Skynyrd donated substantial amount of its 198788 concert tour proceeds to the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis while Collins came up with the Roll For Rock Wheelchair Events and Benefit Concerts in 1988. From my perspective saying the truth hurts diminishes the value shes put into her beliefs and priorities of working hard and sacrificing to become a physician and being grateful for the opportunity. They are a call to support one another! In the front row, from left, are Seniors Jerry Albertson, Ron Allen, Bill Kersey, David Collins, Ray Patterson, Mickey Greer, Frank Sayre, Bob No, we dont. You dont. Get another line of work. He resides in the Excelsior with his wife and three (!) Its the truth that hurts. So, where was I before I went for another gummie? Collins, forgetting to mute said to another board member, I am listening to a bunch of racists. Im not saying American history should be covered up or ignored, but is this the kind of art you would want to hang in your own home? Lam says Collins was unapologetic and that voices were raised.. We are people , right? By Gawd, man, its an attack upon Prince Harrys tongue!!! WebAllen's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie followed quickly by Allison. MOST Asians and Asian-Americans do not harbor anti-black prejudices, but there absolutely substantial numbers who do, and it is not a stretch to believe that a larger number may have internalized more subtle, subconscious biases (this is true of every other group that has immigrated to the US over the last 200 years, so, so Asian-Americans would be a remarkable exception if they didnt). She can go ahead with her threat and try to deport us! Many whites are suffering also, mostly due to poor choices and behavior. There is no majority here. But to say that it is solely because of race is wrong-it IS racism when someone says that another race uses white supremecist methodology/thinking to get ahead. Utter nonsense. "Alison Collins wants $87 million for damage to her career. These SFUSD employees say she destroyed theirs". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-09. ^ Tucker, Jill (November 7, 2018). Plus we now have a giant chip on our shoulder and will blame, dislike, or mock anybody who tries to do these things (I recall myself being called coconut and other derogatory terms for daring to read). Her daughters prestigious public high school SOTA was never targeted, WHY!?! If this City is ever to recover we have to start pushback now. Yeah, sure, the CRT crowd accepts these definitions; but, not the rest of the 99.9% of us who see through this. I personally would prefer a line of teaching that still teaches the inequities and bias, but builds ppl up to unite not marginalize, but I digress. I supported the intent behind the renaming, but they bungled the politics in a ridiculous step-on-rake way. Many of my Asian-American friends and family are worried about going out, even after COVID. ^^ Dino, thats incorrect. She posted pictures of To me, it doesnt matter which words she used or if there was name calling because the semantic content of her tweets is racist. Bias & racism are still a problem in our country. Asian American kids spend more hours studying than white or other ethnicities of kids, a completely factual statement, and that we need to try to increase the study hours of others to close the achievement gap. Maybe you, as an Asian-American should take time off your busy life and stand in solidarity, unite and work with your fellow African-American citizens for justice for all. This is outright using the word in its original negative, perjorative sense to insult another race. Both are true. Shortly after dissolution of Rossington Collins Band in 1982, Collins started Allen Collins Band in 1983. Wow those murals from George Washington high school in the linked article are like something out of the show Parks and Recreation. You cant do that if you dont notice. I want to know what really happened when I read a period account and the best way to do that is to be given that account in the language and understanding of the period of that account. You are planning an exercise that will include the m16 and m203. Please keep your comments short and civil. After WWII, Jews were deemed to be fully white. It assumes the worst of whites, morally, and considers Asians to be suckers, manipulated by whites. As Americans, we are so wholly UNAWARE of the true history of this nation and the very purposeful barriers put in place to keep Black Americans down. Allison Collins is not a historical person. I see this comes from the Alison Collins school of public relations yell at and insult others who dont immediately agree with you and ignore their point of view. This is a status bestowed upon Asian-Americans in relation to African-Americans. There are a lot of hurt people and a lot of hurt communities. San Francisco should pay tutors for every poor kid, 3 hours a week, and make it mandatory for anyone living in public housing in SF. I will tell all of you defending Collins trying to educate your beliefs: you should all be ashamed for hiding behind a progressive idealism but tearing people apart with your divisive words and behavior. He married (2) RACHEL REED Bef. MB, you cant just get offended when anyone discusses work and accuse them of thinking blacks are lazy. They approached and convinced