Living out in hawaii our news is well a bit local.. but i remember something about a city in Nebraska was going to seperate the schools by racial denomination a school for blacks, mexicans and whites. Is that a good idea, and what happened are they going to or has it already happened?
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in Omaha there is a movement to seperate the schools back along racial/ethnic lines under the theory that students will learn better amongst people more like them i guess. I dont really think this is a good idea because as history has shown us, seperate but equal really does not hold much water as a idea. It is ulitmately up to you if you feel the segregation is a healthy practice, however the action is very controversial constitutionally because it is in seemingly fairly obvious violation of the brown v board of education of topeka case.
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What should we do...?  SIMPLE. \n\nBlack people will go back to Africa, and the White people will go back to Europe, same for the Asians back to Asia, and GIVE THIS LAND BACK TO THE INDIANS. \n\nIf that is not the case, THAN WHY does it bother you to see a Mexican coming in?
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OK.\n\nListen.\n\nEven as we speak, I have read the reaction from the Hispanic community in Southern California.  Just as our Congress is debating how to deal with this, the ELECTED LEADERS down there are plotting how to defy AND BREAK OUR LAWS AGAIN and have stated that they would do anything from non-conformity to armed revolution if they don't get what they want above the wishes of the citizens of the entire United States.\n\nThey don't consider Southern California part of the United States, and I would imagine if they are doing it - so are other states with a large Hispanic population.  They build there power from the confidence of Mexico and the sucess of forcing two million people to move out of the state.\n\nTime and again I am told there is no discernable difference between Southern California and Mexico.\n\nEven Clinton told a group of Hispanics at one of their functions he thought he'd be the last President to speak English.\n\nYou do the math.
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Yes, that is going on here in Utah too. Over the weekend police were ever pulling people over who were hispanic & asking them for papers. it's awful & it's seperating so many families who depend on these people.
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Sadly, I think that in all urban areas, they should do this. But, this just dosen't happen in cities, it's starting to happen in suburbia as well. I think that it is up to the school itself. If you know you're in an area where there is a rapid growth of gangs or gang-like activities, then it should be a no brainer. As for suburban area schools, I think that a medal detector may be a little too much but that they should have at least a couple of guards on hand. Just in case. In five years, I predict that a fourth of America's schools won't have medal detectors of any kind. Because that's how bad it is going to get. Sad.
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It legalized seperating blacks from whites in public places and left blacks at substandard living conditions.  It was not just...and was over turned in brown vs. Topeka board of education.  Plessy is one of the worst surpreme court decision in our nations history we now recognize.  It goes to show how the law can be interpreted differently at different times.  It has implications now for the marriage laws and discrimination against gays.
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Well it sounds great with 1907 standards, one nation one language this all good; as long as it does not keep going into one religion, one leader, one race, just like it did in Germany under Hitler just a few decades after Teddy said these things. I have no doubt, if he was alive today he would tweak his idea and rhetoric according to what happened in the last 100 years. I am not Hispanic but I know that Spanish was spoken in parts of US way before English was adopted as an official language (just a few votes ahead of German and Dutch by the way), are you going to kick them out because they have been speaking Spanish since before the US was founded?
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It does apply to Kauai also. The outer islands have had shortages, especially with NCLB. In addition to the increased requirements, there will be a substantial number of teachers retiring over the next few years. Unfortunately, what you don't hear... and this is just a heads up... the recruiting that goes on (bringing mainland teachers to the outer islands)does not inform those moving over that the position they fill may not be available the following year. In the last couple of school years, I have seen great teachers make a commitment to the DOE, move all of their belongings over, only to find that their job is guaranteed for one year. The next school year the jobs are again posted and the teacher can be bumped by someone from another school with seniority. This has happened to teachers and counselors. They are guaranteed a job, but not necessarily in the same school. So, in the case of one of our teachers, he made his decision based on the fact that he would be working at a particular school... he moved over. The second year, there was not a spot for him and he was offered a job that was on the other side of the island.\n\nBut if you travel lightly... and don't mind trying out a couple of new schools... Maui and Kauai are awesome places to live. If you have any questions about Kauai, I can be of assistance.
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You can write about the Children's March that took place. Basically, all the African-American students, and even some white students walked out of school, met at this church & in waves of 50 walked out while the police kept sending them to jail. The jails were so full. There is so much information on this topic & even a video called the Children's March, I think. Hope this was good enough for you.
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Too many stories like this----------one of the reasons I left Christianity for another religion.\n\nAnother story--\n\nA couple (unmarried) moved to the fairly small town where my parents lived.  They went to church and quickly tried to become active in it.   My mother proudly told me that the minister (Methodist Church) told them they were not allowed to come to their church anymore as they were living in sin.  If they wanted to be members they must marry first.  They married and became active in the church.  I'd have told them where to go and found another church.\n\nSame church-------several Black women started to come to the church.  This town had only recently ''allowed'' Blacks to move into town------yeah!  In 2004 it was.  My mother's friends commented, ''It's alright.  They sit in the back by themselves, and don't bother anyone''.\n\nThis is the same Methodist Church that has ads on TV saying they are the church of diversity and open doors to all?
