profiled? He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. 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. Its GARBAGE. If you really want equality, never, ever use private school, period. Thats lazy. This was Eugenics and most scientists believe all races have roughly equal average IQs, though the IQ may be higher for groups who say no to alcohol and drugs, and some IQ is environmental, the genetic potential for IQ is equal, and Nigerian Immigrants show higher than average white IQs, so this theory is false. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Immigrants from Africa outperform whites because they have an open mind and believe effort pays off. Is that really designed to make opportunity more equal? Her main mistake is that she cant get over her own ego. What about vice versa? It can make a black family feel like a minority and very left out of this pretty prosperous city. No, this is dumb. Of course! This is just more evidence they need to come out of their cloistered bubbles and actually listen to people. It is cowardly to make excuses Tell me: what is the goal here by going down this path of convincing them to be less successful? Dont even try to justify racist, misdirected hate coming from a school board member. If you do not want your children to be competitive on the world stage, please go ahead, the rest of the world benefits from less American competition! She was rightfully let go. Her part in the renaming of the schools fiasco demonstrates how completely out of touch she is. I have to touch back on the Freedom of Our Speech earlier comment. During the 1987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute tour Allen served as musical director -- selecting the set lists, arranging the songs and setting the stage. Lam was there to support. We will NEVER be given a fair chance. Your contribution is essential to our efforts. never found any evidence to support that except for the Most black parents dont believe kids should make the tremendous sacrifices necessary to get into Lowell under the old system, do whatever it takes to get all As, say no to fun, to church, to TV, to family time, to friend time, to video games, to sports, to social media, to get better grades. Both my parents graduated from Lowell and went on to Berkeley. However, as this article points out, Collins was expressing her experience. Girls choose right more than boys. You felt it that she deserves to be called out for not being familiar enough on what racism means as defined by scholars YOU subscribe to (definitions which have evolved and vary), is this really being progressive and advocating for AAPI? 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. Like if the field negros would just shut up and concentrate on picking more cotton, someday they might make it working in the house. So @blinkywhat is holding them back? Your contribution is essential to our work. Being a house n****r is still being a n****r. Youre still considered the help., Jenny Lam, the only Chinese American school board member in San Franciscos heavily Asian school district, told me she felt the tweets played into generalizations that for a group of people, Asian Americans, if you want to get ahead, youre supporting white supremacy., Norman Yee, a former president of both the Board of Supervisors and Board of Education, felt that Collins call-out of Asians for not being vocal played into longstanding stereotypes of Asians as docile and passive. Its the American ideology of rugged individualism and hard work.. Part of Allen's sentence from his car wreck, called for him to use his fame and influence to warn kids of the dangers of drunk driving. Overwritten. But, afterward, they were still committed to assimilating and getting ahead, by working hard and saving their money like good white supremacists; enough to pay for their sons college education and then, later, retire. Adams ruins everything. Rather than be apologetic, she became defensive. This exam, which must certainly have had some cultural bias favoring the wealthy, opened the door to a middle class life to anyone willing to put in the work (poor or wealthy) to study and pass the exam. Im 1/4 Asian American, but Im Afghan. This is not Whats up my Ni**as. Someone or some system has to be there to nurture that success. The complete and utter hypocrisy and morally bankrupt relativism of the antiracist movement is on full display here. Moving kids around, renaming schools, stripping away academic entry.none of that solves the root cause of the academic failures of certain groups of studentswhich is family values around academic commitment and achievement, high academic standards, no entitlement mentality as if someone owes you anything, and not looking for entitlement and lowering standards to compete. Ask most Asian American families who fit this scenario one question. As stated explicitly in the story, youre asking me to put nuance and context into these statements that Collins did not. I want more black and Latino kids at Lowell. Its rich that the progressives who swept the likes of Abraham Lincoln under the rug as dishonorable racists in the school-renaming fiasco are now calling for forgiveness and historical context for a contemporary racist. Its interesting how you want to talk about anti-blackness but fail to mention how the overwhelming majority of attacks on Asians come from blacks, which has been this way for decades. There is no place for racism on the school board. Totally agree with Steve. This shows a really problematic way of thinking about Asians. Even if USA is much better at volleyball than the rest of the world, how long do you think it will take for this to change? These are the new standards she and the others have