Comments | kvaadk: The "Cinese Professor" ad with rebuttal

kvaadk

The "Cinese Professor" ad with rebuttal

Nov 03, 2010 22:42

Like most people, I was embarrassed by this racist tripe being promoted by the right ( Read more... )

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chinaSMACK comments kvaadk November 8 2010, 11:16:21 UTC

I first posted about this over on chinaSMACK -- threw in a bit of political context for folks not following politics in the USofA. This sparked a couple of responses. One commenter said that character restrictions on the chinaSMACK site prevented him or her from posting a full response. So I am posting the dialog here and hopefully they will continue to respond ( ... )

chniaSMACK comments kvaadk November 8 2010, 11:32:50 UTC

I responded ( ... )

from ChinaSmacker anonymous November 8 2010, 18:00:41 UTC

I think the only positive thing I have to say about you is that you're full of "good intentions". It's truly a pity that those "good intentions" are exactly what is ( ... )

Re: from ChinaSmacker kvaadk November 9 2010, 02:29:03 UTC

I'm sorry you have such a low opinion of us teachers and the dedication we bring to our jobs. In point of fact, taken as a percentage of the national budget, the USofA spends less per student on public education than any other industrialized nation. In other words, teachers are not provided with the materials they need to teach and children are not given the tools they need to learn.

Where are you, by the way?

Re: from ChinaSmacker anonymous November 9 2010, 04:48:16 UTC

You said ( ... )

Re: from ChinaSmacker kvaadk November 9 2010, 18:32:54 UTC

Percentage of resources invested is a more accurate measure of commitment than absolute dollars. Someone investing 30% of all they have available is more committed to the outcome than someone chipping in a mere 3 ( ... )

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Not so anonymous November 9 2010, 10:04:10 UTC

Entirely your the imposition of your own racism onto the add.