Arlington Independent School District Straight Player-Hating

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sorry, this system kept kicking me out and erasing my comment so there you have it, 3 different posts from me basically saying the same thing.

Did you actually read my post/tangent/rant?

see above-- No where in the first post did I mention "gauging" so therefore I was talking specifically about grillz, mouth jewelry, teeth bling which is associated with blacks.

So, you should have read the post more clearly.

Also, ear gauging derived from Africa, parts of Asia and indigenous locations. But, like many other practices, it was introduced to the West by visitors to those countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_gauging

'Nough said

Did you actually read my post? see above-- No where in the first post did I mention "gauging" so therefore I was talking specifically about mouth jewelry, teeth bling. So, you should have read the post more clearly.

Also, ear gauging derived from Africa, parts of Asia and indigenious locations. But, like many other practices, it was introduced to the West by visitors to those countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_gauging

'Nough said

I was specifically talking about mouth jewelry, grillz. Did I mention gauging anywhere in my first post? Okay, then that's because I was talking specifically about grillz, bling in the teeth. see above.

To the original comment poster. Since when is gauging a practice identified with black culture. For everywhere I've been and even here in Austin, gauging and piercing seems to be associated more with whites than blacks. I think you jumped to a conclusion that wasn't accurate when you read this post.

If people continue to let things like this happen, soon it will be illegal to get tattoos or color your hair.

This is a means of control. I'm willing to bet if you talk to the AISD people they would say they stress individuality and being yourslef etc... - it is obvious that it does not.

This also may be an abuse of power. Whose to say that a couple of board members kids didn't come home witha grill and or a gauge and they are using their power to make sure their children are not influenced by anyone promoting something they may feel is wrong.

Its a free country and as for the rules in the workplace thing, since when are there dresscodes and restrictions on wearing jewlery? I was part of corporate America for quite some time and will agree that you had to play the game to get ahead or be really good. I guess I was good, because I never played the dress for success game, but I was never penelazied for it by rules either.

Okay, I'll forgive you for that Jon dear. I must say that I have been immersed in creationism specifically while living in the Bible-belt (good 'Ol Tennessee)and attending private schools so I am quite the conservative yet I have that side of me that wants to test the waters.

And I am so glad that Austin is so creative and free-spirited but I guess living north I don't get caught up in all these debates going on.

Gee, I'm sheltered.

Yes, it's true I have been here a year. But, hey, I do know who Kinky is.

and way back in my day they ragged on us about our hair - even suspended a chick who shaved her head because her hair was too short. called us "distracting to other students." I pointed out that there were some nice lookin' fellas with luscious butts in super tight painted-on jeans that I found distracting, but they didn't feel the need to mess with those dolts. Avoidance of nonconformist ways is a great way to prepare the youth of today for mediocrity.

No hard feelings about the midwest, Gin. I was born and raised in Ohio, my family lives in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. We are breadbasket brethren.

I just like taking cheap shots at the Kansas school board for that whole creationism intelligent design thing...

I don't think the school systems are using the no "grillz," no "gauging" as mechanisms for control- okay, you can disagree here, I understand that.

But, the environment is set-up for structure. Call, me a tight wad. Oh, and I was born in Nebraska, so lay off the mid-west there buddy.

Black culture, white culture, hip-hop culture, whatever, school systems have been using that "distracting to education" bullshit as justification for thwarting kids' sense of individuality/identity/whatever since the dawn of teenage rebellion/angst/whatever.

It seems that school boards spend a significant amount of time worry about how to make kids easier to teach then they do actually teaching them. (Unless you're in Kansas, of course...)

Sorry to be so long-winded here but it's seriously embarassing to always see black people identified by hip-hop "culture" especially something so unappealing as mouth jewelry. Oh, but then there's doo-rags, rap music, hoochie mamas, baby mamas, welfare, food stamps, Colt-40s in brown paper bags, etc etc etc....

Black people--- can we get the word out to promote a more balanced lifestyle a.k.a. care about something other than what is portrayed in rap videos and confirming what the media believes-- that you are nothing but___________

you fill in the blank.

Okay, let me get real here. Black people don't read this online magazine (okay, well I do and I'm black and yes, I like it) and they would say that not doing what is portrayed in the hip-hop/rap/dirty south, etc would be "acting white."

Yeah, I know what the 1 or 2 black people who actually look at this site are saying "good luck with that sista."

In the workplace there are rules? What are they talking about? Maybe in Arlington workplaces.