Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Gwinnett County Schools Superintendent Tells The NAACP To Fuck Off..

and with good reason..these whiny bastards now have set their sights on Gwinnett County Schools as the nest target for destruction. This is a good followup to the post about white people not tolerating this crap anymore. School system has been chuggin along just fine, introduce some urban, parentless thugs and here comes the NAACP...fuck you NAACP..


SUWANEE - Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks refuses to apologize for a comment he made during a discussion about school discipline, the president of the Gwinnett County branch of the NAACP said.

Jorge "J.P." Portalatin, the branch president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he met with Wilbanks on Monday to discuss the comment, which he previously called "biased."

"Mr. Wilbanks refuses to acknowledge that his comments were offensive," Portalatin said in a news release. "The inability to see from others perspective and apologize is unacceptable in a leader. His behavior (Monday) was condescending and he was clearly not open to constructive feedback."

Wilbanks made the comment Aug. 14 during the school board's work session. During a presentation about discipline in the school system, an administrator said the number of disciplinary panels decreased from the year before but there is still a disparity in the number of black and Hispanic students who are punished. The administrator then referenced a newspaper report stating Idaho is the only state where black students are not disproportionately punished.

"Do they have any blacks in Idaho?" Wilbanks then asked.

School board members have defended Wilbanks, saying they do not think the comment had a racial overtone. Last week, Robert McClure, who represents District 4, said he thought Wilbanks asked a rhetorical question that suggested Gwinnett, unfortunately, may not be able to learn anything from Idaho because the anomaly may not be statistically significant.

The U.S. Census Bureau's State and County QuickFacts show in 2006 less than 1 percent of Idaho's population was black, while Georgia's demographics show nearly 30 percent of the state's population was black.

In a statement released last week by the school district, Wilbanks said his comment was neither racist nor insensitive.

"Those who know me and my record are well aware of my commitment to raising student achievement and to providing safe and orderly schools for all of our students - no matter their race, ethnic origin or socioeconomic background," Wilbanks said the statement.

School district officials said Tuesday Wilbanks had no further comment.

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