Youre fired!: NY school board chair opens a massive can of whoopass on Trump racist Carl Paladino

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Carl Paladino was ousted Thursday by the Buffalo, New York School Board following a racist tirade on Michelle Obama. But during the hearing, School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold didn’t hold back in her criticism of the Donald Trump campaign co-chair.

“Words matter, Mr. Paladino,” she said during the meeting, which Paladino did not attend. “Our president, the Commander in Chief of this nation for the last eight years, Mrs. Obama, our First Lady, and Mrs. Valerie Jarrett, special presidential council are all African-Americans. Among other things, they are accomplished, intelligent, beautiful people and that’s not just my opinion.”

But under Paladino, Nevergold said that they were reduced to criminals, frauds or gorillas.

“The impact on children of color, especially African-American children is incalculable,” she continued. “How do we encourage them to use their God-given talents to soar, to reach for the stars, when a sitting board member responsible for their education demonstrates such contempt of their role models?”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/youre-fired-ny-school-board-chair-opens-a-massive-can-of-whoopass-on-trump-racist-carl-paladino/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Courage is the word of the day, we have to all have it and quick.

I was just congratulating and applauding that courage of a poster here Laydeebug and want to do that again.

[shenmue]

2. Yes

[malaise]

3. Stand up to them

Great news

[OregonBlue]

4. Not just stand up to them but shout their hatred and bigotry to the rooftops and the world.

[malaise]

5. +1,000

Love it.

[uponit7771]

28. +1

[BumRushDaShow]

6. The impact on children of color, especially African-American children is incalculable"

That's the point of why they do it and we have been hearing similar reports about such coming from elected and appointed officials nationwide on almost a daily basis. It has certainly been the standard clown routine on RW talk radio for at least the past 30 years.

As Joe Madison oft-states -

"In America, we are culturally conditioned to believe that white is superior, black is inferior, and the manifestation of that cultural conditioning is that blacks are undervalued, underestimated, and marginalized."

[LiberalLovinLug]

42. Trumps effect on every American child is disturbing

On AA children for the reasons you wrote about.

But also the white children, especially those coming from a more right wing family, that now will grow up for at least four of their years knowing that to to grow up to be President you can be a bully, a racist, a female abuser, a homophobe. Instead of being ostracized, you will be rewarded by your fellow countrypeople to attain the highest office in the land. That such a man, if you can call him that, is President and as such is a person you look up to and emulate.

[BumRushDaShow]

45. Exactly

and you see it manifested in his older sons.

It almost plays out like the old "Hollywood Cowboy" stereotype, with the brash but ruthless gun-toting brute who bursts into the saloon itchin' to take someone on in order to "prove" his bravado, resulting in people avoiding him (while he believes their doing that is out of fear and respect rather than loathing). But that type eventually gets so blinded by their own manufactured persona, that they never came up with a plan B for when they are finally run out of town once the townspeople have had enough.

[C Moon]

7. These freaks are coming out the closet with their racist views thinking it's okay to go public now.

It's not. It never will be.

[BREMPRO]

13. Even kids, Trump gave permission to unleash this vile racist streak

That flows from politician to parent to child, a friend's 9 yo daughter who is filipina was told by a classmate recently, " I've never liked you since 3rd grade because you're black" ! Heartbreaking and infuriating. The girl is very sweet and top in her class. This is in a predominantly white rural working class community. Maybe they feel it's not fair a "foreigner" is better at school than them...

[C Moon]

15. Wow. That is sick!

[bdamomma]

19. Coming out of the closet

and feeling that they should be entitled, NOT.

[Initech]

8. He should have bought Ha Ha insurance!

[elias7]

9. "I am certainly not a racist"

Then what are you, buddy?

[Feeling the Bern]

12. He's an asshole. Western NY's proudest achievement, and I'm from Niagara Falls originally.

I remember this turd running against (I forget it was) Clinton or Spitzer or Cuomo. He really wore his sheets there too.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

10. Wow.

And VILE.

[UTUSN]

11. fan-TAS-tic!1

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[3catwoman3]

14. "I am certainly not a racist." Like hell he's not.

I am glad they gave his sorry ass the boot. He is vile.

[onetexan]

16. Amen to that

you said it perfectly.

