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If you’re black and a student at one public middle school in Mississippi, you can’t run for president – only whites need apply.

Nettleton Middle School in Nettleton, Miss., has segregated its elected class positions by race, according to a memo sent home with children at the school last week that was obtained by NBC News.

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The memo was first brought to light when Brandy Springer, a mother of four children, contacted blogger Suzy Richardson, founder and editor of the blog mixedandhappy.com. It was also reported by Gawker.

“My [eighth-grade] daughter came home from[Nettleton] school telling me that she wanted to try out for the school reporter, but it is only open to black students,” Springer wrote Richardson. “They told her ‘she should run for class president, that was open to only white students.’”

The memo indicates that only white students can be president of the school’s eighth grade, while only black students can be vice president.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    I don’t know why negroes are STILL so blind to whites when they let us know where we stand with them at every opportunity presented…

    Check how the white lady wasn’t at all concerned why blacks weren’t able to be president, but yet she was only concerned with why her lilly white beast couldn’t take one of only THREE spots available for blacks….

    These ‘subtle’ issues that affect our babies should be our concern, not whether or not Beck and Palin hold a damn rally on some old ass steps, at an even older ass memorial, in front of yet, more old ass white people…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blksouthern_belle/ blksouthern_belle

    Nettleton middle school really should be ashamed of themselves. How ridiculous does that look and sound?? a black child can only be Vice president in the 8th grade, the white child can ONLY be a reporter in the 7th grade, and a Black can only be the Sec.Treas. in the 7th grade??? HUH?? that look/sound soo idiotic. Mississippi never ceases to amaze me with their REDNECK,ignorant, and slavemaster like minds and agendas. MS,along with TX,LA,GA,AL,FL are red confederate states!!! As long as the president is white in the Junior High school .everything is fine…but there can’t be any white reporters??? lol. The main thing is, no black child shouldn’t be class president. That is their point, all those other postions are just an excuse/cover up and doesn’t make any sense to me. All they shouldve said was NO black for president of this middle school, theres already a Negro in office, we don’t want them to feel too powerful. SMH@ doing this to middle grade school kids. They are really sick and twisted to do that to kids and they are getting worse and even more desperate to hold on to “their land” America. I feel more sorry for the children, if this doesn’t continue on racial tensions amongst students than I don’t know what does. What a shame and a disgrace !!! Our EDUCATION system is just as evil as the healthcare,employment,and all other systems they control. Don’t think they want to help your kids, they’ll say one thing but their actions speak otherwise. If anything they want our kids to remain at the bottom with no dreams or hopes of the future.. they already destroyed these black students dreams BEFORE they have even entered high school. And we wonder why black males drop-out rates are so high…the teachers don’t care about their future or success, that is why. They have no real teachers and mentors, so black children quickly give up on their education. That makes alot of sense. Kids start to believe they’ll never amount to anything when u continue on showing/telling them they can’t be and wont be ANYONE..this article is the perfect example of racism within the education system…it is there and is not going away as long as we’re a threat to these people. I am appalled and digusted by this bc I know this happens in MANY schools, hidden or openly it is there and that is why our children do badly with academics/grades and NOT graduate or finish school more than anyother children non-black…those teachers make sure they stop them all the while helping and catering to white,non-black students needs,questions, and education.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    well of course the white mother read the note and said something,,,i mean how many other parents got that note and didnt say a damn word,,,INCLUDING BLACK PARENTS!!!!!!!,,,at least her momma stuck up for her child,,and i bet her WHITE child didnt understand none of what this teacher was doing,,,she just wanted to be a damn school reporter,,,

    i hope no latino, asian or any other race of children go to that school,,,SEEMS LIKE BLACKS & WHITES always get everything,,,LMAO,,,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blksouthern_belle/ blksouthern_belle

