Journalists Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “His Name Is George Floyd,” are still unclear why they were told they couldn’t read from their book or talk about systemic racism to a room full of high school students in Memphis.
Two days before an event at Whitehaven High School, they said they were “blindsided” by the last-minute restrictions, which they believed event organizers issued in accordance with Tennessee laws restricting certain books in schools. They said they’d also been told the week before the appearance that their book wouldn’t be distributed at the event.
One thing is for certain, the authors said: The students paid the price ultimately.
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Yep. They are big on not having any censorship, unless of course it’s any kind of progressive or humane ideas and speech.
why did they comply?
“…which they believed event organizers issued in accordance with Tennessee laws restricting certain books in schools.”
Legal worries, I’m guessing.Free speech is bait to put dissidents in jail
While it would be an epic and radicalizing event for the school to have them arrested on stage, it might not be worth tanking their whole movement for one middle finger in the asscrack of Tennessee.
$$$$, probably
But by telling them that they couldn’t talk about systemic racism, they themselves were talking about systemic racism.
Checkmate.
That’s how you get the students to read the book. Well done.
Tennessee is doing a speed-run to become worse than Mississippi and Missouri.
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Imagine thinking I would care. Lmao
You cared enough to respond, I’m just back to watch everyone else trash your shitty ass.
Lmao. The classic “you cared enough to respond” defense.
The best part is that all the “trashing” is just useless name calling. You fucking drones can’t even defend your dumbass theory.
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when you say “doesn’t exist,” what are you really saying hmm?
They’re trying to say “[systemic racism] doesn’t exist.”
But all i hear is “I’m a racist”
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Doesn’t exist for them
Do you think theories don’t exist?
the theory of relativity was made up by big speed to sell mass / energy
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You’ll do well in life.
Imagine being so stupid that you don’t actually understand what the word “theory” means. Despite being on the Internet. Where you can look it up in seconds.
That’s pretty goddamn stupid.
Sorry, what did you say? I don’t speak racist.
Yeah I said systematic racism is a theory that is not reflected in reality. It is an unproven theory. Period. Cope.
Your choice to turn a blind eye to systemic racism doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, sweetie.
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You’re the one claiming it doesn’t exist, sunshine. Systemic racism is a fact, no matter how upset it makes you.
Cope, says the person living in their own head because facts scare them.
I can’t believe we have all the information of the world at our fingertips. So much knowledge. And yet people like you walk around screeching and eating their own boogers.
Here, i googled it for you so you don’t have to use up all the energy in those 3 braincells bouncing around in that head of yours.
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And you got your law degree from which university?
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