Black HS principal in TX ordered to remove fb pic of him and white wife

[marmar]

The turmoil of racism, especially in Texas, is still undergoing a strong current these days, and a Black high school principal is in the middle of one.

According to The New York Post, a Black high school principal said that he was told by a district official to take a photo of him and his white wife off of Facebook so that it wouldn’t “stir up stuff” amid complaints from parents.

The Black principal of Colleyville Heritage High School, James Whitfield wrote a very detailed post on his Facebook page last week to speak on the incident from two years ago from when he was initially promoted to the top post at the middle school. ...........(more)

https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-high-school-principal-in-texas-says-district-ordered-him-to-remove-picture-of-him-and-his-white-wife-from-facebook/?

[Oneironaut]

1. Wtf! People are sick.

They call us “snowflakes” when two adults in a loving relationship sets them off. They want to spread misery instead.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Why not tell the district official to go suck eggs?

What can (s)he do about it? Take it to court?

[czarjak]

3. Clarence Thomas gets a pass. Like all pu$$y-grabbers?

[Walleye]

4. I Was thinking the same thing

[NYC Liberal]

10. I doubt racists like him much either, honestly.

[alphafemale]

37. He has almost never spoken or asked a question in over 30 years.

Just votes as ordered.

[Rebl2]

11. YEP,

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Hope he sues the pants off the district.

The shit restarted with Reagan in 1980. Trump took advantage.



Bell Book Says Officials Told Racist Jokes : Reagan Aide Says He Doubts Claim by Ex-Education Secretary

October 21, 1987|Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Reagan's first secretary of education says mid-level Administration officials made racist jokes and other scurrilous remarks during civil rights discussions, but Reagan's chief spokesman said Tuesday he does not believe it.

Terrel H. Bell, in a memoir of Reagan's first term, said the slurs included references to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as "Martin Lucifer Coon" and calling Title IX, a federal law guaranteeing women equal educational opportunity, "the lesbian's bill of rights."

SNIP...

Bell did not identify those who made the racist or scurrilous comments. He could not be reached for further comment.

In his book, he says the jokes about King were made as Reagan was deciding whether to sign or veto a bill establishing King's birthday as a national holiday. He eventually signed it.

Bell said: "I do not mean to imply that these scurrilous remarks were common utterances in the rooms and corridors of the White House and the Old Executive Office Building, but I heard them when issues related to civil rights enforcement weighed heavily on my mind."

Bell added: "It seemed obvious they were said for my benefit, since they often accompanied sardonic references to 'Comrade Bell.' "

CONTINUED...

http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-21/news/mn-9912_1_racist-jokes

[Deuxcents]

6. Get out of Texas

And don’t look back.

[abqtommy]

7. Here's a reminder for Texas: it's not 1521 or 1621 or 1721 or 1821 or 1921. It's friggin' 2021.

Haven't you learned anything?

[Botany]

8. If you have a problem with this picture the problem is with you not James and his wife

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[dalton99a]

34. +1

[alphafemale]

38. Wow! They are both gorgeous.

Most people look ridiculous trying to imitate "From Here to Eternity"

[Scottie Mom]

40. WOW!!!! What a beautiful couple!

I am thinking that along with racist bullshit, there could be some jealousy involved.

Those two are gorgeous and happy!!!j

[Botany]

44. We don't know what the future holds for this couple but

... in that picture they look to be happy and in love so what is the problem?

Btw a few weeks ago I was in Western Pennsylvania and
I saw a black NFL player (Steelers) with a very pretty and very white woman and they looked to be happy too. I chatted with them for a few minutes and complimented
the woman for being pretty and they both laughed and he patted my back.

[Jim__]

9. Obviously the principal is pushing CRT. We won't have it in our schools.

FWIW:

[WinstonSmith4740]

13. Figures

Texas is also one of those states that has outlawed teaching critical thinking. And Sex Education tends to be "Don't have sex until you're married! Class dismissed."

https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools/

[MoonRiver]

12. Wow, these racists are in full bloom now!

[AllaN01Bear]

18. theyve always been in full bloom if youre a minority and not white and or different.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. who the sam heck do you think you are .

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Colleyville is a 'burb in the DFW area

88% white. It's a wonder that Whitfield got that principal's job in the first place.

[displacedtexan]

23. Colleyville used to be a one-dog "town" with a two-way stop sign.

C-ville, McKinney, Frisco, and many other blips in the road were easy targets for white flight pioneers who resented their DFW tax dollars being shared with those they deemed undesirable neighbors. They tooled into "town" and took over town councils, chose their own real estate developers, beefed up their own law enforcement agencies, and created little redneck bedroom community kingdoms.
There are so many of them now that they've ballooned into each other, and they seem to be unstoppable. The saddest part is that they don't care if they lose a lawsuit or court case in this matter because their only goal is to please their white majority.

[TexasBushwhacker]

26. Yup

The thing that's funny to me is that judging from his complexion, I'm guessing he has a significant amount of European genes. But he identifies as "black", and he married a "white" woman. I use the quotation marks because in the US, I think most of us are mutts. I know I am!

[DBoon]

30. regardless of his self-identification

You know the racists consider him 100% Black

[Scottie Mom]

41. Had the sister of a black client tell me...

...one drop of black blood and you are considered black. I thought about it for a minute and it seemed to me that notion holds true for how whites and blacks see people with even just a tad of mixed blood.

