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Racism and other stuff

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Anonymous:

--- Quote ---On 2005-03-23 21:28:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I hate people with black skin"

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People with any skin HATE YOU too!

Troll Control:

--- Quote ---On 2005-03-25 19:17:00, Anonymous wrote:

"SOS's comment is as valid as yours.

My sons had never witnessed racism in our home, but picked it up at their respective programs.

I think it has something to do with festering, suppressed, anger, coupled with exposure to racism. People of color, or the most distressed kids, become the target for that anger. It certainly can't be targeted at those who deserve it.

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Having multiple kids in "respective programs" may indicate that these kids were never raised to respect human dignity.

Raising kids without teaching moral values (don't read "religious," as I'm not at all religious) leaves them with a moral vacuum which then gets filled by those to whom they are subsequently exposed.

If these kids were raised appropriately they would not be in programs and therefore not be subjected to the awful, upside-down and backward culture flourishing therein.

If the parents had inculcated proper values in these children, they would not be susceptible to racism and hatred...

Deborah:
You make some valid points, but I think you have assumed that I boarded my sons.

I did not support them being sent to programs. Wasn't even consulted. My older son spent 6 months at a Marine Military Academny and then came to live with me, when I and other family convinced my ex to bring him home. Four years later he sent our youngest to a different military academy followed by a TBS- HLA.

I can assure you that they were not exposed to racism in my home, ever. They had dealt with a step mother from hell prior to their 'respective' incarcerations. They were very angry about the bait and punish methods of the program. I do think some of that anger got misdirected. Racism was rampant at the Marine Military facility. At HLA the anger seemed to get directed to the severely distressed kids- ya know, the one's who puke in their hand and put it in their pocket or compulsively carry around and gaurd a hand full of pencils.

Troll Control:
I can tell you that racism for sure existed at HLA as well.  However, it was used in a subdued way by staff, mostly Rudy.

We had exactly ONE African-American student at HLA in the early years.  The way this kid was manipulated using racism was disgusting.

It is well known that Dahlonega is the "state seat" of the Ku Kluks Klan in GA, as the "Grand Cyclops" of the Georgia Klan operates a recruiting facility there.  

This being said, when this particular child began to intimate that he would "split treatment" during the night, Rudy was sure to inform him of how blacks "are treated around here" and told this poor kid that he may end up "strung up from a tree" if he were to be "out alone at night" around Dahlonega.

If this isn't the most appalling form of racism I'm not sure what is...

Deborah:
Good lord. What were these parents thinking sending their kid to Ga, to a 'white' facility. Was he court ordered?

I was very concerned to learn that my son was in Ga, not to stereotype- we certainly have our share of racism in Tx- but I was worried about him picking up some 'backward' thinking. Although I don't look it, and wasn't raised with the awareness or traditions of my heritage, I am native. The race issue is important to me.

As the months progressed my concerns turned to the methods they considered 'therapeutic'. I was a counseling student at the time and was consulting with two friends who were PhD psychologists. They were deeply concerned as well.

Bentz was gone. I had to deal with Lindsey. When I addressed my concerns re: staff behavior and requested an explanation of the 'therapeutic' value, he simply ignored me. I assumed it was because I wasn't writing the checks. After speaking to other parents I discovered that ANY parent who asks too many questions was also labled 'advarsarial'. If one were persistent or passionately disagreed, they were asked to remove their kid.

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