Quote:The ONLY reason the books were rejected is because they were donated by a Trump

Exactly... and this "educator" should be ashamed of herself for turning down any such donation.

(09-29-2017 01:02 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 01:00 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I'll just leave this here...

Thing 1 and Thing 2 are very racist against green creatures.

(09-29-2017 01:05 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

Quote:The ONLY reason the books were rejected is because they were donated by a Trump

Exactly... and this "educator" should be ashamed of herself for turning down any such donation.

Yeah. If you know of a more deserving school, just say thank you, and then re-gift it.

(09-29-2017 01:08 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 01:05 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

Quote:The ONLY reason the books were rejected is because they were donated by a Trump

Exactly... and this "educator" should be ashamed of herself for turning down any such donation.

Yeah. If you know of a more deserving school, just say thank you, and then re-gift it.

Can't make a political statement then.


I certainly hope that in the future the US Dept of Education remembers that this school has adequate resources and directs federal money to those less fortunate.

(09-29-2017 12:56 PM)VA49er Wrote:  The ONLY reason the books were rejected is because they were donated by a Trump. Sad to see an educator stoop to that level but I guess TDS reaches everywhere.

Exactly. Phillips weak attempt to excuse the rejection of the donation is transparent as hell to anyone with half a brain.

Again...when you have to have a lengthy explanation of why your actions are not as stupid as they appear.....stop digging.

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When is ANTIFA going to bum rush libraries and throw fits to have all this racist propaganda removed?

They were rejected in order to make a political statement.

The librarian is a loser and embarrassed herself and her district.

(09-29-2017 12:39 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

Just because she mentions that in her letter doesn't mean that she'll ban Dr. Seuss books from her school, nor does it mean that she'll go against her district's curriculum, which most likely does a Dr. Seuss day on the date of his birthday. Assume much?

Just about every school & district across the country does this now, as a part of "Read Across America," so I would assume this is where the picture came from. Nice try, and very mature name-calling, though.

Yes, she could have dressed up as a thousand characters and picked a "racist" authors character? Let's be honest--she has no problem with Dr Seuss books. The reason the books were rejected was because they came from the Trump administration. Why is that so hard to admit?

Dr. Seuss was a real anti-fascist.

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(09-29-2017 12:29 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:16 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  Fake news. At least tell the whole truth if you're going to post something.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/s...-librarian

They weren't rejected for being "racist," they were rejected because the librarian knew their school didn't need the donation, and instead suggested that Melania donate to schools with fewer resources...resources that her hubby's education secretary is more than happy to slash:

"But Liz Phipps Soeiro, an award-winning school librarian at Cambridgeport elementary school in Massachusetts, turned down the offer, saying that her school has no need for the books. In a letter posted on the Horn Book site, she suggested that Trump should send the books to schools with fewer resources.

“Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalised and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?” Phipps Soeiro asked. “Why not reflect on those ‘high standards of excellence’ beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets.”


Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them.

The actual letter, if you care to read it: http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/famil...mrs-trump/

you might want to read up on the whole letter before you start commenting...

Quote:Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.

From the link YOU provided

This is a favorite leftist tactic, disparaging the dead. You know, those who cannot defend themselves. They do this constantly.

(10-01-2017 01:29 PM)Old Blue Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:29 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:16 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  Fake news. At least tell the whole truth if you're going to post something.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/s...-librarian

They weren't rejected for being "racist," they were rejected because the librarian knew their school didn't need the donation, and instead suggested that Melania donate to schools with fewer resources...resources that her hubby's education secretary is more than happy to slash:

"But Liz Phipps Soeiro, an award-winning school librarian at Cambridgeport elementary school in Massachusetts, turned down the offer, saying that her school has no need for the books. In a letter posted on the Horn Book site, she suggested that Trump should send the books to schools with fewer resources.

“Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalised and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?” Phipps Soeiro asked. “Why not reflect on those ‘high standards of excellence’ beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets.”


Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them.

The actual letter, if you care to read it: http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/famil...mrs-trump/

you might want to read up on the whole letter before you start commenting...

Quote:Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.

From the link YOU provided

This is a favorite leftist tactic, disparaging the dead. You know, those who cannot defend themselves. They do this constantly.

People think that the guy who wrote about the star-bellied sneetches was a racist.

That story was specifically about the stupidity of prejudice and discrimination.

These people are insanely stupid, or stupidly insane.



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(09-29-2017 03:19 PM)CoastGuardHawk06 Wrote:  When is ANTIFA going to bum rush libraries and throw fits to have all this racist propaganda removed?

Probably when the KKK learns to read and decides to protest the black letters in books written by Jews.