set; time to live by them. Substance abuse would only cause him more problems in the future. Thanks so much for writing what you did, you are so right. We should hold up any group who studies hard and get others to be more like them, including Nigerian Americans. In college, other students (rich white kids) called me and my fellow Asian friends grinds because we studied every day including weekends, and didnt party enough. "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). This story sounds like its gonna be juicy, but doesnt meet the hype in the end. Heres how you can summarize this story and most of the comments: Please, Allison, please, please, just apologize for making (not) racist remarks. The incident restricted him from playing the guitar again ever on stage. what type of danger zone is needed for this exercise. Parents want kids to excel. Youre essentially saying Its not racist if its the truth! You sound exactly like the racist white supremacists youre supposedly against. This is outright using the word in its original negative, perjorative sense to insult another race. I doubt Ms. Collins would take to that lightly, but thats EXACTLY what she did. She could use Twitter and other mediums in a positive and constructive way but she chooses not to. get by effectively getting rid of its nationally renowned public college prep school. The only explanation that seems to make sense is that we, as Americans, have internalized and normalized anti-Asian racism. This is not skimming. Yes, hard work and admissions into top tier universities can lead to increased earnings, but not every Asian American is thriving. 3/4 or more of Black and Brown students in SFUSD cant pass their state proficiency exams. Less than ten minutes later, the plane crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp. And this is where things went off the rails. This hate from her is especially obvious on her attacks on Lowell. Have you read Malcolm Xs speech? Lets keep it REAL here. 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. You are spreading lies. This is neither good nor pleasant company for Collins to find herself in. This American work ethic is not simply a measure of personal will and action; on top of that, it is used to judge a persons character as good or bad. But when we flip this around to the humanities, oh NOW its how dare you criticize someone for not being familiar with the verbiage of a field of expertise, how can you expect her to know about these things. Hmmm. If she gets away with this then what message are we sending to the school kids? Asian students come from less fortunate households and immigrant households as well where parents may not speak english. So the masters responsibility for the spreading the disease is all but lost in the melee between the field negros and house negro. Tragedy struck Allen's life again just as the Rossington Collins Band started. Do not denigrate the curiosity, dedication, assiduous work ethic, talent of these Lowell students. But then that wont make it elite, and it will no longer be a desirable school. Have you made one peep about the racist SOTA? Nope. She needs to resign and spend some time thinking about how her selfish and divisive political agenda has been so detrimental to the real work that the board needs to do especially in this time. 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. The next Board of Education meeting is slated for 3 p.m. today, and it remains to be seen how good and pleasant that will be. And then, its defended unapologetically by Collins and the rest of the Board, and said historical context, nuance were not going to used in the judgements. Changing Lowell this much ruined it. Maybe no English speaking guardians that could help with reading? Actually, Medium, your comment is uninformed. There has NEVER EVER been an instance where kids are purposely excluded from any programs or resources at either school. Like those schools, Lowell performs so well because its creaming its not high-performing because its standards are exceptionally high, its high-performing because its skimming the highest-scoring students in the city off the top . Her skin color and gender doesnt give her the right to discriminate and belittle another race! 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. These tweets continued, however. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. Calling everyone not with you racist lol this proves you are a friend of Collins, thats what she did exactly in our school board meeting. How do we have a school board that is so politically UNsavvy? And it warrants mentioning and unambiguously mentioning: It is not racist for a Black woman to call out anti-Blackness. And studying hard to get ahead in society is not white supremacist thinking. Very well said,Bedbug. The harder one works, the more success a person can achieve. Despite coming close several times, Lynyrd Skynyrd just kept missing that elusive big break. Lazier parents and kids embrace the easier, more fun choices. In her head, she is advocating for AAPI and those defending her believe this to be true. Kathy had a fatal haemorrhage during miscarriage of the couples third child in 1980. what do you have? Eliot called: Objective Correlative which is the writers tool in choosing the most accurate word or phrase to capture a person, place or thing or event . Collins must resign! So, where was I before I went for another gummie? There are countless views of this and I am continually struck by the insights and angles coming from different people. They cant remove her (as in impeachment), but they are within the rules to remove her as vice chair of the Board and to remove her from all committee assignments. WebCatherine is the daughter