I think Collins is wrong, and unapologetic! Having someone on a school board telling her charges (the students) that hard work (merit) has no place in San Francisco is completely opposite of what you want educators to say. Learn more about us. Why are you leaving it up for this queen to waste her time in explaining shit. Their racism is in pursuit of a greater good so if you dont like their racism, its because you are racist. Actually, Id argue that the James Lick issue is less problematic 18 years after dying is a lot less of a problem than two years before getting elected. Or do you have more excuses and whatabouts? But that has no bearing on the larger systems and structures of power at play in this regard. If my kids posted what she posted Id be horrified , I remember once asking someone who was herding the crazy cats running a SF non-profit how in gods name she could tolerate the opportunistic hateful bile leveled at anyone who dared not tow their SF Gestapogressive party line resorting often to disparagement of their race, gender, and sexuality. She only goes after the asian-heavy school. Honestly, those assumptions border on racist views of what Asians are, and she expressed them as a private citizen What else does she say about Asians when shes in private citizen mode? So dont get offended at the implication on average Asian kids try harder in school. I notice how you only mentioned Republicans in your post, as if Democrats were somehow innocent of the engaging the mechanics of capitalism to oppresses people, particularly the working class. You commenters are too smart for your own good. What if someone tweeted that insert Your race used white supremacy thinking to get ahead? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Acknowledge and change, not discriminate and unapologetic. The tweets say what they say and say what they say regardless of whos publicizing them. So were doing the exact opposite of what she said we do, said Yee, the primary author of the letter that was signed onto by much of San Franciscos past and present Asian American (and not Asian American) leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/san-francisco-schools-racism.html?searchResultPosition=3. It is cowardly to make excuses Anthony Fong, what exactly abt your history lesson of an academic writing is relatable to an individual like Deb? Both he and his girlfriend were airlifted to the hospital. If you participate in one of the public schools board meetings, you will know she gave no one a chance. Bye, bye Allison. I agree with your conclusion. Its simplistic and wrong. Im skeptical. You need to consider group behavior, even knowing there are exceptions, to understand why things are the way they are. The problem is that many Asians have internalized the model minority stereotype as evidenced by the responses here. The others stood in solidarity with Collins Anns these ideologies that do not serve out students or our city. Her main mistake was in not realizing that her audience was ignorant and racist., ^ a true masterclass in how to win friends and influence people. The Asian cultural commitment to education predates US History by a millenia or two. Asians just shut up, get to work and make that money. Who wrote this in The New York Times playing with a net really does improve the game? What is happening is Asian HR personnel are filtering out and removing the applicants that are of color. I saw emails. Adams ruins everything. Collins sounds pretty hateful towards Asian-Americans, to be honest. Allen's unique, firey guitar playing and powerful songwriting helped insure Lynyrd Skynyrd's place in rock and roll history. I find it harmful to pit races against each other and to continue to tell race groups they are victims or if they worked hard and became successful to call them White adjacent and the problem, or they are the problem bc they are White no matter socio-economic status. Dividing groups based on race wont solve issues. It sounded like she is hiding behind her daughter and taking potshots at Asian Americans. Its a crisis and claiming merit is racist does nothing to solve it. She is no longer a private citizen but a public official. This shows a really problematic way of thinking about Asians. Half of the people ranting here are doing so because they have no familiarity with the world of scholarship about race and no willingness to try to understand it, and the other half (like the one youre responding to) are racist wingnuts whove clicked over directly from the Breitbart/NYPost comments section purely for the purpose of posting rambling unreadable screeds about how critical race theory is the devil. 