There's nothing to celebrate here. I don't feel he ever asked for the asswhooping or attention he got. His case finally opened people's eyes to police brutality. Say what you want, but if he was even a hint more militant then LA (and many cities all over America) could have easily burned to the ground.
Sorry for his family's loss....I won't miss him....mainly because i didn't know him, could care less about his past....not like he was a scholar or great public figure.
Yeah.....MLK yes......Rodney King....no.....
I hear yuh. I guess he is a bit more significant in my mind. One of my teachers here in Texas dedicated an entire week to learn about Rodney king. It was complete irrelevant bs. We all HAD to write a paper about him. Apparently my teacher took part in some of the rioting so she felt the lesson was necessary. In my mind she should have lost her job, more because she wasn't teaching at the same pace or the same material as the other AP history teachers...
I hear yuh. I guess he is a bit more significant in my mind. One of my teachers here in Texas dedicated an entire week to learn about Rodney king. It was complete irrelevant bs. We all HAD to write a paper about him. Apparently my teacher took part in some of the rioting so she felt the lesson was necessary. In my mind she should have lost her job, more because she wasn't teaching at the same pace or the same material as the other AP history teachers...
<br />Originally Posted by Kyle<br />
I hear yuh. I guess he is a bit more significant in my mind. One of my teachers here in Texas dedicated an entire week to learn about Rodney king. It was complete irrelevant bs. We all HAD to write a paper about him. Apparently my teacher took part in some of the rioting so she felt the lesson was necessary. In my mind she should have lost her job, more because she wasn't teaching at the same pace or the same material as the other AP history teachers...
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She admitted to participating? She should never have been able to even GET that job, let alone keep it after admitting she participated in a riot.
Say what you want, but if he was even a hint more militant then LA (and many cities all over America) could have easily burned to the ground.
It was borderline a point of pride for her. She is/was overly comfortable in her job. You want to talk about a teacher abusing power... she also made us participate in political discussion. I had open arguement in class with against a majority of the student and her. She must have known the right people or had some dirt in someone. The only thing I learned I her class was that people are sheep. Most people my age and younger like to think they have a mind of their own but the fact of the matter is that they are simply adding volume to the squeakiest wheels; just looking for attention and parroting what the dumbest among us have to say.
Most of our arguments in that class would go as like this:
Her- blah
Me- blah blah blah
Her- blah blah bleh blay blah
Class- ya! Blah blah bleh blay blah.
My grade in her class reflected her opinion of me. I would have had a 3.9GPA if it weren't for her blatent bias grading towards students who claim to be like minded with her.
And then where would/WILL the Diaspora have gone/GO??
Is she still teaching?