    the mother of that child didnt give a da, as long as her child could be a reporter..lol WTF how about the whole list??? it should be NON_ existant!!!! The criteria is the only thing that is reasonable and appropriate!! and right, what about the asian and latin students??? It can’t get more ignorant than that!… and that is Mississippi’s Finest lol, it’s redneck central over there!!! That school needs to be protested or better yet, shut that Plantation school down. They are so pathetic, they’ll mess with the kids… there is no shame in lucipher and his coworkers, trust me on that. But when Allah comes, I hope these people can stand the evil they put out!!!! This is why black and latino kids can’t come up…LOOK AT THEIR 8 times out of ten, pale-faced, “teacher” because that is usually the problem. I don’t want to hear about the parents, the parents can only do so much when their child is recieving a less than great teaching staff and so-called mntors. If anything, they’d be quick to put our kids in special ed classes, put them on ritalin, and hold them back from going on to the next grade because of “poor academics and behavior”..yea, but who is helping to bring that on because they dam sure don’t STOP black kids from failing- they make it easier for them to fail!!. I am sick of this country and sick of this education system, they even depise u all around the world and think you are stupid anyway so why hold JUST THE black kids back…By trying to make the white smarter and blacks dumber..People STILL think AMERICANS ARE STUPID! .WORLDWIDE- EVERYONE -MOCKS AMERICA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM. sO THERE U GO !!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mensa517/ mensa517

    Next thing you know, Blacks will want to grow up and run for president…..Just being facetious folks….And they say racism is dead or at least they want many young Blacks to believe that and take with them into their futures and their childrens futures……..It’s called the whitewashing of Black history but that’s another story for another time……When will White America grow up and stop fearing a Black state?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mensa517/ mensa517

    Matter of fact: I remember a class in grade school in which the teacher asked everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up. Me being me, I told her I wanted to be president of the US……She informed me in a surely manner that I could NEVER be president of the US…..Guess what? This still goes on!!!!! When will it end……………………..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    LOL well i didnt say the mom gave a $hit bout anyone else,,,~~>>I SAID<<~~,,,,,, at least she gave a $hit bout HER CHILD,,,WHEN OTHER PARENTS WERE PROBABLY RECEIVING THAT SAME NOTE, OR HEARING BOUT THIS $HIT AND NOT DOING A DAMN THING. she didnt just sit there with her thumb up her a$$ telling her daughter,,,well why dont u just run for president then,,,so obviously it DID bother her to some point. but anywho,,,at times i do blame parents for finding out about these things and allowing it to continue,,,cuz i know i wouldnt relax til that teacher was out of my childrens school. Cant leave it up to the school system all the time,,,parents need to make their voices heard,,,im real protective over any kids,,,and i dont even have any,,,sometimes their own parents dont know whats going on with them,,,but $hit theres alot of people like me who will step in,,,blacks & latinos have alot in common and r the ones who r set up for failure in this world than any other race,,,but everyone needs to stop sitting back & just allowing it all to happen the way things do,,,AND STOP LETTING PPL,,,OR SITUATIONS DICTATE UR LIFE,,,CUZ I KNOW CANT $HIT BUT MYSELF DICTATE MINE!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I_AM_BACK_4_MORE/ I_AM_BACK_4_MORE

    Now if only the United States had the same idea, we wouldn’t have that n*gga Obama as president.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    @MENSA517,,,SAD TO HEAR U HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT AS A KID.
    i dont care what anyone thinks a reality might be,,u dont tell children things that will crush their dreams,,,or that will instill hate in them,,,that $hit isnt right,,my momma didnt do it to us,,,and it was weird when it was done to me,,,being picked on for not knowing spanish,,,for being light skinned with colored eyes,,,for having a single mother,,for my mother & grand parents being born in the USA,,,ppl say things that make u feel like u dont belong anywhere,,but that $hit didnt phase me to where it ended up scaring me for life,,,i know who the fk i am & not delusional. and just cuz i ONLY!! date black men, dont mean a damn thing, i just feel more compatible, attracted to & happier with a black man. I gotta deal with the looks & crap, but,,LOL,,wtf do i care,,if anyone can handle it, its me,,ppl say what about the kids,,well all kids get picked on,,,but then again if someone picks on my babies,,,its on and crackin,,,LOL,,,cuz im not too good with war of words,,,im bustin heads,,,LMAO,,,jk,,,im not that violent,,,ahh maybe i am who cares,,lol,,,but anywho,,,it is what it is,,,

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stylemaker2020/ stylemaker2020

    Who cares? Old News! what else is new? What Black folks going to do? I know, not a damn thing! You love whitey’s religion, food, welfare, and injustice on your people, so what really gives?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AO-75/ AO-75

    They said No more, never again no more black presidents of anything, US president, class president, Hair-club president,.lol. but really c’mon ppl you can’t see this racism crap is getting worse, not better,…get out and stay outta debt!,.think about it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/phazex_female/ phazex_female

    As Blacksouthernbelle stated: “Red-neck Central.”