of Burton E. Collins and Gloria Luckenbach. Black kids study less than whites, are 4 years behind in reading by 12th grade, 5 behind Asians, and parents are less likely to teach the kids to read. somewhere that Amie is living in South Carolina, but no one seems supremacy? if D students get in. I tend to not read comment sections because people just say mean things to each other, this comment section was not too bad and I learned some things. They have to study 10,000 more hours over a childhood than now and spend 10,000 hours less relaxing. Commissioner Alison Collins has been one of the few consistent anti-racist voices among politicians in this city. If you are impoverished, youre probably lazy. are yall dumbyou want to be oppressed so bad.dude this black women is literally telling you that you are over represented in SF schools asshole. And while the benefits of Lowell to its students beyond the brand are vague, there are likely real costs from the status quo; the education research Im aware of seems to suggest that it might actually harm the bottom 90-95% of students for a school system to aggressively sort the top 5-10% of kids out of their schools completely. Learn to live with empathy and compassion. The Board of Education has been in the headlines a bit even prior to the pandemic, and these were not flattering headlines. Stop making everything racist. We just hustled, prayed, and did the best we could. Mission Local produces enterprise-reporting on SFs most critical issues: police reform, corruption, public health, housing and homelessness. Yeah, so some kind of accident happens to one of the kids. The Knebworth Fair '76. She didnt call them the n word. I think there are legitimate questions about that now, while shes still alive. 7. Those of us who are Asian/Pacific Islander ask that our pain not be used as a wedge to further harm or pit API and Black communities against each other by a racist recall effort. The tweets say what they say and say what they say regardless of whos publicizing them. Wrong, beneath her, and shes paying now. She was given many chances and she doesnt have a damn in our meetings. Collins did not fabricate her experience. Your humble narrator was a writer and columnist for SF Weekly from 2007 to 2015, and a senior editor at San Francisco Magazine from 2015 to 2017. They are an emotion-infused plea to step UP. Asians pay theirs. Maybe the elementary and middle schools Pasta kids went to didnt have as good funding and not as many programs? To relegate that as just being a group to taunt, be more like, call a wedge, and continue to make fun of here knowing all of this is so heartbreaking and damaging to the community. By the way, growing up, I have been called racial slurs by Caucasians, Latinos, Middle Easterns, other Asians, and yes, even African Americans? Should we add you to that list of scholars as well? The others stood in solidarity with Collins Anns these ideologies that do not serve out students or our city. Most readers are too clueless to know where is she coming from. Asians dont protest. More black men abandon their kids or dont marry before the kid is born. And according to Wikipedia, L-W still has shop classes, unlike Lowell. Her lawsuit is incredibly tone deaf. The revolution is not going to be started by academics or supporters of ruling-class parties, but by the masses they hold in contempt. I am joining the conversation many months late, but I want to remind everyone that harm to any one is harm to all. Nobody is calling anyone a n*** in the quote/reference. She said many and there is a difference. Thats the go-to solution with every mistake Youre fired! Sound familiar? That is the only way we make real change in the fight against racism and I believe thats exactly what Collins tweets were about. The paralysis from the car accident contributed to the chronic pneumonia, a common problem issue seen in people who are paralyzed, that ultimately took the life of Allen Collins on January 23, 1990. One might understand how under current circumstances, that racist history might be downplayed while all responsibility for anything wrong cast, again, on Black and Brown commissioners and the students they represent by conservative Asian American west side families. If the problem is white supremacy and white supremacist systems, several said, why level so much blame on Asians? But especially a school administrator. Jim, she was not referencing Malcolm X. Our schools need to be an opportunity for all races and ethnicities to succeed. Asian Americans study over twice as much as whites in California and thus earn more money and are more than 3x as likely to make a UC. But it is the argument. Coupled with the lingering effects of losing his friends in the plane crash, Kathy's death devastated Allen. Embedded within the American work ethic is individualism. She is doing a dis-service to those kids. I saw emails. She should submit it someplace where it can be more broadly shared. Every poor person will only get ahead by denouncing laziness and embracing effort. AIPAC is the America Israel Public Affairs Committee that is the lobbying arm of the Israeli government in the US. I see the Berniecrats are opposed to the call for resignation. Spend one hour listening to Amy Chua and learning habits. Not only is that racist, but woefully ignorant. Joe was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. Im by any measure very far left, but the fear for me was always that woke culture and was more performative than principled, and Collins pretty much personifies these fears. What does the data say? Alison Collins did not return our calls or texts. This privilege is NOT afforded to Nigerians, Latinos, Trinidadians, Africans, Iranians but to Asians.