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Avatard
08-28-2010, 01:15 AM
Segregation is still alive and well in parts of America. At Nettleton Middle School in Nettleton, MS, students are forbidden from running for certain student government positions if their skin is the wrong color.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/27/want-to-be-class-president-in-mississippi-you-need-to-be-white/?iid=moreonnf
Particle Man
08-28-2010, 08:37 AM
Wow, time warp...
Rangerscott
08-28-2010, 08:44 AM
And the banjo starts playing.

Good thing there's no inbreeding segregation. Then no one there could run for office.
EpyonXero
08-28-2010, 09:32 AM
WTF is with the South? I cant stand this place.
askmrjesus
08-28-2010, 09:50 AM
"Each year, three of the the four executive positions are set aside for white students; one of the four is set aside for a black student. The highest rank a black student can hold? Vice-President, in 8th grade."

From what I can gather from other sources, this policy was originally meant to satisfy a 30 year-old Justice dept order on desegregation.

The idea was to rotate who could run for office on an annual basis: White this year, black next year, etc.

Apparently, no one on the school board thought to update the rules lately.

Glad to see they're up on shit in Mississippi. Somebody send these idiots a calendar.

JC
Apoc
08-28-2010, 09:56 AM
WOW!

I knew racism was alive and well all over, but I didnt think shit like this was still happening in North American schools.
KSGregman
08-28-2010, 10:11 AM
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

~ Thomas Jefferson


Apparently, it's not any more true today than it was the day it was written.
Dave
08-28-2010, 03:11 PM
Class president won't even get you a blowjob behind the football stands. Racist yes, relevant no
Particle Man
08-28-2010, 03:49 PM
Class president won't even get you a blowjob behind the football stands. Racist yes, relevant no

:lol:
101lifts2
08-28-2010, 11:58 PM
Can't we all just get along.
wildchild
08-30-2010, 12:33 PM
Class president won't even get you a blowjob behind the football stands. Racist yes, relevant no

no but they do usually end up going on to get great jobs and then getting blow jobs from the really hot chicks of their days daughters. LOL
Dave
08-30-2010, 12:34 PM
no but they do usually end up going on to get great jobs and then getting blow jobs from the really hot chicks of their days daughters. LOL

Your mileage has varied
z06boy
08-30-2010, 12:45 PM
WTF is with the South? I cant stand this place.

http://carolina-storage.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/uhaul-truck.jpg

:lol: I do agree though that what this school is doing in Mississippi is BS.
Homeslice
08-30-2010, 12:48 PM
WTF is with the South? I cant stand this place.

You live in FL, that ain't the South :lol:
the chi
08-30-2010, 01:56 PM
Im just surprised no one thought to change it before now...surely folks were upset before just this year?
Dave
08-30-2010, 02:31 PM
Im just surprised no one thought to change it before now...surely folks were upset before just this year?

Its a bullshit popularity contest, they probably didn't care
Rangerscott
08-30-2010, 10:09 PM
Bawhahahahhaahaa

Ya. Texas is hillbilly state.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NsC98xVN0
goof2
08-31-2010, 07:49 PM
Im just surprised no one thought to change it before now...surely folks were upset before just this year?

The 25% dropout rate in that district makes me wonder.
Rangerscott
08-31-2010, 07:50 PM
Drop outs are wash outs.
Avatard
08-31-2010, 08:50 PM
Yeah, Einstein was such a douche.

:rolleyes:

You guys, though... :dthumb:
goof2
08-31-2010, 10:28 PM
Yeah, Einstein was such a douche.

:rolleyes:

You guys, though... :dthumb:

I'm sure you somehow see a connection between one individual temporarily dropping out of school in Germany over 100 years ago and the level of parental involvement in a pretty rural, pretty poor school district with a high dropout rate. I'm failing to make that connection though.:idk:
Avatard
08-31-2010, 10:33 PM
Just pointing out that blanket statements don't always hold true...although I will give you that rural Americans (dropouts or not), aren't necessarily the brightest fucking bulbs on the tree...call that a blanket statement, if you will, but I'm pretty confident in that one...

:lol:
goof2
08-31-2010, 10:43 PM
Just pointing out that blanket statements don't always hold true...although I will give you that rural Americans (dropouts or not), aren't necessarily the brightest fucking bulbs on the tree...call that a blanket statement, if you will, but I'm pretty confident in that one...

:lol:

I agree, but then I also think urban and suburban people have intelligence issues as well. To me the largest impact is due to the economic situation more than anything.
shmike
08-31-2010, 11:27 PM
You live in FL, that ain't the South :lol:

You've obviously never been to the Panhandle. :skep:
Papa_Complex
09-01-2010, 07:24 AM
You've obviously never been to the Panhandle. :skep:

That's practically 'Bama.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

~ Thomas Jefferson


Apparently, it's not any more true today than it was the day it was written.