[TNNurse]

40. He is not the only racist who has recently

stated " I am not a racist". How limited is their self-awareness? How cold and uncaring are they? How do they interpret their words as not racist? How stupid do they think we are? How do they dress themselves and show up on time for meetings and appointments? Do they pray to God with those nasty words?

I could go on.

[vlyons]

17. Ego reduction is good for the soul

Calling them out and leveling consequences for bigotry and ill-will is what we all must do.

[baldguy]

18. Paladino is a fucking piece of shit.

[malchickiwick]

20. Hey, c'mon; that's unfair...to fucking pieces of shit.

They smell better than Carly-poo.

[johnp3907]

21. Glad to hear it.

[Scurrilous]

22. K & R

[Ms. Toad]

23. Except that he is not actually fired.

The Buffalo Board of Education on Thursday demanded that Carl Paladino resign from his post on the board after making racist comments about President and Michelle Obama last week. If he refuses to step down, the board will ask the state education commissioner to remove him, it said in a resolution.

The resolution — read aloud in a raucous room that exploded in applause when Mr. Paladino’s critics spoke, and in jeers at a board member who called for forgiveness and an apology — passed, 6 to 2. Mr. Paladino was not present.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/nyregion/carl-paladino-racist-remarks-buffalo-school-board-demands-resignation.html

He has repeatedly said he will not resign, so there is no particular reason to expect him to tender his resignation because he was asked to. From earlier articles, there is not a clear legal mechanism to remove him.

ETA: Right on schedule: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/racist-trump-supporter-carl-paladino-refuses-to-resign-even-after-school-board-voted-him-out/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

[Cha]

24. Wow.. this is so righteously Wonderful! Words do mean

something.. and it's about time that asshole was held accountable.. thank you, School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold!!

Thanks Yo!

[ailsagirl]

37. Damn right words matter!!

Good riddance, creep

[AgadorSparticus]

25. Kudos to the NY school board for speaking up about racism

And not tolerating it. It gives me hope that we, as a society, are standing up and saying, "NO!"

[Lady_Chat]

27. +1000

[Ford_Prefect]

26. Why wait when we can arrest them now for crimes against human dignity?

[mythology]

43. Arresting him would be a violation of the 1st amendment

Vile speech is still protected unless is violates a specific set of rules.

[Ford_Prefect]

44. AFAIK he crossed the line into hate speech some time ago.

His comments were not made as a private citizen expressing an individual opinion in a personal conversation. They were made to intimidate and humiliate and they were made publicly. A threat is a threat is a threat.

If nothing else think of it as "protective custody".

[dhol82]

29. Heard this morning (local news) that he will be fighting this

There must be money to be had by being on the board. Why fight it otherwise?

[La Coliniere]

34. Cash Cow

Paladino collects rental fees from the City of Buffalo on buildings he owns that are being used as charter schools. He functions on the school board as its biggest advocate of draining public school resources for the furtherance of charters, in which he has a stake. This obvious conflict of interest was not enough to get him removed, it was his ugly racism that finally did it. He wants to be a handmaiden to Betsy DeVos, an agent in the destruction of public education because he profits personally. The board cannot let this vampire leech have any more power. He needs to be vanquished for good.

[dhol82]

35. Thanks!

I knew there had to a lot of money somewhere in the mix.

[Chimichurri]

36. that's unsettling. These republicans are just awful

[Coolest Ranger]

30. I just got up

this is some great news to wake up to thank you

[cwydro]

31. Excellent!

K and r.

[smirkymonkey]

32. Good. I am glad that racists like this get what is coming to them.

There is no excuse for it. None at all.

[Vinca]

33. I read somewhere this morning that Paladino is begging for forgiveness by citing the actions of the

survivors of Dylann Roof who forgave him. What a classless pig.

[MrPurple]

46. Forgiving him doesn't mean allowing him to serve on the school board

It's adding insult to injury to bring in Dylan Roof after saying that a black woman should be living with a gorilla. But, people saying that they "forgave" Roof didn't mean that they thought he shouldn't face consequences from his actions. Paladino isn't fit to serve on a school board, but we do hope that his soul doesn't burn in hell. Now, go away.

[orangecrush]

38. About time.

I am in NW Pa., and am very aware of this p.o.s..

[Generic Other]

39. School board members are like preacher's wives

They are held to a higher standard than someone like Trump!

[MrPurple]

41. So now, when does Jeff Sessions appoint him to the Justice Dept. Civil Rights Division?