton County school board did the right thing: They fired him!
What's amazing to me even more is that the teacher is African-American! His civil rights were just given to him and his race in the 60s and 70s making them full citizens of this country. It was as recent as 40 years ago that our schools were desegregated. Yet, this guy, an African-American man, decided it was a good thing to do to threaten a kid just because he is gay. The kid did nothing to the teacher; the teacher simply asked him if he was gay.
And here I thought our society was growing beyond the pain and ridicule I grew up with in my own schools. Hatred towards others is taught; it's not inborn. Hatred is horrible.
In today's society, with the hate crimes bill just passing in October 2009 that helps to keep our kids safe from physical harm, a person in authority in a school would think this sort of thing was funny or alright to do! Thank goodness, the Clayton County school board did the right thing: They fired him!
What's amazing to me even more is that the teacher is African-American! His civil rights were just given to him and his race in the 60s and 70s making them full citizens of this country. It was as recent as 40 years ago that our schools were desegregated. Yet, this guy, an African-American man, decided it was a good thing to do to threaten a kid just because he is gay. The kid did nothing to the teacher; the teacher simply asked him if he was gay.
And here I thought our society was growing beyond the pain and ridicule I grew up with in my own schools. Hatred towards others is taught; it's not inborn. Hatred is horrible.
