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Collins was comparing white supremacy to demons, not white people. Collins did not fabricate her experience. Vote to restore 8th grade algebra. If there's one band that inspired the overused, mildly annoying tradition of yelling "Free Bird" at the encore of random concerts, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd. Learn more about us. According to the groups website, they have 19,000 registered Chinese members in 41 states across the country. It can be perceived as racism. Anyone whose family has migrated to the US of its own volition, either as refugee or migrant, me included, should not expect a risk free experience as we benefit economically from an economy originally capitalized on slavery. I dont even think the tweets are the strongest reasons for Collins to leave. Please stop saying we are influenced like we are stupid. It is true there has been the most systematic racism towards communities of color and no matter how hard they worked, sometimes because of circumstances it just wasnt enough. Or is your advocacy just for show? It has nothing to do with racism. Very amateurish. She plays the race card in every instance possible where there is an angle to play it for political gain or social capital, but she herself is married to a rich white guy. These model minorities are presented as evidence of the efficacy of the American work ethic and rugged individualism. She did worse than carjack thousands because a stranger said something. We are ourselves and we know exactly what to feel and think when we see a racist. It also isnt lost on me that the people speaking of AAIP people often are not speak for darker skin vietnamese, filipina or other non East Asian groups that also work hard and want to achieve American dream but still are looked at manual labor. I see now that I should not have had hurt feelings because I am too uneducated to have understood the true meaning of Collins tweets. Skynyrd received international recognition for popularizing Southern rock genre during the 1970s. While I know I have had terrible disadvantages, the AAPI has had a long history of terrible harms they have quietly endured. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. There was no emphasis on it. He could use his arms and hands limitedly. Joe has his facts right, strikes a tone that fits a combination of objectivity and amazement at where this has gone, and jumps in to respond to readers. WebAccording to her Instagram, she says that someone named Les Collins is her father, NOT Allen Collins. Her youngest daughter really resembles Allen. You can be successful if you work hard. Yeah, so some kind of accident happens to one of the kids. In saying this, if any culture works really hard they should be able to succeed, get ahead and have the American dream. Respect yourself, courtesy of the Staple Singers, white supremacy, what white Instead calling us house n*****, why doesnt she focus on education, self improvement and hard work. mb, who is the real idiot? It is a model which, if followed, would lead blacks to much higher incomes and wealth. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. To see so many people on here both for & against Collins for the wrong reason makes me realize how bad this ideology has poisoned your school system. Nothing was taken out of context. Otherwise they were used to attack and brazenly. In a city where elected officials actually have been assassinated, there is no place for hiding or keeping silent when someone makes death threats against a public person. Then to equate Asians as house Ns who align to white supremacism ideology shows total ignorance of Chinese history. Nigerian Americans, and most African immigrants, are less lazy than whites in school and parenting. The idea is Asian Americans can never actually get ahead, and should join her in a battle to overthrow Americas culture, which she views as hateful. Are they blinded by their righteousness that they cant read the room at all? 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 . If the Negro wasnt taken, tricked or deceived by the white liberal, then Negros would get together and solve our own problems. ^^ Dino, thats incorrect. Do not assume that all these families if students are lucky enough to have families are leveraging privilege to just get a private school education on taxpayer dollars. WebThe younger Collins daughter prefers a quieter life, and described herself as a stayathome mom through much of her career as a bestselling author. How convenient, but waitthen Joe Rogan does the same thingquoting folks using the n word, but gets all but cancelled by the liberal left. His mother would work all day at a cigar factory and did a job in the evenings at Woolworths to meet ends. I doubt Ms. Collins would take to that lightly, but thats EXACTLY what she did. The model minority was made official in 1966 by UC Berkeley sociologist William Petersen PhD with articles in Time magazine and US News and World Report comparing orientals with problem minorities (Black folks like MLK). I can think of one obvious potential benefit **even to the highest-performing students** of having to share some classes with the bottom 95%: that there are learning opportunities for them that might compensate