Written at a time when Blacks weren't "people."
wildchild
09-01-2010, 09:06 AM
Just pointing out that blanket statements don't always hold true...although I will give you that rural Americans (dropouts or not), aren't necessarily the brightest fucking bulbs on the tree...call that a blanket statement, if you will, but I'm pretty confident in that one...

:lol:

intelligence being a relative thing that statement could go both ways. A lot of urban folks are completely useless when out of their comfy element as well.
KSGregman
09-01-2010, 10:51 AM
Written at a time when Blacks weren't "people."

Apparently they were "people" enough for the man who wrote those words to carry on a common law marriage with a black woman after promising his wife on her deathbed that he would never re-marry.

People enough for his common law wife to bear him numerous children.
pauldun170
09-01-2010, 11:00 AM
intelligence being a relative thing that statement could go both ways. A lot of urban folks are completely useless when out of their comfy element as well.

Just about everyone is useless out of their element.
Being able to adapt is what counts. Doesn't matter if you are a city nmouse or country mouse.
Mudpuppy
09-01-2010, 11:54 AM
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shmike
09-01-2010, 11:54 AM
Just about everyone is useless out of their element.
Being able to adapt is what counts. Doesn't matter if you are a city nmouse or country mouse.

Mice are used in laboratory experiments.

I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut.

Ahead of the curve.
Papa_Complex
09-01-2010, 11:57 AM
Apparently they were "people" enough for the man who wrote those words to carry on a common law marriage with a black woman after promising his wife on her deathbed that he would never re-marry.

People enough for his common law wife to bear him numerous children.

And yet not people enough to be anything more than "common law"?
askmrjesus
09-01-2010, 09:29 PM
Just about everyone is useless out of their element.
Being able to adapt is what counts. Doesn't matter if you are a city nmouse or country mouse.

When the shit hits the fan, the guy who can sell shit covered fans, wins everytime.

JC
Avatard
09-01-2010, 09:58 PM
Anyone wanna buy a shit covered fan?
Rangerscott
09-01-2010, 10:51 PM
I wonder what the IQ to population ratio is?
Rangerscott
09-01-2010, 10:54 PM
Why throw shit into fans when you can eat da poo poo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGt-XzEM0E&feature=channel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On3etueeGIg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoSLC4uaOA&feature=related
Avatard
09-02-2010, 12:46 AM
Jesus fucking christ man, I don't even wanna know what you were searching for in order to find that...
Smittie61984
09-03-2010, 12:54 AM
Written at a time when Blacks weren't "people."

Yes they were. Just only 3/5ths of a person

US Constitution. Article 1 section 2
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons
Papa_Complex
09-03-2010, 06:47 AM
Yes they were. Just only 3/5ths of a person

US Constitution. Article 1 section 2

Sorry, but you are incorrect. "Bound to service" doesn't refer to slaves, but rather those people bound as indentured servants for a period of time. This was a common practise in order to, among other things, satisfy debts that could not otherwise be repaid through normal means. Being "bound" was not the same as being owned.
Smittie61984
09-03-2010, 07:09 AM
Sorry, but you are incorrect. "Bound to service" doesn't refer to slaves, but rather those people bound as indentured servants for a period of time. This was a common practise in order to, among other things, satisfy debts that could not otherwise be repaid through normal means. Being "bound" was not the same as being owned.

I didn't refer to those "bound by service", I referred to "other persons".
Papa_Complex
09-03-2010, 02:49 PM
I didn't refer to those "bound by service", I referred to "other persons".

I will admit that you have me there, as The Constitution is mute on what constitutes an "other person." It could quite reasonably be assumed to include slaves, barring notation to the contrary.
Smittie61984
09-03-2010, 05:39 PM
I will admit that you have me there, as The Constitution is mute on what constitutes an "other person." It could quite reasonably be assumed to include slaves, barring notation to the contrary.

Now here is a problem that I'm not sure if the founding fathers looked into. If black people are/were constitutionaly only 3/5ths of a person and that person was only half black does that mean they are only 3/10ths of a person or do they gain 3/10ths of a person and become 9/10ths of a person?

Need some math majors here.
Papa_Complex
09-03-2010, 05:53 PM
Now here is a problem that I'm not sure if the founding fathers looked into. If black people are/were constitutionaly only 3/5ths of a person and that person was only half black does that mean they are only 3/10ths of a person or do they gain 3/10ths of a person and become 9/10ths of a person?

Need some math majors here.

Handled by the "one drop rule" and I betcha that they were only FISCALLY considered 3/5 of a "full person", for purposes of evaluating the value of property for taxation purposes.