Black Students Walk Out Over Official’s Tweet: ‘Every White Girl’s Father Worst Nightmare’
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Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia walked out of class on Monday to protest a school official’s Twitter message that referred to young black men as a “nightmare” for white fathers.
According to WVEC, the Twitter post was made in June by the school administrator, but students only recently noticed it.
The tweet was a reposting of a message from an account called @OrNahhTweets. It showed a photograph of seven white girls in prom-style dresses with seven African-American young men in tuxedos. The caption on the photo read, “every white girl’s father’s worst nightmare or not.”
Over a dozen African-American students walked out of classes with protest signs on Monday after they said that school officials and the school board refused to respond to their complaints.
“This was the only actual way we could get someone’s attention, was to walk outside. It shouldn’t have come to this, but [the administrator has] avoided all meetings and public speakings and emails, just avoided them all,” student Michael Lemelle told WVEC.
The students said that they didn’t want the school administrator fired, they just want officials to know how hurtful the tweet was.
“Me being a young African-American, I don’t think of myself as anyone’s worst nightmare,” Lemelle explained.
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Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia walked out of class on Monday to protest a school official’s Twitter message that referred to young black men as a “nightmare” for white fathers.
According to WVEC, the Twitter post was made in June by the school administrator, but students only recently noticed it.
The tweet was a reposting of a message from an account called @OrNahhTweets. It showed a photograph of seven white girls in prom-style dresses with seven African-American young men in tuxedos. The caption on the photo read, “every white girl’s father’s worst nightmare or not.”
Over a dozen African-American students walked out of classes with protest signs on Monday after they said that school officials and the school board refused to respond to their complaints.
“This was the only actual way we could get someone’s attention, was to walk outside. It shouldn’t have come to this, but [the administrator has] avoided all meetings and public speakings and emails, just avoided them all,” student Michael Lemelle told WVEC.
The students said that they didn’t want the school administrator fired, they just want officials to know how hurtful the tweet was.
“Me being a young African-American, I don’t think of myself as anyone’s worst nightmare,” Lemelle explained.
@ not?? -
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Ok and this is news how?
Let's just go ahead and change the name of GNS to Race and Religion brehs -
WHAT A BUNCH of ? assess so a tweet got you in your feelings
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i wouldnt want them lil niglets touching my daughters either lol
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Photo of mixed-race couples was included with a school official's offensive tweet (Twitter)
http://youtu.be/lxW8DeuJ9BI
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Black Excellence?
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If you're gonna take action cool but foh with the passive aggressive "we just want them to know it was hurtful" they know and they don't give a ? . What now?
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The tweet account she reposted it from is black-themed and may be black-owned: https://twitter.com/ornahhtweets
I don't think they meant it in a racist way, and so we can't be sure how the teacher meant it. -
depends really..personally I would think its funny
but there are some whites who would see it as truthful and others would take it as comedy..which was he? -
Fire him
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Out of a cannon
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What's the story behind that pic?
Oh-and the caption "EVERY WHITE GIRL'S FATHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE" sounds like a joke a black comedian might make. -
A Talented One wrote: »The tweet account she reposted it from is black-themed and may be black-owned: https://twitter.com/ornahhtweets
I don't think they meant it in a racist way, and so we can't be sure how the teacher meant it.
Goes both ways. That's what needs to be investigated by the board.
But hold up... is that even them in the photo or they literally just salty cause of a retweet? If its the later then ? these kids for real. -
Nothing surprising here.Over a dozen African-American students walked out of classes -
Good.
High schools have a bad habit of underestimating their students ability to organize. I just hope one of them don't say anything dumb. -
1. Did HE say it or did he simply repost it because he thought it was funny (i didnt read so...i dunno).
2. You protested by not learning that day? OH ...OK. In fairness they aint teaching these little muthafukkas ? any damn way...
3. There are bigger issues to worry about than a damn tweet
4. They need to come to grips with that fact that most whites feel like that. Period.
5. Thinking they give a ? you're upset is a mistake. -
Good.
High schools have a bad habit of underestimating their students ability to organize. I just hope one of them don't say anything dumb. -
I hope that teaches him to keep his possible racist undertones private.
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They have more nerve than the Clippers players.
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So what its the truth. Its a hard pill to swallow. Unfortunately a lot of young black people don't know how the world really is. A young black male is a lot of white peoples worst nightmare.
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why did all the black dudes have white dates tho ? No Beezy.
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Non story
