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White Dad Apologized to the Black Superintendent He Pushed On Stage, But It Didn't Go As He Expected (www.theroot.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective.

“I don’t think an apology, an ‘I’m sorry,’ makes this go away because there’s a lot of harm that was caused.” The damning footage from the graduation shows Eddy pushing Briggs aside as his daughter was receiving her diploma, saying “I don’t want her touching him.”

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

From actually reading the story it doesn't appear to be anything racist at all, even though even the article tries to bend it that way like there is no tomorrow

The guy apparently has a personal beef with the super intendant die to something that happened between the super intendant and his daughter.

Sure, the guy is in the wrong here, but i see no racism beyond "well the guy is white, sonhe must be a racist!"

Yes, there are loads of racists out there but just marking anything racist because two races were involved is not helping IMHO

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a bullied girl that was being assaulted fought back, only to face expulsion for it. Then the superintendent rolled his eyes at the bullying in her hearing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

But this is lemmy, so the majority will feel they confidently know exactly why the guy did it, and the rest of us are just dumb. Even though we all had access to the same article, and only us dumb ones read it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The guys "personal beef" is that the principal is black. He's using bullying as a lie and an excuse to cover for his racism.

If there's a policy issue that is properly dealt with in writing, not grabbing someone at a graduation ceremony.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

This guy is a racist

Evidence for that? Like Wikipedia says,

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Was that specifically said somewhere or are you just filling in the blanks

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

“He rolled his eyes when I brought up the fact the same thing happened to her and it pissed me off. She was expelled for doing the same thing that was done to her, and nothing was done to the previous people.”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Was it said somewhere what his personal beef was?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Yes, it’s because his daughter was being bullied. Fought back and was punished for it but they didn’t punish the people bullying her

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Well, it's a good guess, given the country we live in. Is the bullying stuff corroborated/fact checked?

Edit further I agree, making a public scene like this is not appropriate, regardless of any personal reason. He could have just instructed his daughter to walk right by and not stop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

The article didn’t bother with it because it wants to paint a picture of racism

There isn’t enough evidence for us to believe it was racist

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

This guy was definitely a dick for shoving him. And I feel bad for the daughter.

But I have had my own issues with school administrators where I live, where a group of kids, boys and girls included, all had done something worthy of, at most, suspension — the girls had the book thrown at them (effective expulsion for at least a half-year), and the boys got off without so much as a warning.

I would never seek out the administrator in question, but if I ever saw the misogynist piece of shit again I’d likely deck him in the face.

Though I did get some satisfaction a year later, when that administrator got effectively demoted to a lower tier school.

Edit>> People need to actually read the article if they can’t correlate what I wrote here to it, assuming comprehension isn’t a roadblock for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I agree that the super might have been a jerk. But one of those other people on stage was the principal, who would have been far more responsible for day-to-day operations of the school. In most districts, an expulsion is recommended by the principal then rubber-stamped by the superintendent. Hell, in some districts the school board has to approve any expulsion.

So while I have no doubt there might have been some animosity between the father and the super, if that was seriously his grievance then he should have gone after the principal first. You know, the one that recommended the expulsion for his daughter and not “her bullies”.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm not sure what your point is? You had a bad experience with some completely different person and based on that it makes sense to you what this particular person did?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That school administration can be passive aggressive and not act in the kids best interest over politics or personal pettiness. And get paid on the public dollar while they do.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

According to the father, the super intendant rolled his eyes at the daughter during disciplinary hearing when she tried explained her behavior, & then expelled the daughter for doing the same thing her bully’s did to her.

Given that, I can understand a proud father holding some measure of a grudge over that, but not enough of a grudge to attack the person.

I think the comment’s OP is expressing something similar, being protective of a youth over an administrator jeopardizing the youth’s future.

I don’t think OP is condoning the attack, just acknowledging there’s more going on here than ignorance & racism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m simply stating that not all school administrators are saints. And I had a specific anecdote of one such person.

Of course the guy shouldn’t have shoved him in that venue. And if it’s about race, it’s even worse (though the article clearly tries to make it about race from its first sentence, so I don’t know either way).

But I know what it feels like to see one’s kid be unfairly treated by school systems and specific administrators. And in the article it states the parent sees it that way much in the same vein as my anecdote (his kid got the book thrown at her while others who violated the same policy got no punishment at all).

Hopefully that clears it up for you. But if not, not my problem.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel so sorry for his daughter. That's so humiliating. How do you come back from something like that. You probably have to move to a new city or something. I hope she's going to college far away lol.

She's probably just a racist too though haha

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She's probably just a racist too though haha

That’s not fair to assume. In fact your comment is quite the 180.

You saying stuff like that is exactly why everyone should feel sorry for her.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Her racist father is why ppl should feel sorry for her.

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