Collins to join them. 9. Parents who feel entitled to a private school education paid for by tax payers are behind this push to recall Collins and other BOE members. Shame on this racist sham Allison Collins! did i hurt your pride? Using Asians as a punching bag is accepted, because they are the perpetual other a group that does not speak up. You commenters are too smart for your own good. Thats exactly what the racist Allison Collins did. Whats more, casual monolingual Chinese voters would not be able to distinguish this strategically appealing, manufactured name from a Chinese candidates actual name. WebHere is Allen's wife, who he had his two daughters Amie & Allison with, Kathy in yearbook of Robert Lee HS. That is no more possible in the medium run than it is for any of the miracle charter schools you hear about to magically replicate themselves and scale. I ask, wheres the protection for the Black and Latino community. if there was one instance a daughter would be ashamed of her mom, this was it. I am 100% ready to stand together with black activists. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. . Collins is the only Black woman on the school board (though these tweets were written two years before her election). However, as this article points out, Collins was expressing her experience. Pledge to care about kids as much as union reps or more in all policy. Its not due to food insecurity or racist white people but because studying is less fun than TV, social media, hanging out, video games or other diversions. She works tirelessly to hold SFUSD accountable in implementing these and other important resolutions including the Vietnamese language pathway and a resolution to audit school libraries and ensure representation of Asian American narratives. Well played right winged SF parents and Madame Mayor. So, they didnt kill me and settled for taking control of the SF Sentinel and banning me. Immigrants prove that. And as the Black and brown populations threatened to politically overwhelm white supremacy, Asians began to be included in the functional definition of white under the model minority myth in the 80/90s while the door was slammed shut by the aging white former majority on the emerging rainbow minority here in CA via Prop 13 with implications for public schools. Furthermore, we want to highlight and remember how API and Black communities have historically and are currently working together in solidarity with each other against white racism. Its in our culture to study hard as a way to get ahead when you dont have money or connections which is exactly where my family started out in the US. To quote Kierkegaard, once you label me you negate me. Lining the walls of the schools with dark, somewhat depressing and ominous art doesnt really seems to fit. Even in this discourse i dont think people are aware of how harmful it is that latin and african american are refered to as black and brown people a skin tone yet every other group is given cultural heritage identity of italian american or irish etc. She isnt sorry. There was even a 2010 article from SF Gate called dirty secret of black on asian violence is out, What she said was wrong. In January of 1986, Collins would get behind the wheel one final time, with his girlfriend in the passenger's seat. Im told the idea of killing me was broached at an SFSOS meeting. Test scores show this move didnt help black kids do better, but it did hurt white and Asian kids. I dont know you, you dont know me. Does she not realize that its her way of thinking that is causing the divisiveness? Whiteness may or may not include LBGTQ people or it may not include you if you get disabled or it may not include you if you came from a poor family. She has actively pursued policies that specifically hurt Asian American children more than any other group. YOU are the one that has to start centering black culture and indigenous culture in your work. In 2019, every San Francisco politico and their Uncle Steve lined up against vape-juice titan Juuls attempt to undo city law and write its own regulations. https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/mxp/speeches/mxa29.html. Some sjws have gotten too comfortable with anti-asian racism. I wonder why. Heres a good Twitter quote: These lawsuits make good news headlines but dont do anything to help us remove the barriers that are keeping schools from opening. Alison Collins. It makes you question if public school will teach your kids to learn to write or to think critically? Much of AIPACs work involves whitewashing Israels illegal occupation of Palestine in support of the Israeli governments campaign of dehumanizing those there before them. White, Asian, Black or other. Theory #3 is effort. never found any evidence to support that except for the It is obvious to me that Collins used these tweets to rile Asian hate to her advantage in subsets of the African American community to get herself elected. Her lawsuit is incredibly tone deaf. As a Mom of Asian kids in the school system I can no longer trust Collins decisions on their behalf. Then to equate Asians as house Ns who align to white supremacism ideology shows total ignorance of Chinese history. Kicked by such songs as 'Getaway" and 'Don't Misunderstand Me' the album sold more than a million copies and the band toured to enthusiastic, sellout crowds. He was NOT allowed but an Asian