Want to Be Class President in Mississippi? You Need to Be White

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/.../?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

z06boy · 08-30-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by EpyonXero

WTF is with the South? I cant stand this place.

I do agree though that what this school is doing in Mississippi is BS.

Homeslice · 08-30-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EpyonXero

WTF is with the South? I cant stand this place.

You live in FL, that ain't the South

shmike · 08-31-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

You live in FL, that ain't the South

You've obviously never been to the Panhandle.

Papa_Complex · 09-01-2010, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by shmike

You've obviously never been to the Panhandle.

That's practically 'Bama.

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Originally Posted by KSGregman

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."

KSGregman · 09-01-2010, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

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.

08-28-2010, 01:15 AM	#1
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Want to Be Class President in Mississippi? You Need to Be White 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/.../?iid=moreonnf __________________ Insert free thought here.

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EpyonXero AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Redneck Riviera, FL Moto: 2003 VFR800f6 Posts: 2,531	WTF is with the South? I cant stand this place. __________________

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askmrjesus Soul Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Everywhere, all the time. Moto: '0000 Custom Turbo Cross (with jet kit). Posts: 6,481	"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 __________________ The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me.

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Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	And the banjo starts playing. Good thing there's no inbreeding segregation. Then no one there could run for office.