for maybe missing out on cramming in that extra chapter of the chemistry textbook in June. Seriously? Floyd Thursby, just now read your reply from last year. Thats exactly what the racist Allison Collins did. Utter nonsense. Again, I have gone to SFUSD schools growing up in SF, my kids were also enrolled in under-privileged area schools in SF where more than 75% of children are under privileged. The band, for being as famous and talented as they were, had more problems than any "Simple Man" would find bearable. Nobody is coming out of this looking good. If we want to talk about harm, accusations of racism and white supremacy today in a place like SF is a far more harmful characterization than traditional racial stereotypes that would conceivably spark far more outrage. It assumes we secretly are attempting to maintain white supremacy and using Asians as pawns in an evil plot. WebCatherine is the daughter of Burton E. Collins and Gloria Luckenbach. At a press conference denouncing the threats, there was no Jenny Lam, no Norman Yee, no Phil Ting, no David Chiu, no Sandra Fewer, no Jane Kim. That was the prophet, Samuel giving marching orders to Israels first king, Saul. I want her out, and I dont want her to go quietly because this performative-vs-principled conversation is something we need to have but gets silenced by the shouters. If an Asian person internalizes the model minority stereotypes, they will have proven to the real whites in charge they are worthy. you are not grandiose as you claim. Genetics. Here's a little bit about the tragic life of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and founding member Allen Collins. The members of Lynyrd Skynyrd hopped on a tour plane on October 20, 1977, not knowing that for Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and the band's road manager, it would be the last trip they ever took. She wants students to be equally less successful. Long considered one of rock's premier guitarists, Allen Collins served as heart to Ronnie VanZant's soul in Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Allen Collins From Lynyrd Skynyrd, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd. This happens in an unconscious way over a period of time. So, the uniformity here is not surprising. Collins tweets hit the mainstream at the height of a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes, presumably fueled by use of terms such as Kung Flu and Chinese Flu by Trump and his gang. I received a class A education throughout my life yet I was in the dark on much of it until this past year. Overall people just seem to get along with each other and having friends and acquaintances from all groups is the norm. We should not have a biased, ignorant person representing us. These are the Collins supporters and I stand in solidarity with AAPI offended here, but will not speak for them as they are more than capable of expressing themselves. If her daughter witnessed a bullying incidence then was it ever reported? She doesnt acknowledge studying is a choice, with girls of all races studying more than boys of the same race in all cases. Skynyrd started gaining national success from early 1973. If you are impoverished, youre probably lazy. I for a fact know that systematic racism and bias plays a hand at the lack of support and resources provided to Black students compared to other races. Collins sounds pretty hateful towards Asian-Americans, to be honest. If she were really sorry shed reverse making Lowell Lottery, renaming 44 schools and not reopening, and ending honors and 8th grade algebra. Hahahaha no. 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. And when. Making Lowell a lottery school, eliminating 8th grade algebra and banning willful defiance suspensions, and eliminating honors, just to name a few. Absolutely not. WebAllen's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie followed quickly by Allison. If parents dont make enough money, then there has to be a system to get them back on their feet. Do not leave multiple comments under multiple names on one article. Keep this sort of stuff in museums or cultural centers, not places extended consistent work/ education. Yet today, they ask Mayor Breed for help and millions of $$$ to fund an program for Asian protection. There is no white supremist mentality here just hard work! We all got played here, one tells me. To me, it doesnt matter which words she used or if there was name calling because the semantic content of her tweets is racist. Allen's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie and, followed quickly by Allison. It doesnt matter if CRT is the greatest academic field ever devised or pseudointellectual trash; if what you are trying to do is formulate a coherent response to the ideas that Alison Collins actually meant, you need to, yknow, not grossly misunderstand the ideas that Alison Collins actually meant. Bet thats on the year-end spelling test. This is just a clueless interpretation of both Malcolms quote and the way Collins deployed it. It makes you question if public school will teach your kids to learn to write or to think critically? Shaming Asian Americans for toiling to get to where we are today. Dont be so lazy. She didnt get drunk and say something insulting to Asians which didnt represent what