    WHEN are our black people going to REALIZE that though there is a hierarchy for education in school districts, black parents need to become more “visual,” that is sitting in classrooms clocking (monitoring) teachers as well as the curriculum presented to their children? Educators have gainful and mostly consistent employment because the parents make it happen for them. “No students, no job.” Parents are at fault because for many decades now, too many black parents became complacent in that “I know where my kid is for least eight hours.” This was a negative mind-set, now at fruition. For it is a wise parent that is vigilant in keeping that third eye on the “psychological” dynamics involving the educating of their child(ren). The beast is still trained and deemed as superior whereas black folks (and many on an unconscious level) are trained to perceive the beast as superior.

    It’s pretty simple. Until black parents do less yapping and more of a “I’m going to BE in your face” approach?” Don’t expect significant change. This problem has plagued many a black parent for years. The only change over the scores of years past is “different classroom, same treatment.” Excellence in academia should be the mantra and goal of every black parent. The bottom line IS that as black parents, you MUST be pro-active.

    For it is US as black people and parents that should expect excellence in our children.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blksouthern_belle/ blksouthern_belle

    I didnt put any words into anyones mouth on this site. Nor was I responding to anyone besides this article. I dont need to say anymore i’m out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blksouthern_belle/ blksouthern_belle

    well America’s education system is mocked all around the world. Say what u want, it’s inferior anyway and i knew the whole parent thing would come up. “We got to expect the best out of our children”… heard it all before. I understand your point Pharez, that’s even if u are black… ALOT of imposters/wannabes on here which is why I shouldnt be on here as much as I am. It’s not black planet.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nodoubt10/ nodoubt10

    I wish I would hear someone state that we are post racial or “they need to get over it”. What a shame.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/infinite_question/ infinite_question

    back4 more gay ass”Now if only the United States had the same idea, we wouldn’t have that n*gga Obama as president.”

    omg, back4more = uncle ruckus. im not even surprised by that ignorant ass statement, im just jaughin at u.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kosmopolitisch/ Kosmopolitisch

    Until whites tell us that we are valuable then we are not… this I swear before God and four white people is the truth…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    Looks like the policy has already been revoked. See: http://abcnews.go.com/US/miss-middle-school-bars-black-students-running-class/story?id=11498343 which says, in part, “After a story ran on ABCNews.com and repeated calls to the school board and administrators, Nettleton superintendent Russell Taylor issued a statement revoking the policy. “After being notified of a grievance regarding upcoming student elections at Nettleton Middle School, research was conducted that evidenced that the current practices and procedures for student elections have existed for over 30 years. It is the belief of the current administration that these procedures were implemented to help ensure minority representation and involvement in the student body,” read the statement. “[T]he Nettleton School District acknowledges and embraces the fact that we are growing in ethnic diversity and that the classifications of Caucasian and African-American no longer reflect our entire student body…Therefore, beginning immediately, student elections at Nettleton School District will no longer have a classification of ethnicity. It is our intent that each student has equal opportunity to seek election for any student office. Future student elections will be monitored to help ensure that this change in process and procedure does not adversely affect minority representation in student elections,” read the statement.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FSUgradstudent/ FSUgradstudent

    The solution to all of this, we need to build our own schools and have our own teachers that are qualified to teach our students.. My thoughts are if they won’t give me what i need that i will build it or create it myself, Im sick of black people begging “whites” to treat us as equal, DAMN IT stop looking pathetic as a people. Thats like when we were little and we begged someone to ride their bike, he keeps saying no, what did you do??? You went out bought your own bike!! Those same laws of independency apply as a race! I wish separation laws were still in effect at least we would have more black businesses!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    So what is worse:

    1. This policy exists in ANY school in the U.S., or

    2. It is 2010 (not 1964) and Blacks didn’t stand up for themselves for almost an ENTIRE half century, it took a mixed race mother to do so, because her children were neither Black or White, and we have a mixed race PRESIDENT?