30% could at least get all Bs, which means they are trying hard but maybe not working as hard as they could be, but were at least a decent human being and student. Enjoying the misfortune of others seems to cut across many barriers, including intelligence. People need to stop making generalizations about large groups of people based on their skin color or nationality. I am just a black gay reader from cleveland with no children. We have to understand the contextcalling someone a house n for doing well in school and getting in to lowell and then to UC and then getting a great job is a gross distortion of what malcolm x was talking about(because he was speaking specifically about blacks).using the model minority concept and equating it to house ns makes sense only if you feel all minorities must side with certain political and racial ideologies.her entire folly is to assume that asian people must submit and further woke agendas, and if they dont they are siding with white supremacy.Malcolm spoke in the context of independence not in the forced integration and forced equity that the woke mob intends to imposethe collective freakout the bay had because of trump is not an excuse, forced solidarity is not true solidarity.blaming those that mastered the system as siding with the supposed master, and subsequently complicit in the oppression of others is a truely distorted sense of reality.inequity does not racism make just because your woke guru said so. It was a cruel act. She has implemented VERY UNFAIR policies against Asians due to her racismand turns around and calls racism on others. She didnt call them the n word. Bet thats on the year-end spelling test. Nobody is coming out of this looking good. They have to save and not waste money. So in turn, whats being communicated to Black folks (aka field negroes) is if they model that behavior, they will also achieve success. David. https://twitter.com/AliMCollins/status/896836910961745920?s=20. This is why we cant have dialog about racial issues. We just hustled, prayed, and did the best we could. We picked fruits in the summer, ironed clothes on the side and cleaned homes on the weekends for extra income. Collins must go, she has no ability to serve SFUSD as a leader. Coupled with the lingering effects of losing his friends in the plane crash, Kathy's death devastated Allen. To add insult to injury, The Chinese American Alliance sent out a message titled Comrades dont stay silent and support San Francisco mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou, in which it trashed San Francisco and asked for donations and support for her campaign. I also want to compliment Korbi Ghosh on the April 9 piece he wrote the sentiment, the logic, the depth of his expression was really encouraging. Like something out of a Hollywood parody about hillbullies. She should resign. All of this is super messy and a part of the whitelash that comes from trying to make systemic change. It is a model which, if followed, would lead blacks to much higher incomes and wealth. By the way, growing up, I have been called racial slurs by Caucasians, Latinos, Middle Easterns, other Asians, and yes, even African Americans? When Commissioners Collins and Lopez were receiving death threats because of their positions on Lowell High School, there was a stunning silence from SFs current or former elected Asian American officials. Maybe no English speaking guardians that could help with reading? If we want to talk about harm, accusations of racism and white supremacy today in a place like SF is a far more harmful characterization than traditional racial stereotypes that would conceivably spark far more outrage. Our many Asian American & Pacific Islander communities are hurt, angry & grieving this week. Her death devastated Collins. We should try to get all kids to make the admirable effort Asian kids, on average, do make. Asians are model minorities which is a euphemism for house negro. The reason she should resign is her advice keeps black kids down. This is bullshit.. Have you read Malcolm Xs speech? Among many Asian cultures hard work, family and commitment to excellence are very important. Showed up at a Gonzalez office monthly party and told me I should write less. Incorporation as white by power does not mean that one is exempt from discrimination by the weak. What is happening here is very sad. WebLarkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the Larkin Allen Collins Jr. was an American musician and songwriter known for his association with southern-rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington Collins Band, and The Allen Collins Band. He was a founding member and guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote many of its hit songs like 'Gimme Three Steps' and 'Free Bird with its late frontman, Ronnie Van Zant. Well played. Lam was there to support. Thanks so much for writing what you did, you are so right. If you want more diversity at Lowell, you should focus on the elementary schools to make sure all kids get the same opportunities and levels of education. This material was quickly seeded into the mainstream media, where headlines simply and unambiguously described Collins tweets as racist. Calls for her ouster grew deafening and, separate and apart from the content of those tweets, a city leaders decision on what to say about Collins soon became a political calculation. Calling everyone not with you racist lol this proves you are a friend of Collins, thats what she did exactly in our school board meeting. The third result is Allison Collins