is truly in her heart. In essence she RESIGNED when her anti-trans policies came to light. Ask most Asian American families who fit this scenario one question. G.H. Please do not denigrate the hard work that dedicated teachers, staff, and administrators at Lowell have put in to creating a learning environment at Lowell that meets hard working students where they are and shows them how far their aspirations and hard work can lead them. But, regardless of the political intentions of the Lowell partisans and recall folks who got this ball rolling there are plenty of awkward-at-best comments about Black people to be found on the Internet, and the married couple pushing the Board of Education recall went on race-bating conspiracy-theorist Glenn Becks program the tweets say what they say. Because this sentence is ignorant and not even wrong its incoherent in about 5 different ways, and the FIRST way its incoherent is that fatty acids do not have genetics; that is terminology that people in medicine apply to other molecules which contain actual genes. Therefore you had #2 % in the world in passing AP Tests, which takes tremendous work and morality. They sacrificed stress pressuring their kids to go the extra mile to ensure they dont get any Bs and study for tests in the summer. She should be teaching kids nonwhite immigrants from 70 nations and 30 African Nation out-earn whites within a generation. Very cool even though I am not a huge fan of the band it was very cool. 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. She shouldnt use an anecdote to generalize a whole race. Because Collins is not wrong!! Scientifically, if one group behaves differently and achieves success, their behavior is likely a cause of their success and other groups could emulate it. Im not an expert, Latina, 1st gen, mestiza, grew up poor monolingual household, single parent, for whatever thats worth. 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. The plane crashed in the woods next to the Mississippi River while attempting an emergency landing because they ran out of fuel. She isnt sorry at all. Dial down the very palpable contempt, your academic privileged is showing. Complaints have been filed on this discrimination that is UNFAIR hiring and DISCRIMINATION against people of color. I will try harder in the future. Her tweets, in my opinion, are not fighting words toward Asian Americans. So @blinkywhat is holding them back? Joe was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. We cant make her be contrite.. However, as this article points out, Collins was expressing her experience. Kathy had a fatal haemorrhage during miscarriage of the couples third So if the gatekeepers in charge think poorly of you, even if they are in fact wrong, you will not achieve success. So when these expectations are repeated to you over and over, you end up complying with these constant demands and end up being a model minority. Even explaining this, she was called racist. Thank you Gustavo for your clear thinking and helpful words! Yeah, sure, the CRT crowd accepts these definitions; but, not the rest of the 99.9% of us who see through this. We will zap comments that fail to adhere to these short and very easy-to-follow rules. Asians pay theirs. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. The only thing I can say to all of this rhetoric you wrote I hope you have proof to support some of the self observational comments you have listed as to the reasoning why Blacks children/students are not at a higher academic level as other children. Collins intentionally abuses and misuses the term white supremacy. You dont see Asian children in immigration dog cages and taken and separated from their parents by immigration. In the end, Lynyrd Skynyrd was a southern rock legend that bridged a gap between genres. So Allison Collins was way out of line. The Asian cultural commitment to education predates US History by a millenia or two. And they veered into places that many Asian Americans I spoke to felt were, if not racist, still harmful playing into longstanding stereotypes about Asian Americans in a casually broad and reckless way. Once again tragedy struck Allen in 1986. They are then forwarding to the hiring manager those applicants that are Asian. There is no different standard for Japanese American vs Chinese American. She needs to go. In a sense, our tax dollars subsidize Israels public diplomacy directed at US taxpayers. Her inflammatory and divisive rhetoric is intentional. Maybe no English speaking guardians that could help with reading? Masterful. Nobody is calling anyone a n*** in the quote/reference. If she wanted to walk me through it or walk anyone through it, the chance was there. The school named after her is on the list of the 44 schools to be renamed. Nothing Asians say or do prevents black kids from studying harder. Ive never before contributed to any of these local causes but this angered me so much Ive actually sent money to this recall petition. The problem is that many Asians have internalized the model minority stereotype as evidenced by the responses here. Do you see that? He did it and I think that she has a nuanced view of race relations. Dont the door hit you on the way out! The rich private schools wont lower their standards. get by effectively getting rid of its nationally renowned public college prep school. When did ill-farted become a euphamism for racist? 