How many souls will Ferguson consume before the fires of (Reply #7)

In the discussion thread: Texas teacher fired over racially charged Ferguson tweet [View all]

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 05:46 PM

7. How many souls will Ferguson consume before the fires of

rage have burned themselves out and the shrieks and cries of pain turned to whimpers?

Harlem

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

~Langston Hughes

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104 replies	Author	Time	Post
Texas teacher fired over racially charged Ferguson tweet [View all]	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Nov 2014	OP
Have to admit to being	leftynyc	Nov 2014	#1
Me too.	Enthusiast	Nov 2014	#4
I bet folks would be more surprised if they did a google image search	snooper2	Nov 2014	#6
WOW!	New Deal Dave	Nov 2014	#48
It was a black woman,	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#8
Perfect sense.	hifiguy	Nov 2014	#13
Yep, and she deserved to lose her job n/t	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#15
I just suspect that the response would not have been	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#16
I disagree	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#18
Any particular reason you believe that?	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#45
I believe the school board	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#46
Good lord	AnalystInParadise	Nov 2014	#53
Let's see.	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#67
I agree Toad. I'm kinda surprised folks think a white teacher posting about "Thugs" would be fired.	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#76
Thugs does not necessarily refer to African Americans...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#77
It does when right wingers use it to apply to Ferguson protesters and the murdered kid.	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#78
Subjective....	Oktober	Nov 2014	#79
Go to Discussionist.com and see who uses term "thug" and what they mean by it in reference Ferguson.	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#80
Racist is racist...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#84
Generally speaking, most people like the perception of consistancy.	ZombieHorde	Nov 2014	#87
I noticed	ZombieHorde	Nov 2014	#86
In the sense...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#89
I'm sure you're one to also point out that...	Cooley Hurd	Nov 2014	#100
No... because I understand the concept of context...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#101
That's a subjective observation on your part...	Cooley Hurd	Nov 2014	#102
If you are inclined to throw common sense and your powers of observation out the window...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#103
Common sense is rarely...	Cooley Hurd	Nov 2014	#104
In a completely different state	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#81
Is it "racism" to call out the Governor, police force, right wingers threatening protesters, etc.	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#83
You're making two points here.	ZombieHorde	Nov 2014	#88
I hear you, but I don't have a problem calling white racists, "crackers"	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#94
Yes very standard behavior	AnalystInParadise	Nov 2014	#90
here is a lovely teacher from Houston.	mercuryblues	Nov 2014	#92
Not when it comes to racism.	simak	Nov 2014	#95
Wrong. A white teacher would not have been canned for that. Plus, I think what lady said is true.	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#96
Right.	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#97
It would have been the same.	840high	Nov 2014	#36
oh, absolutely not	d_b	Nov 2014	#52
It would have been faster...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#61
Really?	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#65
Apples to apples is the only real way to compare this...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#66
You would be wrong about that.	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#68
It's closer but the evidence is much clearer for the twitter feed... Written word and all...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#69
Excuses, excuses, excuses.	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#72
You think it's an excuse to conduct an investigation to see if it really happened?	Oktober	Nov 2014	#73
I think when people insist there are no differences between how whites and blacks are treated	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#74
Find the example and we can chat...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#75
Even if	mercuryblues	Nov 2014	#85
She forgot her place, just for a minute	randys1	Nov 2014	#26
I really hope you're being sarcastic n/t	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#29
I am pointing out that Black people cant do what white people do all the time and	randys1	Nov 2014	#30
You're assuming that a white teacher	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#31
Like what?	NaturalHigh	Nov 2014	#42
Forgetting ones place and going on racist screeds for the whole world to see are oceans apart...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#70
Duncanville isn't a little whites only hick town.	tammywammy	Nov 2014	#24
For an area with such a huge minority presence the school board has 6 of 7 seats filled by whites	Lee-Lee	Nov 2014	#33
If thats who the voters elected then I dont see a problem	Travis_0004	Nov 2014	#43
Travis, you're kidding us, right?	New Deal Dave	Nov 2014	#49
no	Travis_0004	Nov 2014	#60
Sounds a lot like Ferguson.	Hoyt	Nov 2014	#93
Apparently she is black, and her tweets were aimed at whites, whom she	tblue37	Nov 2014	#56
What does "racially charged" mean?	Donald Ian Rankin	Nov 2014	#59
Now does Vinita give a squat? Racist words do have consequences.	Dont call me Shirley	Nov 2014	#2
Yes they do.	840high	Nov 2014	#37
Good n/t	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#3
And they need to stop saying "allegedly"	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#5
How many souls will Ferguson consume before the fires of	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2014	#7
Wow, I will have to check out more...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2014	#34
Reading his work may get you put on an NSA watch list. (He was a	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2014	#39
I am probably on it already...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2014	#40
Old school commies are the best kind. We need a new Popular Front	New Deal Dave	Nov 2014	#50
It's difficult to judge whether this was a good thing or not. Not knowing what the	Fla Dem	Nov 2014	#9
It wasn't the case.	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#12
Yeah, but the "cracker" comment ...	New Deal Dave	Nov 2014	#51
Twitter is a public space	AnalystInParadise	Nov 2014	#54
Are you suggesting that there are some circumstances where this is acceptable...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#62
I was agreeing with the prior poster	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#64
That "quote" twists the tweet beyond recognition -	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#10
In the tweet it says "dumb duck ass..."	logosoco	Nov 2014	#20
You're right - I missed a couple of words -	Ms. Toad	Nov 2014	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	jwirr	Nov 2014	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	Ykcutnek	Nov 2014	#14
I bet she's pro union now	Boom Sound 416	Nov 2014	#17
I doubt the union could have saved her in this case n/t	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#19
I know. Just a cultural joke	Boom Sound 416	Nov 2014	#22
I wonder if the trustees would have been so outraged had....you know the rest.	WinkyDink	Nov 2014	#21
Dont wonder, NO they wouldnt have	randys1	Nov 2014	#28
I hope they would have fired any racist teacher	Travis_0004	Nov 2014	#32
I don't get it	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2014	#35
Are people rushing to her defense? - nt	KingCharlemagne	Nov 2014	#41
Reading for comprehension is key	AnalystInParadise	Nov 2014	#55
I was not defending her. I think what others have said in this thread,	logosoco	Nov 2014	#63
Did she admit to it?	AnalystInParadise	Nov 2014	#91
Her anger (not the statements) is justified given what has happened...	Cooley Hurd	Nov 2014	#23
If the worst the AA Community does while being murdered in the streets is send a tweet that	randys1	Nov 2014	#27
Anger doesn't justify racism...	Oktober	Nov 2014	#98
As I said...	Cooley Hurd	Nov 2014	#99
Let's face it, most people shouldn't use twitter...	joeybee12	Nov 2014	#25
No kidding.	NaturalHigh	Nov 2014	#38
Yup...and there's a record of that unfiltered stuff...nt	joeybee12	Nov 2014	#58
I use it for my Charity Miles	Fla_Democrat	Nov 2014	#44
It's useful if you can do what you do...	joeybee12	Nov 2014	#57
Agreed, I have a Twit account but don't use it. I also locked it down from the beginning,	MH1	Nov 2014	#71
You would make money with that invention.	NaturalHigh	Nov 2014	#82

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