...and no, this is not about Congressman Wu who just stepped down due to a sex scandal. If I were to write about those, I'd already have my 365 Days of Andy Rooney filled up. I'll bet every time another politician falls, there are so many more in the wings, shivering and wondering when their turn will come! And they know it will!
No, this is about racism! And, for once, we're not talking about Obama. We're talking about a black girl in Little Rock, Arkansas, of all places, who got the best grades of her class and was named valedictorian of her class. Press releases went out and everything and then... The powers that be decided to have a "co-valedictorian" who of course got good grades, etc, but not on the same par as the black girl. The other student is white!
The article did mention that the school was predominately white (54%, not much of a majority, if you ask me) but still, she won the honor fair and square, from what I read. If the school decided that the two were so close in honors, they should have announced a co-valedictorian before they even announced anything about the graduation ceremonies. To let the press release out, and then change their minds, smacks of some disgruntled parent, whose child may or may not be important to the school (i.e. football star?) to question the Board of Directors, or whoever oversees this sort of award. Of course this is purely speculation on my part.
Saddened yet again about our seeming regression into covert racism, on Day 155!
No, this is about racism! And, for once, we're not talking about Obama. We're talking about a black girl in Little Rock, Arkansas, of all places, who got the best grades of her class and was named valedictorian of her class. Press releases went out and everything and then... The powers that be decided to have a "co-valedictorian" who of course got good grades, etc, but not on the same par as the black girl. The other student is white!
The article did mention that the school was predominately white (54%, not much of a majority, if you ask me) but still, she won the honor fair and square, from what I read. If the school decided that the two were so close in honors, they should have announced a co-valedictorian before they even announced anything about the graduation ceremonies. To let the press release out, and then change their minds, smacks of some disgruntled parent, whose child may or may not be important to the school (i.e. football star?) to question the Board of Directors, or whoever oversees this sort of award. Of course this is purely speculation on my part.
Saddened yet again about our seeming regression into covert racism, on Day 155!
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