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. 12. Asian Americans have a long history of schooling and testing that way predates any notion of White Supremacy, or White people as an identity. Ali calls people racist all the time. I have two kids in SFUSD and seeing so little African American kids in the district is very sad and made me think what is it like for those kids that are so much in the minority. Dont even try to justify racist, misdirected hate coming from a school board member. A very friendly greeting and I have a 10 minute tour of the "archives"--gold records everywhere, However, while the school district is 40% Asian American, not all Asian Americans thrive academically. 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. Everyone takes the same test to get into Lowell. Worried that the long hair of Collins's bandmates would scare her friends and relatives, Kathy John had them wear wigs so they'd seem more presentable to the normal folk. How did the trauma of the car accident lead to the death of Allen Collins? In 1973, however, things finally started coming together for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Commissioner Jenny Lam has spoken up in support if students best interests and us aligned with you on these issues. During a Board meeting to discuss Lowell, parents made the case that Lowell offers low income students a path to college that is a benefit to all SF residents. My dad worked three jobs and my mom worked two jobs (both went to night school to learn English) to support our family so that the kids could focus on school. I have friends of all races. He first developed interest in the guitar in 1963 when a friend received a guitar as birthday gift. And it didnt have to be this way. For at least half of the anti-Collins crusaders (including Diane Yap, who surfaced these old tweets in the first place), it was never about a high-minded adherence to the principle of anti-racism, it was about their own gross tribalism and nothing more. In fact, well do anything to justify and overlook your (not) racist remarks. Her first tweets were not totally legit. After signing a record deal with MCA subsidiary Sounds of the South, Skynyrd entered the studio with Kooper producing. While her views may be different, her tactics are ironically the same as Trump. Sort of like the Lowell entrance exam. This just confirms that its ok for an Asian woman to pay to erect a billboard that depicted a racist scene and make racist comments but when a woman of color that is constitutionally protected gives her freedom of speech, the towns people are screaming for her blood. This city has been very unfair to minorities with the gentrification of many neighborhoods and the exuberant rents. Kids should not be abused but must be prepared to handle a world full of pain. Anyone defending and accepting this type of behavior and standing behind her ( Gabriela Lpez) must be removed! And, regardless of newspapers blithely using the term racist tweets reductively transforming a complicated situation into a simple one, applying a metaphorical scarlet letter and minimizing the very real problems of systemic anti-Blackness the tweets say what they say. Thanks for the great article. It will require quite a bit of humility. Collins first number of tweets were totally legit maybe controversial in some eyes, but important to find Asian-Am allies and to call out anti Black behaviors. Zhous billboard was vile and a reprehensible political ad that invoked racist, misogynistic and sexist perspectives. Is Dianne Feinstein an historical person or a living human being? These are issues that I only fully realized post-George Floyd when the time finally came to examine our role in anti-Blackness. Or do you have more excuses and whatabouts? She doesnt encourage black kids to study long hours. This brings up another parable of the pot calling the kettle black. It saddens me to read comments from people condemning Asians for not being educated enough to understand made up definitions popularized and evolved today into various forms as critical race theory or crit.. Listen. San Francisco is such a beautiful and diverse city. When talking about Asians in America, Afghans and other South Asians are usually not included in the conversation. Black brown yellow people are getting played against each other get it together people! In 1970, Allen married Kathy Johns. By the way, growing up, I have been called racial slurs by Caucasians, Latinos, Middle Easterns, other Asians, and yes, even African Americans? Not one peep. Of course there are Asian-American jerks, just like there are jerks of every other race and ethnicity. Thats because whiteness is an ever evolving construct that benefits those who are in power and are free to define whiteness as they see fit. Asian Americans were indeed on Trumps list. I personally find it harmful to teach children that working hard and persevering are bad things. Berkeley. The racial breakdown of Lowell High School, ranked among the top 60 high schools in the nation by US News & World Report, does not reflect the actual makeup of the district by race. 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