Reginald Simpson, a student at Pearl Junior High, explained that when students on the bus started saying, "Obama is our president," the bus driver told them she didn't want to hear his name. One kid said, "This is history woman," and according to Simpson, "She pulled over and kicked me and the kid off the bus." They were left waiting at the high school and later taken to their own school.
Rest assured, the local ACLU is looking into the matter.
“A complete prohibition of political speech violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and will not be tolerated,” the ACLU said in a statement. “This election should serve as an opportunity to educate students and encourage tolerance.”
The ACLU is encouraging students and parents to contact the group if they are subjected to or witness any form of restrictions on speech, discipline, or santions in response to protected speech activities. Call (601) 354-3408 or 888-354-ACLU (2258).
Granted, it may not have been politic for one of kids to refer to the Bus Driver as "woman", but at the same time, if she really wanted to get the kid in trouble, legitimately, she would have gotten to school on her normal route, and reported said kid to the Principal.
But no, that wasn't good enough.
She had to make sure these kids were afraid to say President-Elect Barack Obama's name. She can't have little black kids thinking they're somebody, especially with hard and fast proof out there that they can be somebody.
This is about controlling black people.
To paraphrase: "Yeah, one of y'all may have made it, but we're going to make sure that the rest of you damn well know where your place is."
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Obama did it for us! There is a bailout for the people. Everyone qualifies. I got $750,000.00USD in grants for my bailout.
Bailout for the People
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