    I vote for #2. What’s YOUR vote?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shenandoahOK/ shenandoahOK

    I do believe school integration was a bad idea, an idea that asked too much from the white community. Black people made a colossal mistake entrusting their kids to white teachers that were encapable of giving nurturing support and love. The teachers didn’t have a stake in our education process. The school system paid them regardless of what we learned, and the majority of us didn’t learn a darn thing.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LoveCreatedUS/ LoveCreatedUS

    Wow… Racism is a lie. AND, it’s alive and rotting many of our souls. Basically, it’s “extreme family loyalty” gone wrong and at massive levels. So, quite it!!

    Love did not create us to hate and use one another… Love created us to Love and to be Loved.

    On too many of these posts I read “whities”, “I date ONLY black men”, “ni&&as”, and a whole bunch of RACIST fists pointing at OTHER nasty racist folk on the other side of the hate. Don’t believe the “hype”? Don’t believe the hate!!!

    Evolution is a racist THEORY that is being taught as truth. It’s a lie. Evolution is the biggest fairtale ever told. The “science” behind it all is amazingly easy to blow holes into – research it!!!

    ONE RACE – The HUMAN race. So, please stop with all the “reverse racism”… it just makes all us humans look really stupid. Pride is of the devil. Pride separates and kills… Be confident that we all are Loved by Loved-itself and stand up for what’s right in the light of Love-that-created-us. As a nation, we are being distracted, divided, and fleeced – new era slavery is here – it’s called “debt” – and it’s available to all of us… and all of our children. You debt free or are you a slave to your shoes, cars, and genitals?

    Wake up folks… stop being “black” or “white” and become “Loving”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/brookjax/ brookjax

    This may actually be an educator’s attempt to make sure that at least some of each class’ officers are black. Kids being kids, and democracy being one person per vote, if the school has a large majority of whites, this may be the only way to ensure that blacks are elected to at least some positions as officers in each class. Think of it as affirmative action. If you want to do away with the principle of ‘one man, one vote,’ you are going to have a hard row to hoe. Maybe educators should just stick to educating. They don’t do enough of that anyway.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nodoubt10/ nodoubt10

    @FSUgradstudent, I agree with what you stated. This is exactly what Malcolm X was trying to stress, that we should not have integration without unification first. While at the same time MLK was stressing integration without assimilation. (of course I agree with both, but I think people have lost the their point)That’s why you see so many black people now who have made it to the top abandoning those who are still struggling. This country is based on individualism and once a black person has that in their mind then nothing else matters but them and their needs. You SHOULD take care of you first but once you make it to the top don’t leave others behind. Like you and a couple of other posters where trying to say is, that we need to just build our own schools and other businesses once we have the mean to do so.

    A white person once told me regarding race is that he looks at it like, “Us Vs. Them” and it took me a minute to let it soak in because this guy tried to befriend me at the same time. So after I realize what he said, and he said it so overtly and honest, I wondered how many others felt that way but tried to act as if they were your friend.

    If it is seen as a game of “Us Vs. Them” to other people as well (and it’s insane that people actually think this way) than I believe collectively we are losing, and only because our key players, our starting five who are that top and have the “A game” skills and resources to get things done are chilling on the bench watching us lose.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_light_photos/ Black_light_photos

    The subject of integration on this level has really taken both white and black America by utter surprise. And if I had to say, it would be more-so black America. If you’ve failed to take note lately as a black man, woman or child please do so now! The spirit of confederate America is now being resurrected by its great grandchildren of yesteryear.

    Most Blacks are either unaware or may even be aware but are quickly experiencing slumber to the fact that their GUNS have been purchased, c**ked and loaded towards any revolt white America may experience as they cleverly or artfully take their country back from this new Yankee in authority namely “us.”

