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(6,907 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2012, 10:15 AM Apr 2012

Brainerd High principal offers wake-up call to Tea Party [View all]

Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press

Brainerd High Principal Charles Joynes offered a stern wake-up call to a group of self-described "white guys" Thursday night when he spoke to the Chattanooga Tea Party.

"What if you had been born to a single mother in the Harriet Tubman projects?" he asked. "If it were not for the grace of God, that could be you."

After his speech in the Century Club Banquet Hall on Harrison Pike, the whole room gave the inner-city principal a standing ovation, and some men put wads of cash in Joynes' hands afterward. They told him to use it for the students at Brainerd, for the ones who didn't have a cap and gown to graduate, for the ones who can't afford the field trips or the sports equipment.

"I'm just a white guy," said Tony Rubik, a Bakewell resident. "I don't know a lot about the black community. But I'm going to find out now what I can do."

Read more: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/apr/20/principal-offers-wake-up-call-to-tea-party/

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Brainerd High principal offers wake-up call to Tea Party [View all] d_r Apr 2012 OP

This guy sounds like one hell of a motivational speaker! . . .n/t annabanana Apr 2012 #1

Interesting liberalmike27 Apr 2012 #4

+1,000 freshwest Apr 2012 #10

wads of cash????? marshall gaines Apr 2012 #2

I don't get this post. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #23

I hate the teabaggers marshall gaines Apr 2012 #27

So if a bunch of good old boys were motivated Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #28

yep marshall gaines Apr 2012 #32

I hate them, too, but hey - anything that extracts money from them means calimary Apr 2012 #29

Interesting. drm604 Apr 2012 #3

I think someone on OUR team made the Kool-Aide that night. nt DCKit Apr 2012 #5

Charles Joynes should be our Secretary of Education. SunSeeker Apr 2012 #6

+1 Alcibiades Apr 2012 #8

First Duluth... now Brainerd? Northern Minnesota is really showing us how to handle race relations! qb Apr 2012 #7

This happened in Tennessee RZM Apr 2012 #11

Just hang a left at the 40 ft tall statue of Paul Bunyan NickB79 Apr 2012 #16

Aww. At least there's still Duluth. qb Apr 2012 #33

Brainerd is part of the Greater Chattanooga, TN metro area. n/t CottonBear Apr 2012 #22

I've only gone through Chattanooga on my way to D.C. IDK what significance his location has. freshwest Apr 2012 #35

'But for the grace of God' has always been my view. Even when people want to heap on someone else freshwest Apr 2012 #9

Yes. It was certainly taught to me by my parents and church as a kid. tk2kewl Apr 2012 #12

It's a reminder we are all born equal, eligible to be hurt, needing help, no matter who we are. freshwest Apr 2012 #13

I sometimes wonder if that is part of why pugs want to make conception the beginning tk2kewl Apr 2012 #17

It's their clumsy interpretation. Admittedly, human life does begin at conception. freshwest Apr 2012 #19

"Admittedly, human life does begin at conception." Dogtown Apr 2012 #34

I detest that quote Skittles Apr 2012 #18

i find it to be saying "life is a crap shoot" or "you play the hand you're delt" tk2kewl Apr 2012 #20

Call it luck then. For those who are religious, it brings humility. They are often the most judging. freshwest Apr 2012 #21

I always phrase it as "An accident of birth." Zookeeper Apr 2012 #30

Can't we just...take care of the Tea Party...in Brainerd? (Buscemi, Fargo) n/t DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #14

I grew up in Chattanooga BeGoodDoGood Apr 2012 #15

There are outskirt houses still in Brainerd d_r Apr 2012 #25

This thread is awesome. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #24

I think there are a lot of good people in the world d_r Apr 2012 #26

Fantastic! goclark Apr 2012 #31