[yardwork]

16. I would say that's unbelievable but unfortunately it's all too believable.

[Traildogbob]

17. Well just fuck

A whole lotta Dallas Cowboys and Houston footballers need to get to sweeping their FaceBook pages, as well as all other pro teams, except maybe rodeo and Cornhole High School principles, a powerful segment of society, are coming for you. All those sport fan bubba’s with their favorite performing negros’ $100 Jerseys, DO NOT want to see your stunning beautiful white wives. It could damage the white school kids emotionally.
Here is some CRITICAL Race Theory. Blacks are much better athletes, with other physical attributes white women like. Mexicans taking their crop and roofing jobs and blacks taking their women. Imagine the babes Steve Bannon and Alex Jones have been denied. Proud Boys can’t be Proud with this shit happening. Why ain’t God Blessin MurKKKa. We ask him relentlessly in speeches and printed on everything.

[bluecollar2]

19. It's Colleyville, Texas...

Republikkklan and Talibapaptist Nirvana.

[Escurumbele]

20. I have to think that in part it is jealousy of such a beautiful couple

They don't have that nice relationship with their spouses so that makes them angry.

It is a beautiful photo of two people who seem to be very happy together...

[Scottie Mom]

42. My thoughts, too.

That picture— they are so attractive.

[MLAA]

21. Disgusting. Ignorance and bigotry are alive and well.

I am so sorry the principal (and likely millions of American People of Color) have to deal with this when all they are doing is living and doing their job.

Heartbreaking.

[seta1950]

22. Really

I feel sorry for people who live in Texas

[Warpy]

24. Oh, I think they've WAY overstepped things

While they might be able to erase the horrors of miscegenation from their own literature, they've got nothing to say about a private Fakebook account. He needs to tell them to pound sand. They'll sue. He will win, even in Texas.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. The link is covered with popup ads. Whose FB page is it?

Is it the principal and his wife's personal FB page?

Is it the school system's FB page?

[IronLionZion]

27. They're a cute couple

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. Yes they are

The haters can pound sand.

[malaise]

28. Tell them to try that shit with Clarence Thomas

Are these fucking racists crazy? This is 2021!

[bahboo]

29. what the fuck...I used to do some work with the high school band there....

never struck me as being that crazy and racist. This is absolutely unacceptable....

[COL Mustard]

31. Jesus Herman Christ

It's 2021, people. What the actual fuck is wrong with people today? They clearly love each other...

[AdamGG]

33. Why is this story only in blackenterprise.com and not major outlets?

Seems odd, this story would get a lot of hits/reads on CNN, Washington Post, lots of major outlets.

[nolabear]

35. Look up "James Whitfield Texas" on FB. His post is very long but incredibly good.

It explains in detail what happened and is happening. He sounds like a fantastic man. Fortunately comments seem to have been moderated and are off.

[rsdsharp]

36. I thought we were beyond this.

In the mid 1960s, African American Lionel Aldridge played defensive end for the Green Bay Packers. He started dating his white girl friend (in secret) when they met at college at Utah State, and continued after Aldridge was drafted by the Packers in 1963.

Eventually, they wanted to get married, but knew there would be push back. Aldridge went to Coach/GM Vince Lombardi and told him he wanted to get married, but wouldn’t do it unless Lombardi approved. He knew doing so might cost him his career. Lombardi gave his blessing, telling Aldridge his personal life was his own. All Lombardi cared about was that he play hard and stay out of trouble.

Pete Rozelle, then Commissioner of the NFL, got word of what was afoot, and called Lombardi and told him to forbid the marriage because “It wouldn’t be a good look for the league.” Lombardi, who always felt he had been discriminated against as an Italian American, and whose brother had faced discrimination as a gay man, told Rozelle that he had nothing to say about it. “You run the league, and I’ll run the Green Bay Packers.”

The Aldridges were the first interracial couple to marry in the NFL. Although they eventually divorced, and Aldridge later suffered from schizophrenia, they opened an important door in the league, and it was in large part because of Lombardi, who opened every training camp by telling all of the players and coaches that if he ever saw any of them exhibiting prejudice of any kind — due to race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, they would be fired on the spot.

[Liberal In Texas]

39. Apparently he had posted the pics on FB before he was made principal.

And the school board claims he was asked to remove them because they were "questionable for an educator." Too racey? Please.

The Grapevine-Colleyville school district said in an emailed statement that the request to remove the photos had nothing to do with race.

“When a social media concern is brought to the attention of the district, we have a responsibility to review it. Some of the photos the district received contained poses that are questionable for an educator, especially a principal or administrator. It had absolutely nothing to do with race,” the school district said in the statement.

The district said that complaints about the social media posts were received in 2019 after Whitfield was promoted to principal at Heritage Middle School. He was named principal at Colleyville Heritage High School in 2020.

“As a new campus principal, we wanted to provide a smooth transition for Dr. Whitfield to Heritage Middle School, which is why we advised him of the concern and made a request for the photos to be taken down from Facebook.

“The photo that aired in initial media reports was not the only photo that was received by the District. Had that photo been the only image, there would have been no request to remove it.”
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article253232263.html

And the thing that's almost worse is he is being accused and want him fired for teaching "Critical Race Theory." You know the big GQP bugaboo now and their rallying cry for the 2022 and 2024 elections. He of course isn't teaching CRT just the truth about racism in this country.

“In this letter he promotes the conspiracy theory of systemic racism ...” Clark said. “He’s repeatedly tweeted approval of these books that promote this disruption of our community and country.”

Yep, repubs think teaching about institutional racism is a "conspiracy theory."