    What does this all mean? Imagine if you will, the peaceful protest for civil rights in the 60′s meeting a new millennium spark for change. This would be the same change to overturn long held views from one race towards another. Sounds like something combustible right? Well that’s exactly what you are about to witness on this blood drenched soil often referred to as the new world.

    This is a matter of unjust treatment with epic proportions rotting in its coffins, an evil that has never been thoroughly considered or truthfully addressed by any one of stature.

    And if there is a GOD and I certainly believe there is with all my heart! One that is Almighty and very much faithful, then you can rest assured that his laws are not asleep, in that vengeance is his!

    Many of us have cried out to this same GOD they’ve claimed to have as their personal savior first and foremost. Which makes room for something else they deliberately ignore; It’s more so in this case they say their no longer under law, ignoring the fact that the law was never abolished only fulfilled through Christ, which paved the way for grace. Grace they no longer have as their covering. Hebrews 6:4-8

    Now this age old law that say’s an eye for an eye is about to grace our presence as the PERFECT STORM. The battle flag has been raised, and those innately prone to violence have spotted it early. This explains those off the chart gun & ammunition sales within the past 2 years.

    Dear family! When you see the funk of the south spreading all throughout the house…know this for certain….!!!!! A blood bath is on its way and this time the shoe is on the other foot.
    “ vengeance is mine says the LORD”!

    Pslams 58:10,11

    10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
    when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
    11 Then men will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    You are all wasting your time with your long posts.

    Vote on my 2 choices at the 9:19 am post.

    Do it NOW.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_light_photos/ Black_light_photos

    I thought I’d bring it back one more time, and factions are works of the flesh therefore there is no need to vote!

    The subject of integration on this level has really taken both white and black America by utter surprise. And if I had to say, it would be more-so black America. If you’ve failed to take note lately as a black man, woman or child please do so now! The spirit of confederate America is now being resurrected by its great grandchildren of yesteryear.

    Most Blacks are either unaware or they just may be aware but are quickly experiencing slumber to the fact that their GUNS have been purchased, c**ked and loaded towards any revolt white America may experience as they cleverly or artfully take their country back from this new Yankee in authority namely “us.”

    What does this all mean? Imagine if you will, the peaceful protest for civil rights in the 60′s meeting a new millennium spark for change. This would be the same change to overturn long held views from one race towards another. Sounds like something combustible right? Well that’s exactly what you are about to witness on this blood drenched soil often referred to as the new world.

    This is a matter of unjust treatment with epic proportions rotting in its coffins, an evil that has never been thoroughly considered or truthfully addressed by any one of noteworthy stature.

    And if there is a GOD and I certainly believe there is with all my heart! One that is Almighty and very much faithful, then you can rest assured that his laws are not asleep, in that vengeance is his!

    Many of us have cried out to this same GOD they’ve claimed to have as their personal savior first and foremost. Which makes room for something else they deliberately ignore; It’s more so in this case they say their no longer under law, ignoring the fact that the law was never abolished only fulfilled through Christ, which paved the way for grace. Grace they no longer have as their covering. Hebrews 6:4-8

    Now this age old law that say’s an eye for an eye is about to grace our presence as the PERFECT STORM. The battle flag has been raised, and those innately prone to violence have spotted it early. This explains those off the chart gun & ammunition sales within the past 2 years.

    Dear family! When you see the funk of the south spreading all throughout the house…know this for certain….!!!!! A blood bath is on its way and this time the shoe is on the other foot.
    “ vengeance is mine says the LORD”!

    Pslams 58:10,11

    10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
    when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
    11 Then men will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GangRelatedKillings/ GangRelatedKillings

    The writer of this post failed to mention that facts, in which I think the reader(s) should know. After reading this post I did further research, searches, because I know often times BlackPlanet can mislead. The thing is – the school is 70% White and these rules are rotated each year, that means only Blacks can run for President next year. This policy is actually beneficial to Blacks, if not Blacks wouldn’t probably win at all, any year, given the fact that the school is 70% white.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/waynjuu123/ waynjuu123

    I hope you guys are really paying attention to Beck! There are a lot of signs that he may be the Antichrist! so if you are behind him or under his spell be careful!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PR-BLACKCO/ PR-BLACKCO

