[From article]
“Yes, I am making a mockery of the right-wing, confederate-flag hanging, openly misogynistic Lawrentians,” Peterson responded. “If that’s a large portion of the school’s male population, then I think the issue is not with my bringing attention to it in a lighthearted way, but rather why no one has brought attention to it before…”
Three weeks later, the administration told Peterson she would face disciplinary action unless she resigned from her post as student body president, she said. Peterson was the first black woman to serve in that role at The Lawrenceville School, a prestigious boarding school near Princeton, N.J., that costs around $53,000 a year to attend, making it the
most expensive high school in the country.
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“I understand why I hurt people’s feelings, but I didn’t become president to make sure rich white guys had more representation on campus,” she said. “Let’s be honest. They’re not the ones that feel uncomfortable here.”
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In 2004, 70% of 805 Lawrenceville students identified as Caucasian, while 13% were Asian, and black and Hispanic students made up 12%. In 2014, only 55% of 815 students were Caucasian, while 21% were Asian, and the percentage of black and Hispanic students rose to 16%.
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Black Lawrenceville students told BuzzFeed that racial divides are pervasive. Many said they had been called racial epithets, ranging from “Negro amigo” to “n***er,” by white peers who didn’t understand “why they couldn’t say the word too.”
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Peterson recalled controversy over a Facebook post about Obama’s reelection in 2012. “As a black and Latino, gay woman in the United States of America, today is a momentous day,” she wrote. “I’m sorry to all the rich white men who have failed to elect a president that endorses their greed.”
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“I’m not saying what I did was right,” she said. “But it wasn’t racist. I was just calling those guys exactly what they are. And Lawrenceville is the type of place where those kids are idolized.”
Is that because only white people can be racists? AH-HEM! If black lesbians cannot be racists that suggest that they are morally superior, better persons than ordinary white men. One race better than another? Isn't that what racism is? http://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/what-happens-when-a-prep-schools-black-student-president-moc
What Happens When A Prep School’s Black Student President Mocks Her White Male Classmates
An Instagram photo allegedly led the country’s most expensive boarding school to strip its first black female student body president of her role.
posted on June 30, 2014, at 2:51 p.m
