Notices by Masto.poetry (mastopoet@h-net.social), page 2

When my middle child, now nearly 40 was in kindergarten, he had an older German American woman for a teacher. She found our half Puerto Rican child to be slow and disruptive, and recommended him for special education. His mother, whose family were mostly educators insisted he be moved to a different main stream class.
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The school agreed and put him in a class taught be a young Hispanic woman. It turned out his was/is, gifted and brilliant. He went on to graduate from UF with honors and get a MBA from UT and is in charge of a large segment of a Fortune 500 corporation. The point isn’t how great he is, which, as his father, I could be biased.

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But that bias against Black and Brown children is all too common in schools and can have devastating consequences for both the individual as well as cost society at large if brilliant and talented people are seen as slow and disruptive and denied a path to contribute to their fullest.

for perspective, Tesla has sold 4 million cars in its entire history:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67693935

It’s never been about Hamas:

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/hunt-hamas-narrative-gaza-israel-palestine/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

@BethanyBlack

fair point, but god knows ive had people bounce back together multiple times...

@BethanyBlack

of course, then when they get back together, they will both hate you...

We have been told for generations that lowering taxes on the rich helps the economy, and that "increased entitlements" are a burden the taxpayer cannot afford.

These are lies. The truth, borne out by history is this:

Programs that help the poor, the working poor and those unable to work, actually benefit the overall economy and are not a net tax burden on the taxpayers. 1/2

#work #education #healthcare #help #investment #food #economy #tax #taxes #housing

Black folks in TN, Trans folks in Montana,
Today's GOP have shown us who they are.
Don't pretend they aren't the racist, queer-phobic murderers they have shown themselves to be.
They are truly the party of hate and repression.
They are not like the American Nazi Party,
They ARE the German Nazi Party of 1939....
You dont have to love Non-white, queer folk, if you love justice and freedom, you cannot support these thugs.
If you love Jesus, you can not be a Republican.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/politics/montana-house-bans-zooey-zephyr/index.html