    WHY DO SOME BLACKS BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THERE SHORTCOMINGS IN LIFE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PERSONOL SHORTCOMINGS TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR LIFE AND QUIT BLAMING THE PRESIDENT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE DONT HAVE TO POINT YOU OUT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MisterUnderstood425/ MisterUnderstood425

    GangRelatedKillings is correct on the issue and that alternative years would flip the roles. It’s not uncommon to find biased reporting or misleading headlines in order to provoke some response. Regardless, the rule in effect is pro-integration, however it does not classify how those of “mixed-race” are supposed to be categorized.
    Moving along though… this is nothing new and/or surprising as has been the custom of southern and even American history so am I shocked? Not in the least. Am I aware and trying to prepare for the upcoming fight and revolution?…. That’s for damn sure.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Paclookinmofo/ 2Paclookinmofo

    Something is missing from this story…Which wouldn’t surprise me being that the media isn’t really for reporting news as much anymore, but they will make it “sensational.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SugarSweetums/ SugarSweetums

    This is unbelievable!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SugarSweetums/ SugarSweetums

    I did some research as well, and some parents are very disappointed in this school, after reading the reviews. I went to the schools’ web page. They gave the Principal only three stars, the teachers received 3 stars as well and parent involvement received four stars. Sounds a little backwards to me. One Mom said this school was a joke and how they teach students with dyslexia. Some have transferred their children out of that district. Shame on them.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/panamaniak/ panamaniak

    @waynjuu123,you know I never thought of that. I thought of reasons why Obama could NOT be. But Glenn Beck is seen as somewhat of a “saviour”. Even if it’s not in a religious/supernatural sense.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dreamkongo/ Dreamkongo

    Yes we can

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    This was actually reverse discrimination, by forcing the 30% (Black) to have a Black school president every other year.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/persona/ persona

    N.A.A.C.P where are you?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jollyroger1/ jollyroger1

    It is a mistake to determine the offices by race. The school may have good intentions in they years when only a black can run for president but they are teaching the wrong message. They are also opeating under the false assumption that a majority of white students will not vote in a black president at the school.

    They need to stop trying to be so “affirmative action” and let students vote for whom they choose- even if it means no blacks in the student government.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    The NAACP only gets involved in discrimination cases, not reverse discrimination cases.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Caramel-XXXtasy/ Caramel-XXXtasy

    Can anyone say Al Sharpton?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Queens11434NY/ Queens11434NY

    How many blacks in that school have the grades and meet the criteria? That should have been researched before NewsOne put this out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    Y’all asking “where is Naacp, and Al Sharpton?” I’m asking who the feck are the dumb blacks, who live in these areas, and let this kind of nonsense happen? I bet blacks there think it’s “OK” as long as you don’t upset white folks, and that their kids wouldn’t benefit from being president anyway, second or 4th best is quite all right. When Osama nukes this place, I hope he starts with down south!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweetjoy47/ sweetjoy47

    If this is true and this school system operates this way, then I think the school board, supertindent of schools, any principal or vice principal should be fired immediately. And the parents both white and black of this school district should take their district back and put people in that will teach their children better than this. This is surely a wrong message to send in educatiing our children toward their future. Citizen should be very aware of the people that they elect to be a role model for our children whom are our future generation. And what I am seeing here they are not only a bad role model but also bad teachers, principals and supertindents. If you meet all the critiria in order to run for class president, then no matter what color your skin is…you should not be discriminated again. God is the ruler of all things. He is the only one who can decide who is worthy of a title. Just remember, these same people who are holding our children back from being whatever they want to be….will be judged by the big Man upstairs, in the END.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cake171/ Cake171

    SMDH…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Just1man4u/ Just1man4u

    Wtf that some bs so now so sour face non black azzholes are taking thier bs hatred of our president out on the kids cowards and racism is dead bs…

    I would contact all the non white parents and tell them to boycott this fu cked up azz school and demand a change in the systems this aint no 1900′s mother fukers

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/digg_it_up/ digg_it_up

    one word……”boycott”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsBLittlejohn/ MsBLittlejohn

