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Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Government, Terrorism Red alert? Stay home, await word (CourierPostOnline)
In New Jersey: If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, the state's anti-terror czar says.

(That would be martial law, no? In the land of the free? WTF? (b/w politechbot, via american samizdat)) « 7:31:07 PM »    

Education, Racism Black kids get 'pep talk' before test ... because principal believes they're dumber
(The Salina Journal)
Hoping to boost her school's standardized test scores, an elementary school principal pulled black children aside and gave them a pep talk about the importance of doing well on the test.Terri Dieker, who is white, told black fourth- and fifth-graders at Nettie Hartnett Elementary that minority students hadn't fared as well on the state tests as white students in the past and urged them to try their hardest, said Linda Aldridge, an assistant superintendent for the Leavenworth school district. Aldridge said white students did not receive a separate pre-test pep talk from the principal.

(Talk about some stupid-ass honky administrators. If you go in with the assumption that black children are less intelligent, then how can they ever get a fair chance to compete? Hey, wait a minute, what am I talking about? Why give them a fair chance? You don't want competition, do you? (b/w Thought4TheDay)) « 4:27:47 AM »    


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