"Go by the mother's race b/c with minorities the father isn't generally in the home."

[Drolefille]

Source 1
Thinking about running for eighth grade class president at Nettleton Middle School in Nettleton, Mississippi? Well... are you white? Because only white kids are allowed to run for president. Black kids can be vice-president, though! But only black kids.

A few days ago, Nettleton Middle School students brought home the following memo, which spells out the requirements for students who want to run for class office:


When one Nettleton mother approached the school board, wondering—among other things, obviously—which "category" her mixed-race kids (Italian and Native American) fell under, she was told the following:

They told me that they "Go by the mother's race b/c with minorities the father isn't generally in the home." They also told me that " a city court order is the reason why it is this way."

Source 2

“My daughter came home from school telling me that she wanted to try out for the school reporter, but it is only open to black students,” she wrote me. “They told her “she should run for class president, that was open to only white students.”

The schools' response:

"Student elections have not yet been held at Nettleton Middle School for the 2010-2011 school term. The processes and procedures for student elections are under review. We are reviewing the origin of these processes, historical applications, compliance issues, as well as current implications and ramifications. A statement will be released when review of these processes is complete."

Thank You

Superintendent
Russell Taylor

No. Fucking. Shit. are you reviewing these processes.

[dreamseeker]

i don't have anything else to say that i haven't said in chat.
unbelievable.

[Psi U MC Vito]

MMITY?

[Drolefille]

The whole thing is infuriating, but I made the one comment the headline because it absolutely floored me.

[KSUViolet06]

For some reason I am not surprised.

However, I am LOL at only being able to get elected to VP in 8th grade. Like the black kids get a promotion after 2 grades in Reporter and Treasurer.

[Psi U MC Vito]

You notice how 8th grade is the only one with more then one black position?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

You notice how 8th grade is the only one with more then one black position?

We're movin' on up like the Jeffersons. lol.

What's next?

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

We're movin' on up like the Jeffersons. lol.

What's next?

President of the United States?

Oh wait, they go off the mother. Sarah Palin couldn't be VP here.

[christiangirl]

And I'm done.

[LucyKKG]

Soooo are you SOL if you're Asian?

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Soooo are you SOL if you're Asian?

nah, you can be the number crunchers for the campaigns. and then work behind the scenes doing their math homework while they're busy in office. more money to be made from that.

[Kevin]

What percentage of the student body is made up by blacks? Maybe the concern is that unless there are positions reserved for blacks, there will be none in student government? To that extent, it could simply be a simplified Affirmative Action sort of policy.

As to the method of determining race, however, lol.

[starang21]

uhh.

[DrPhil]

A social experiment.

[DaemonSeid]

"If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't go to school outside of your race," - Dr. Laura