    Wow this is ridiculous. I would sue the school and demand anybody behind this rasist nonsense be fired immediately! I have to give it up for the parents today having the hard job of raising children in this sad racist world. More power to you!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    YOU PEOPLE DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THIS STORY. IT IS REVERSE DISCRIMINATION, AS BLACKS MAKE UP ONLY 30% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION, YET A BLACK IS FORCED TO BE CLASS PRESIDENT EVERY OTHER YEAR. IF IT WERE “FAIR,” IT WOULD HAPPEN ONLY ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. GET A CLUE!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GangRelatedKillings/ GangRelatedKillings

    Precisely Textex, This policy is in favor of Blacks – it rotates each year – this policy was put in effect 30 years ago to ensure Blacks would have a chance at Class President in a school that’s 70% white. Black Planet isn’t credible news source. This article is misleading, a half-truth – you would think this school is ran by KKK – when the Principal of the school is actually Black. Common sense would tell you Al Sharpton and NAACP would be all over this school if this was true. Black people in Mississippi or anywhere in the South are not putting up with this BS any longer. What I’m wondering is – How the white lady going to get upset for the fact her daughter couldn’t run for reporter, when she didn’t care about the fact that blacks couldn’t run for president. If you listen to the interview you can see that she’s not concerned about Blacks, she’s concerned about her White daughter not being able to run for reporter.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hersey1/ hersey1

    maybe this was a gesture to help get more diversity into the schools election but to tell the truth you’re realy setting these black or mixed kids up for failure in life….seeing that 30% of the school is black and only about 13-15% of the nations population is black, a person of color will have to sway the white vote be be elected in any real life situation… nobody will stack the deck for them in real life… stop handicapping the kids with this “fair” world s**t life’s not fair we need to be teaching our kids that so they are prepared for this s**t when they get out here…and not start this white man holding me down s**t i’m so tired of hearing from so many lazy f**kers….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/garvin/ garvin

    Where ever the Black & White Dynamic exists in world dominated by the philosophy of white supremacy special rules must be enforced to ensure that those in the white camp always maintain an edge of the predominantly larger Black camps in a natural world. It does not matter if it is the United nations giving special Veto powers to white super powers to counter act the democratic votes of delegates who do not have these special powers, or a high school in post civil rights era Mississippi, the results will be the same.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xjoannaaax/ xjoannaaax

    wow,just wow.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/QuietStormX/ QuietStormX

    What is this? It’s the first I’ve heard of it. But for someone or a schools system in this day should not have this. It should be open to all besides color or background. Where is the full reporting and story of this? Who is the head of this school system? Is someone stuck in the past here or can’t move on from the 1950′s. I was born in 1962 and have a faint memory of the past down south when we visited my moms family in the country. I have to do a search on the whole story here to see whats happening to negate this and open it to all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    GangRelatedKillings/hersey1,

    I agree, but Black Planet isn’t the only one making the error, the original ABC News story made it sound like Blacks were prevented from being class president, which is FAR from being accurate. I suggest we boycott ABC News. If all 3 of us do that, they will be down to less than a half dozen news watchers! LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Textex/ Textex

    GangRelatedKillings,

    I think the Mom is concerned about her DAUGHTER having the opportunity to be a school reporter, not the COLOR of her skin.

    Her daughter is mixed race, not white.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    They should just ban this bs policy all together and let the kids decide whom they want to have as class president as we know children are less likely to be racist unless taught by their parents. And they should do it for two years straight and what happens or just ban the election process period no body need to deal with this type of bs especially children.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/yolanda2329/ yolanda2329

    When I first read the story I was “oh no”. Then when I read gangrelated and texex fullstory I understand and I can apprehicate it—these people need to held accountable for printing half truths and misleading stories of race. If this country needs to make extra money to pay off the deficit start charging these people for printing mistruths. This is like screaming fire in a crowded room–that is against the law….right people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/diana234567/ diana234567

