Monday, April 2, 2012

Re: Photographer reflects on bullied gay teen Rafael Morelos' suicide

You should be free to
re enroll your kid in the school where your child is safest
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then what would happen to predominately black and hispanic schools?

On Apr 1, 1:30 pm, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I actually think the real solution is school choice.  You should be free to
> re enroll your kid in the school where your child is safest, fits in best,
> will be best educated.
>
> And you should take your tax money with you when you leave.
>
> If some teachers and administrators cannot figure out how to keep gays kids
> from being beaten or how to teach kids with illiterate parents how to read,
> those schools should close and those teachers be unemployed
>
> And from discussions of this topic on other lists, and from the news, it is
> clear that Asian, hispanic and white kids are being beaten and harassed in
> black majority schools, and I am sure somewhere there are some black kids
> being harassed when they a minorities too
>
> Cameron Diaz, technically Latina, reports she was beaten for being blond by
> the hispanic Giles in her school
>
> The Democratic party and the public school system whose educrats fund the
> Democrats is the main engine of homophobia, bullying and racism and racial
> segregation and illiteracy and unemployability in this country
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, March 31, 2012, THE ANNOINTED ONE wrote:
> > Bruce,
>
> > While I do indeed recognize the difficulties in being "different"
> > within any bubble of society (gay is only one in a long list) the
> > fault lies in how well any individual is/is not prepared to deal with
> > the situation.
>
> > The answer is NOT to legislate childrens' morays it is to hold the
> > parents responsible for their childs' acts. We must also allow
> > families the leeway to discipline their children.
>
> > Kids are taught in school that they have a right to not be disciplined
> > and never have to "pay the piper" for their actions. There was far
> > less need for supposed "bully control" when the principal was allowed
> > to swing the paddle followed at home by mom and dad doing the same...
> > double jeopardy did not apply in my house or any that I knew growing
> > up.
>
> > Kids commit suicide when they see no solution to the matter... another
> > law putting more people in jail won't solve this... neither will a
> > "touchy feely" education with no repercussions. When kids see (and
> > feel) the results of their actions they will change their ways. Until
> > then there will be no solution.
>
> > On Mar 31, 11:20 am, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It is true that most kids are taunted and so e are even beaten up
>
> > > Gay kids, or some gay kids, clearly get more of this
>
> > > Kids don't like gender nonconformist kids and their parents teach them
> > not
> > > to like them
>
> > > It's considering more acceptable to beat up a feminine boy or ostracize a
> > > masculine girl than it is to do the same to someone for being fat or poor
> > > or having glasses or braces
>
> > > On Saturday, March 31, 2012, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > Makitta Noble, 13, outside Cashmere Middle School in Cashmere, is
> > > > wearing Rafael's favorite sweatshirt. She said some students would
> > > > taunt and call her friend names.
>
> > > > I don't know of a single person that I went to school with that was
> > > > not "taunted and called names".... If that's all it takes then the kid
> > > > had more problems than simply being gay.
>
> > > > On Mar 31, 8:30 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Photographer reflects on gay teen's suicide
>
> > > >> Posted by Erika Schultz
>
> > > >> STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
>
> > > >> Malinda Morelos cries while describing her son on the day before he
> > > >> committed suicide from a bridge near their home in Cashmere.
>
> > > >> Staff photographer Steve Ringman and staff reporter Lornet Turnbull
> > > >> visited the small, agricultural town of Cashmere, Wash. earlier in
> > > >> this month.
>
> > > >> They were working on a story about 14-year-old Rafael Morelos who
> > > >> killed himself in January near the small cabin where his family had
> > > >> been living. Rafael was openly gay. His death has raised uncomfortable
> > > >> questions among family, school officials and this rural Washington
> > > >> community.
>
> > > >> From Steve Ringman:
>
> > > >> It's one of those stories where you feel very bad for the mother and
> > > >> for the family. It's a delicate time to be taking pictures. You want
> > > >> to be as sensitive as humanly possible.
>
> > > >> Steve said during emotionally difficult assignments, he shoots less
> > > >> frames than usual. He keeps aware that it is hurtful for the family to
> > > >> talk about feelings. He tries to be in the background and maintain
> > > >> some distance.
>
> > > >> Wait for the moment instead of forcing the moment out.
>
> > > >> It's a tragic story, but Lornet told it in a way that was very
> > > >> compelling. It's a story a lot of people here should read about.
>
> > > >> STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
>
> > > >> A memorial poster is filled with messages for Rafael Morelos, 14, who
> > > >> hanged himself in January.
>
> > > >> STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
>
> > > >> Makitta Noble, 13, outside Cashmere Middle School in Cashmere, is
> > > >> wearing Rafael's favorite sweatshirt. She said some students would
> > > >> taunt and call her friend names.
>
> > > >> Read Lornet Turnbull's story, Soul-searching in conservative Cashmere
> > > >> over gay teen's suicide.
>
> > > >> April 7: A benefit concert by the Seattle Men's Chorus, called "Come
> > > >> Together: The Music of the Beatles," is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the
> > > >> Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee. Sponsored by the Sleeping Lady
> > > >> Foundation and KOHO Radio, the concert will benefit the Morelos family
> > > >> as well as the Partnership for Children and Families. Tickets are $25
> > > >> for adults and $15 for students.
>
> > > >> Photos and More:
>
> > > >>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/picturethis/2017851894_c.html
>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > >> Have a great day,
> > > >> Tommy
>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > >> Have a great day,
> > > >> Tommy
>
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