race, violence and no comment

nate (schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu)
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 09:25:55 -0500

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As somewhat related to Ethel's message, below are two articles from =
Rethinking Schools Online that some may find interesting.

Nate

Milwaukee: Who Won and Why=20
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/13_04/whowon.htm
By Bob Peterson
The city's school board election was portrayed nationally as a vote on =
vouchers. But the race was really about race and power, and how bad =
decisions can doom a campaign.

The Columbine Tragedy=20
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/13_04/edit.htm
Violence in our schools springs from violence in our culture. Stopping =
violence means stopping the intolerance and bullying that permeate highs =
schools today. It means treating kids like people instead of test =
scores. And it means fighting to end the policies that unleash missiles =
on our enemies while we urge our children to settle their problems =
peacefully.=20

NO COMMENT

=A1No Habla Espanol!
Maria Cobarrubias runs a small supermarket in the Atlanta suburb of =
Norcross, catering to a growing Hispanic community in the area. The =
local marshal recently fined her for having a sign in Spanish in her =
store -- a violation of a 1995 ordinance prohibiting signs that are less =
than 75% English, as determined by local authorities.=20

The offending sign? The store's name: Supermercado Jalisco. (If any =
Norcross officials are reading this, supermercado means supermarket, and =
Jalisco is the Mexican state where Cobarrubias was born.)=20

Sgt. H. Smith, the Norcross marshall, said he has also cited several =
Korean churches and an "Oriental beauty shop," according to a report in =
the Feb. 6 Washington Post.=20

"The 'super' is English," Smith said, "but I don't know what 'mercado' =
means. If an American was out there driving by, he wouldn't know what =
that was."=20

Nate Schmolze
http://www.geocities.com/~nschmolze/
schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu

People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds,
People who possess strong feelings even people with great minds
and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls
L.S. Vygotsky=20

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As somewhat related to Ethel's = message, below=20 are two articles from Rethinking Schools Online that some may find=20 interesting.
 
Nate
 
 
Mi= lwaukee:=20 Who Won and Why=20
http:= //www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/13_04/whowon.htm
By Bob Peterson
The city's school board election was portrayed = nationally=20 as a vote on vouchers. But the race was really about race and power, and = how bad=20 decisions can doom a campaign.

 
The = Columbine Tragedy=20
http://= www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/13_04/edit.htm
Violence in our schools springs from violence in our culture. = Stopping=20 violence means stopping the intolerance and bullying that permeate highs = schools=20 today. It means treating kids like people instead of test scores. And it = means=20 fighting to end the policies that unleash missiles on our enemies while = we urge=20 our children to settle their problems peacefully.
 
NO COMMENT
 

=A1No Habla Espanol!

Maria Cobarrubias runs a small supermarket in the Atlanta suburb of = Norcross,=20 catering to a growing Hispanic community in the area. The local marshal = recently=20 fined her for having a sign in Spanish in her store -- a violation of a = 1995=20 ordinance prohibiting signs that are less than 75% English, as = determined by=20 local authorities.=20

The offending sign? The store's name: Supermercado Jalisco. (If any = Norcross=20 officials are reading this, supermercado means supermarket, and Jalisco = is the=20 Mexican state where Cobarrubias was born.)=20

Sgt. H. Smith, the Norcross marshall, said he has also cited several = Korean=20 churches and an "Oriental beauty shop," according to a report in the = Feb. 6=20 Washington Post.=20

"The 'super' is English," Smith said, "but I don't know what = 'mercado' means.=20 If an American was out there driving by, he wouldn't know what that = was."=20

 

Nate Schmolze
http://www.geocities.com/~n= schmolze/
schmolze@students.wisc.edu=
 
People with great passions, people who = accomplish=20 great deeds,
People who possess strong feelings even people with = great=20 minds
and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys = and=20 girls
L.S. Vygotsky
 
 
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