age 20s in Muncie, IN in the Orchard Lawn neighborhood. For all of the mostly white, wealthy families advocating so much for antiracism, why are your kids attending private schools? We have to think about how different communities learn and the different biases. This wont help equity at all). It makes you question if public school will teach your kids to learn to write or to think critically? Asians dont protest. well, lets just say my life was threatened. grateful for parents and educators who lovingly taught virtues of respect of self and others, hard work, frugality, healthy competitiveness, and independence. Donald Trump, whose been the embodiment of the American work ethic for decades, calls them losers to which they should be summarily fired. Everyone can easily be for funding parks and playgrounds and kiddies and sea walls. You live in your generational wealth bubble while putting minorities against each other. MOST Asians and Asian-Americans do not harbor anti-black prejudices, but there absolutely substantial numbers who do, and it is not a stretch to believe that a larger number may have internalized more subtle, subconscious biases (this is true of every other group that has immigrated to the US over the last 200 years, so, so Asian-Americans would be a remarkable exception if they didnt). Hahahaha no. It made it hard to get into. Again, I have gone to SFUSD schools growing up in SF, my kids were also enrolled in under-privileged area schools in SF where more than 75% of children are under privileged. Why shes speaking on our behalf? I am 100% ready to stand together with black activists. She was given many chances and she doesnt have a damn in our meetings. When I saw the Google sheet with Wikipedia sources and not much explanation, I was horrified. Alison Collins wrote those tweets before she was on the school board, when her main job was activism. She served on the board from January 7, 2019 [2] until her recall election of I only cite these things to show you that in America, the history of the white liberal has been nothing but a series of trickery designed to make Negros think that the white liberal was going to solve our problems. The rest of the world (I am European of Asian descent) is laughing that this debate is even happening in America. Its a small subset. This is a period of a Great Need to Hurt. Thats why they never urge black and Latino kids to study long hours, work summers, go to tutoring at the libraries, and focus obsessively on grades. Your long novel or a response showed exactly why you are a Collins supporter-you had to turn the whole situation into YOU YOU YOU! Collins and Ronnie co-wrote several hit songs for Skynyrd including Gimme Three Steps (1973), Free Bird (1974) and That Smell (1977). The mayor has the power to Had there been higher profile solidarity between Asians and Blacks on issues of shared experience of racist oppression, then we might not be here. She is a disgraceful RACIST, and she needs to go. Their foreign policy seems fixated on out of context Middle East history, yet they seem unconcerned with active Black African slavery in Mali, Sudan, Mauritania and, recently, Libya. Get study hours equal and income will follow. So the toasted sandwich kids who have worked hard, who have their OWN set of obstacles not unlike some of the Pasta loving kids, should be punished because they like toasted sandwiches? Stop with the excuses. This is a lot to take in bc it is a broad stroke and I am trying to understand it myself. Sort of like the Lowell entrance exam. I never heard Trump DENIGRATE a race. There were drugs, infighting, literal fights, and the plane crash that ended the band and took the lives of two of Lynyrd Skynyrd's members. You assert this as if it were absolute fact. Ask these families if they would rather, in this situation, if they had the choice, A. have Lowell become a lottery school just as their child enters 7th or 8th grade, ruining their plans or B. have a criminal push them out of their vehicle or use a weapon and steal their brand new car from them, even assuming they had no insurance. Stop making everything racist. What a disgraceful, offensive, and pathetic woman. If you are not careful, the newspaper will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing Malcolm X (700*414). The bulk of the the model minority (aka house negro) stereotype revolves around the fallacious idea of the American work ethic. Mission Local produces enterprise-reporting on SFs most critical issues: police reform, corruption, public health, housing and homelessness. San Francisco should pay tutors for every poor kid, 3 hours a week, and make it mandatory for anyone living in public housing in SF. So when someone uses the term House N*****, instead of getting offended like an over-entitled douche (aka model minority), you ask, why would she say that about Asian people? what exactly is the context behind that? whats the history behind that? Then go look it up, read some books and learn something new to which you can contribute back to the community. 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