man was allowed to go to his wife who was also a fatality. Gold and platinum albums followed a string of hit songs like 'Sweet Home Alabama', 'Saturday Night Special', 'Gimme Back My Bullets', 'What's Your Name? Ive never before contributed to any of these local causes but this angered me so much Ive actually sent money to this recall petition. Because she doesnt think poor kids should study more hours. My wish is for all minority communities to have each others back. The Lowell hot mic incident back in October where she called those in attendance racist is just one of many examples where Collins has used inflammatory language. If someone tweeted that and used YOUR race in the tweet, you would understand. The goal of integration is that poor performing kids with bad attitudes will learn success from high performing, high sacrificing kids of Tiger Parents. And that definitely happened here. (If anything it will increase it, as Willy said above. This is exactly backwards: the students are what make the schools elite!). Scholars study these subjects **for their jobs** and they have accepted meanings for terms like white supremacy. If you want to talk about race and not sound like the idiot that youre sounding like right now, you owe it to yourself to familiarize yourself with their work. What about vice versa? There is no place for racism on the school board. The systems and structures of power, the institutions that combine to reinforce white supremacy, have long controlled and enforced the constructed definition of whiteness. Did it matter then and does it matter now, that these two elected officials could overlook Zhaos transphobic remarks? Many Asians despite pressures to excel in school, still find themselves living on the economic margins in poverty. The school named after her is on the list of the 44 schools to be renamed. I see the Berniecrats are opposed to the call for resignation. The racist views against ALL Asian students, parents, and teachers (yes, she said that), has no role in policy making roles for the SFUSD. My parents lived in the white familys house in Atherton, ate the same food, had a car provided for them, dressed well (in a maids uniform)and cleaned their toilets, wiped up their puke, washed windows, cooked and served them all their meals (respond to the bell for the next course), waxed the floors on their knees, made their beds. Youre wasting your breath, Im afraid. He did it and I think that she has a nuanced view of race relations. She wont do this because she is extremely narrow minded and hateful. Her tweets, in my opinion, are not fighting words toward Asian Americans. Acknowledge the vast majority of violence against Asians in San Francisco and Oakland has come from the African American minority, and stop blaming Trump voters for all anti-Asian violence. This word describes the position with which Asian-Americans reside in the American racial hierarchy and the direction where loyalties are placed. We've recently sent you an authentication link. Yet NO ISSUES for the asian man; he was not detained for hours, stereotyped, NOTHING. But even if false, the idea is obviously not *crazy* on its face, and Lowell stans need to stop dismissing the idea out of hand without even engaging with the facts of student outcomes across the entire district. She is incapable of building bridges. There is a need for students of all races and cultural background to receive a welcome mat upon entry of school instead of seeing schools/teachers/administrations pull up the mat depending on who is attempting to cross the threshold. How would you feel? Collins thought she could pull a fast one during the pandemic and pull a fast one in the name of racial and social justice. His life after the plane crash was a slippery slope that connected one tragedy to the next. I only cite these things to show you that in America, the history of the white liberal has been nothing but a series of trickery designed to make Negros think that the white liberal was going to solve our problems. I too want to know why are Asians afforded the privilege of choosing during their immigration process an American Name in addition to their Chinese legal name? Replace words in the brackets with any other minority and stereotype and Im not sure that there will be so apologists trying to legitimize the idea. For students who are high performing, there is an absolute benefit to being in classes with other high performing students, where the teachers do not need to stop and slow down to bring along the other students who are not at the same level. So, the uniformity here is not surprising. I find her Trump condemnation strangely tone-deaf. Collins rushed the change in Lowell by 8 months because someone, nobody knows whom, said something on a blog that is racist. It has nothing to do with racism. None of the discussions this year actually included community building or work toward solidarity. However, if merit-based admissions is dropped, will this lower the prestige of this public high school? That just sounds weird. Vote to restore 8th grade algebra. Theres no such thing as white people. Therefore you had #2 % in the world in passing AP Tests, which takes tremendous work and morality. The Rossington-Collins Band debuted in June 1980 with the Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere album. 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