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Probably what these folks are referring to are government reparations, in the form of laws that have made Native Americans sovereign governments unto themselves - tribal governments that may operate businesses in international trade zones, etc. - such as casinos, even if they don't agree with state laws. I can't imagine anyone seeing this as "making it up to them" anymore than we can say I am of European heritage, so I did it to them {Actually, I am Cherokee, Spanish-Jew, European Catholic go figure}. We cannot, however, throw out the baby with the bath water, so to speak. In an attempt to 'repair' the damage done to the culture, standard of living, and gene pool as a whole, this decision was made. It is a constantly changing and growing, evolving thing....as the consequences of that decision evolve, we see results and all have to live with it and adjust. Here in Oklahoma, for instance, state highways and roads are paid for with public tax dollars to reach these 'international trade zones.' what about that? On the other hand, the tribes ALL provide an amazing amount of charity and other structural social good support to society at large here. Again, we have to deal with it as we go along -- just like the many tribes as ethnicities have had to struggle with many questions. Here, there are fights in the tribes I have heard about between the "pure" bloods, or 1/2 versus 1/8 blood, etc. It seems to never end. What I personally believe is important is recognizing and acknowledging what occurred, in its truthful entirety. A good step toward this is the first ever National Museum for Native Americans- see the site below. I personally have read much about the Trail of Tears and the book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" still rips at my guts as I write this. These are tough issues with roots deep in the past. To compare this with 9-11 is, in my opinion, a fallacious argument at best; a disservice to a near genocidal event at worst. We cannot make such general, thoughtless statements off the cuff; after all, we are all Americans if we live in the 50 states, whether hyphenated with another lineage or not.
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yes it would be seen as a racist institution,only by the blacks who have thier own schools,t.v.stations,clubs,churc.hes,ect....but if white people try to have anything for themselves,the blacks would march on the whitehouse,riot,and jesse jackson would be all over it.the whole thing is stupid!if black parents want thier kids to go to an all black school,God bless them,and if i wanted my kids to go to an all white school it should be my choice.its reverse racism..next thing you know some old white lady will rise up from the back of the bus,and drink from the all black water fountain and be in the history books..I HAVE A DREAM...where a white man and a black man can attend the same school and walk side by side without malice,where your school choice is not decided by the color of your skin...ect..kinda sound familiar??they work so hard to be an equal part of white society,..and then re-segragate themselves...ill never understand this screwed up world we live in..we are all made from the same materials,just different shades..the world would be boring if we were all the same color....
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1)Yes, we still live in a racist country.  I am a 46 year old Black woman who has experienced quite a bit of racism bcos of the color of my skin (caramel) without any knowledge of who I really am.  I have traveled quite a bit within the states as well as other countries & honestly cannot see much of a difference.  Point in case...I've even traveled to Africa & have been faced with questions like "what are you?".  I think that I offended the one asking the question bcos I said "I'm an American".  They responded "do you mean African-American?" to which I responded "sure if thats how you would like to phrase it".  2) Yes my parents had a hard time but they "dealt with it" by being active in the civil rights movement.  My great-grandmother would never let me work in the fields when I visited saying " no way, your Mom & Grandmama would have a fit & besides those days are over for your generation".  She was right, however there are others here who seem to forget that.  With regards to "us guys" still living in this country...this is our country & we'll fight for the right to live here....in peace.
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I think the walk outs were a justification for everyone who is sick and tired of the White Man controling everthing.... lol  Just playing.  Im in germany right now but if i was in San Jose California, I would most definetly walk with my friends, because in the end, a color is just that, a color.  I see these people are people who could really make America what its supposed to be. A GREAT MELTING POT. Just think If America after the Revolutionary War barred immigrants from entering.  The great build up would of never occured. The word freedom would of never existed, and by golly ;-) I wouldnt be here today. I have the great pleasure of being mixed with black, White and 2 types of American indian.  if anything, i have more of a say so than any white person! I think we should use Europe as an example as a long term goal. Open Borders! By the way, What nationaility are you Kittee???
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas-Nebraska_Act\n\nIt was a compromise between free state and slave state supporters that left the decicison of slavery up to each of the two new territories.\n\nIn Kansas it would probably be considered "unfair" (which is a very subjective word) because during the initial election for a slave/free state constitution many, many men from Missouri (slave state) came over into Kansas and voted for the slave state constitution.
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Here's a nice little letter as to what would happen if the blue and red states split:\n\nDear Red States,\n\nWe’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren’t aware, that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.\n\nTo sum up briefly:\n\nYou get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches.\n\nWe get Elliot Spitzer. You get Ken Lay.\n\nWe get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood.\n\nWe get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.\n\nWe get Harvard. You get Ole’ Miss.\n\nWe get 85 percent of America’s venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama.\n\nWe get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.\n\nSince our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition’s, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms.\n\nPlease be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we’re going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they’re apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don’t care if you don’t show pictures of their children’s caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we’re not willing to spend our resources in Bush’s quagmire.\n\nWith the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country’s fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation’s fresh fruit, 95 percent of America’s quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners), 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy league schools, Seven Sister schools, plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.\n\nWith the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all tele-evangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia and the vast majority of illiterate Americans also known as Arkansas.\n\nWe get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.\n\nAdditionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we’re discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy b*****ds believe you are people with higher morals than we lefties.\n\nPeace out,\nBlue States
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Why anyone wants and dreams to come to usa, for jubs? We have as much people who can't read nor write as any place. It is one big open-air campus of learning experience.\nFeel "free" to walk around the compound, watch out when the panhandlers get desperate. Stay away from the fascist pigs.