I'm all for celebrating greatness, but what I'm not for is segregation or discrimination against any other race!
Today, my son's school celebrated Cesar Chavez Day by handing out cookies and Peeps, no big deal right?? Well, the Hispanic kids were also given ice cream.
If you were White, (there are no Black or Asian kids in his school) you were not allowed any ice cream.
What the hell is up with that? Granted, my son didn't really care...however, it really pisses me off.
As parents we're suppose to teach our kids to treat everyone equally, that skin color is just that, a color and means nothing...yet, a school that wants to squash discrimination is enforcing it!
What if it were Presidents Day and only white kids (being that so far there have only been white Presidents elected) got ice cream, leaving out Blacks, Hispanics and Asians. There would be a riot! People would be up in arms and it would be all over the news. Yet, today it was done to non-Hispanic kids and what will be said about it? Probably nothing.
Now, before you think I'm a racist of some sort, I'll tell you that my son may be white, but my daughters are part Hispanic. I don't have a prejudice bone in my body. I was taught equality and teach it to my kids.
Our society will never treat each other as equals if they aren't treated as equals in school!
Friday, March 30, 2007
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