"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread.

[jamil]

SJW Principal withholds Middle School election results because winners "weren't diverse enough."

Just to comment on the general subject. If all the diversity-speak were truly about equality then we should expect that advocates against discrimination would advocate that race shouldn't matter, instead of insisting that it should matter. They'd go for randomness of outcome rather than specific racial representation. Because race must matter it will always matter. For example, we can tell that freckles don't matter because no one really cares whether someone is freckled or not. But if race no longer mattered in the same way freckles don't matter, a lot of people would lose an entire industry.

 

[451_Detonics]

Just to comment on the general subject. If all the diversity-speak were truly about equality then we should expect that advocates against discrimination would advocate that race shouldn't matter, instead of insisting that it should matter. They'd go for randomness of outcome rather than specific racial representation. Because race must matter it will always matter. For example, we can tell that freckles don't matter because no one really cares whether someone is freckled or not. But if race no longer mattered in the same way freckles don't matter, a lot of people would lose an entire industry.

Racism is kept alive thanks to behavior such as this school is demonstrating.

 

[MCgrease08]

SJW Principal withholds Middle School election results because winners "weren't diverse enough."

I know it's a lot to ask in the era of terrible reporting we live in... but it would have been nice if this article included some basic info of the candidates running for school office.

The article states that the student population is 80% students of color 20% white. What we don't know it's whether 80% of the candidates were students of color.

So if you have ten candidates, but seven are white, of course the results will be disproportionate to the general population.

It's kind of an important detail.

 

[pudly]

Why is it important? If the election was held fairly, then the students have decided who they wanted. They haven't mentioned anything about the election process being corrupt. Basically, the students are learning that they really don't control who their representatives are. Not a great lesson.

 

[451_Detonics]

Why is it important? If the election was held fairly, then the students have decided who they wanted. They haven't mentioned anything about the election process being corrupt. Basically, the students are learning that they really don't control who their representatives are. Not a great lesson.

makes you wonder what percentage of the students voted and the race of the ones that did vote. If you don't vote then you get the results you didn't care about

 

[pudly]

makes you wonder what percentage of the students voted and the race of the ones that did vote. If you don't vote then you get the results you didn't care about

Doesn't make me wonder at all. I only care if the votes were fairly cast and counted. That is what makes them "free and fair". There is nothing that says that the students need to vote in candidates by race proportionality.

 

[spec4]

Being as its San Francisco, no surprise. Stuff like this makes me glad I have a strong stomach.

 

[jamil]

I know it's a lot to ask in the era of terrible reporting we live in... but it would have been nice if this article included some basic info of the candidates running for school office.

The article states that the student population is 80% students of color 20% white. What we don't know it's whether 80% of the candidates were students of color.

So if you have ten candidates, but seven are white, of course the results will be disproportionate to the general population.

It's kind of an important detail.

If elections were truly raceless, the statistics would tend to ignore race. Cultural proclivities notwithstanding, in an election where race doesn't matter, the race of elected candidates should follow the proportional racial makeup of the candidates more than the voters. When the racial makeup of representatives is proportional to the voters, that's a sign that people are voting more because of race. Of course there are cultural reasons too, as race often influences culture, especially among minority races. But the point is, race obviously matters and will matter until people allow it not to matter.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Why is it important? If the election was held fairly, then the students have decided who they wanted. They haven't mentioned anything about the election process being corrupt. Basically, the students are learning that they really don't control who their representatives are. Not a great lesson.

It should be a really good lesson. Just not the way the administrators intended.

 

[cmr13]

I bet those would fit in a 12ga shell............

Close enough?

[video=youtube;j6N3v2UvtxQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6N3v2UvtxQ[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Autistic restaurant worker goes unpaid for about a year | WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

 

[eldirector]

Autistic restaurant worker goes unpaid for about a year | WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

Will he get his stapler back?

 

[jamil]

Will he get his stapler back?

I think it's in Storage Room B.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Because I don't want to break one of my own rules in my other thread, I'll just post this here as an "Are you kidding me? That's amazing." link

Premature baby weighing 1.1lbs put in Tesco plastic sandwich bag to keep warm - Telegraph

Three months pre-mature.

 

[jamil]

Because I don't want to break one of my own rules in my other thread, I'll just post this here as an "Are you kidding me? That's amazing." link

Premature baby weighing 1.1lbs put in Tesco plastic sandwich bag to keep warm - Telegraph

Three months pre-mature.

All I'll say. The science is settled?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Cop Pulls Driver Over for Drinking Coffee

The officer allegedly told the St. Paul resident: "Do you know what you were doing wrong? Do you know why you were pulled over?" Krieger says after asking the officer what she did wrong several times, the officer finally told her: "Drinking coffee. It's against the law to drink coffee while you are driving." Sergeant Mike Ernster of the St. Paul police department tells the news station that he couldn't comment on the case specifically but that the "cop has the law on her side"

 

[pudly]

How CNN covers a thwarted Palestinian attack on a busload of Israeli school children:

 

[TopDog]

How CNN covers a thwarted Palestinian attack on a busload of Israeli school children:

So liberal biased media as usual.

 

[MCgrease08]

Teen faces assault charges for throwing baby carrot at middle school teacher | Fox 59

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Clown show

Really? Bruce Jenner named Woman of the Year, Still Has a Penis