(09-29-2017 12:16 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  Fake news. At least tell the whole truth if you're going to post something.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/s...-librarian

They weren't rejected for being "racist," they were rejected because the librarian knew their school didn't need the donation, and instead suggested that Melania donate to schools with fewer resources...resources that her hubby's education secretary is more than happy to slash:

"But Liz Phipps Soeiro, an award-winning school librarian at Cambridgeport elementary school in Massachusetts, turned down the offer, saying that her school has no need for the books. In a letter posted on the Horn Book site, she suggested that Trump should send the books to schools with fewer resources.

“Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalised and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?” Phipps Soeiro asked. “Why not reflect on those ‘high standards of excellence’ beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets.”


Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them.

The actual letter, if you care to read it: http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/famil...mrs-trump/

If she stopped at that bolded paragraph, that would've been fine. Perhaps admirable. But that wouldn't have given her those 15 seconds of Internet fame she wanted. Instead, she went full SJW with digging up racism everywhere (never mind her hypocritical photo dressing up and celebrating said alleged racist material), 'white supremacy', and other Mother Jones prattle. Still, I agree that future First Ladies should refrain from sending complimentary books to hoity-toity New England school districts in the shadow of Ivy League universities. Send them to poorer Appalachian schools.

People like her don't realize she's actually helping the Trump 2020 campaign. {and I didn't vote for Trump, and still glad I didn't}

(09-29-2017 12:14 PM)dbacard Wrote:  If Hillary had won and sent those same books, that librarian would have enshrined them.

Probably. Although I get the sense she's cut more from the Jill Stein/Bernie cloth.

I would have her quote about racist Dr. Seuss in campaign adds all over the country. People need to know what the left really thinks. To trash the memory of a beloved individual like this. Talk about stupid.

(09-29-2017 12:16 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  Fake news. At least tell the whole truth if you're going to post something.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/s...-librarian

They weren't rejected for being "racist," they were rejected because the librarian knew their school didn't need the donation, and instead suggested that Melania donate to schools with fewer resources...resources that her hubby's education secretary is more than happy to slash:

"But Liz Phipps Soeiro, an award-winning school librarian at Cambridgeport elementary school in Massachusetts, turned down the offer, saying that her school has no need for the books. In a letter posted on the Horn Book site, she suggested that Trump should send the books to schools with fewer resources.

“Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalised and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?” Phipps Soeiro asked. “Why not reflect on those ‘high standards of excellence’ beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets.”


Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them.

The actual letter, if you care to read it: http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/famil...mrs-trump/

So, this persons educational expertise tells her that it makes sense that underprivileged schools should be sent books with racist content. Just not her place.

Got it.



And we wonder why our schools rank 8 thousand 2 hundred and ninety-sevenith in the world...

(09-29-2017 12:02 PM)banker Wrote:  Did you guys happen to see the new South Park? Randy goes on a rampage to eliminate Christopher Columbus from existence, going so far as to call people individually in Columbus, OH to call them racist pieces of shite (pretty funny). Anyway, the story turns when it comes up that Randy was a huge Columbus fan, even dressing as Columbus in his wedding. This story is the same thing. It amazes me how the South Park guys consistently nail these SJW events before they happen.

South Park gets everyone. They got Trump and supporters pretty good last week.

(10-01-2017 06:58 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:02 PM)banker Wrote:  Did you guys happen to see the new South Park? Randy goes on a rampage to eliminate Christopher Columbus from existence, going so far as to call people individually in Columbus, OH to call them racist pieces of shite (pretty funny). Anyway, the story turns when it comes up that Randy was a huge Columbus fan, even dressing as Columbus in his wedding. This story is the same thing. It amazes me how the South Park guys consistently nail these SJW events before they happen.

South Park gets everyone. They got Trump and supporters pretty good last week.

At least they're back on track to getting everyone, nomad. Even Stone and Parker said they screwed up the last few seasons sticking to an anti-Trump creed-week in and week-out, and were getting back to going after everybody.

(10-01-2017 10:25 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:39 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

Just because she mentions that in her letter doesn't mean that she'll ban Dr. Seuss books from her school, nor does it mean that she'll go against her district's curriculum, which most likely does a Dr. Seuss day on the date of his birthday. Assume much?

Just about every school & district across the country does this now, as a part of "Read Across America," so I would assume this is where the picture came from. Nice try, and very mature name-calling, though.

Yes, she could have dressed up as a thousand characters and picked a "racist" authors character? Let's be honest--she has no problem with Dr Seuss books. The reason the books were rejected was because they came from the Trump administration. Why is that so hard to admit?

What's to admit? I'm not arguing that point. She flat-out said her school didn't need it, but other schools that the Department of Education & DeVos (Trump's pick) has cut funding to, would.

So yes, she rejected it because it came from an administration that is seemingly intent on making public education in this country even worse than it already is. It's a form of peaceful protest.

Again, the racial comment re: Dr. Seuss isn't the focus of her letter, it's more of an aside. Would it have come across better without it? Maybe, but more than likely not; the people who have a problem with it now would still have a problem.