    Black people, learn by Willie Lynch. Read all about it. You’ll act like this is something new. I have a friend that was born down south in the 50′s and he told me that the Black people down South were and are better educated and I agree with him on that. And that’s because they have and had Black teacher’s so you know your going to learn. But up North they didn’t have Black teacher’s in the school system so you know what happened the Blacks up north scored low because the white teacher’s didn’t care if they learned or not so they pass the Black student’s through just so that they can get rid of them. They didn’t care if you learned or not. And don’t get me wrong just by Black people being smart anyway and have common sense that helped them through and that’s why the white man came up with this thing if you didn’t go to collage or have a degree you couldn’t get a job. So they use this paper trail to stop Black people from getting a job because we are just talented people. A Black man could master something w/out a book and white people knew this so like I said they make it so that you have to go to collage and also they know that most of Blacks can’t afford collage. But you know you play their game and do the best you can to survive in their white little world. Which they think they own actuallly they stole it from the Indians and Mexicans and now they have boarder patrol so these people can’t get into the United States. They have stole from everyone and took their land. And get mad at each other and not at the right ones that have hung Blacks, killed Black babies, stole peoples land and property. They have done so much to everybody and that’s why we need to stick together as Blacks. And they still got stuff going on about the President (What a Shame). They don’t want to go back to which they came from and that’s nothing. They are the ones who had nothing and that’s why they try to devide us apart by any means necessary.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/diana234567/ diana234567

    In the white man’s eye if your half white and half black your black. If your mixed why when filling out an aplication you will put other you will never put white. And that’s because they want the pure race as they call it and they have these other rediculous names for you if you have any black and white in you. So what’s up with that? So the kids are going to be confused anyway being mixed with white because they most likely won’t embrace their white side and that’s because the white really won’t except them totally. They will always see the child as black if their mixed with white. We got some problems here on this earth and guess who started it they always need a nanny.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Her daughter being mixed simply means she is a lighter nigga. Those 1 drop rules still apply as our president is living proof of that. I’m glad that GangRelatedKillings researched further as I wasn’t gonna bother with this story as I would’nt shocked to find out they was still trying to hang us in Mississippi

    @hersey1 you made a real good point too they should learn how to uhm manipulate white people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SHINE_ALL_OVER/ SHINE_ALL_OVER

    HUMMMMMMM!!!!!!! NOT SURPRISED
    WHITE SCHOOLS ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING CRAZY GOING ON
    WITH THEIR SCHOOL POLOCIES ………………

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Thinknboutit/ Thinknboutit

    This is about the stupidest thing I ever heard of. That said, the article leaves out a pretty key piece of perspective, the fact that last year a black child had to be President and next year a black child would have to be President. We don’t need to inflame to stop this, the story as a whole is a travesty. When we distort the problem to make it *seem* worse than it is, we leave an opportunity for someone to say “oh, it’s not *as* bad as we thought” which quickly through the game of telephone we call life becomes a non issue that is ignored.

    This needs to stop and it sounds like they have addressed it, so the story now should be an example of a success and encouragement that change is happening.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Patches/ Mr_Patches

    We get a Black U.S President and racism just sky-rockets huh? Maybe white people should just leave the country.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/clayboggess/ clayboggess

    It’s a shame that we had to resort to the “every other year rule” in the first place!

    Clay Boggess
    http://www.BigEventFundraising.com

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CynamynQueen82/ CynamynQueen82

    SMHF…what a way to kill a child’s confidence! Racism will never leave.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ShawtiiSexxxiiThick/ ShawtiiSexxxiiThick

    While I agree this is ridiculous and embarrassing, I would like to point out that not everyone in Mississippi is a Bible beating, redneck, racist/prejudice conservative. I realize that parts of rural Mississippi, primarily in the Northern part (Nettleton is in the delta), are a bit backwards, but don’t spew the lies that it’s just Mississippi that is like this. I’m very familiar with the race “wars” that go on in the Northern part of the U.S., and I’m also familiar with the high number of KKK members in states suchs as Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa, so learn your facts before you pick on an entire state. Some of us are open minded individuals down here and one thing I hate is stereotyping a whole state over the stupidity of a handful of individuals. They do not represent us. Thank you. Peace out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WHEREDOIGO/ WHEREDOIGO

    News One Thanks for the link for the whole story . But that is all I will give you after reading the whole story why would you post this as some news other then to keep unrest what ever happen to writting a story because of facts and not just a snipet just about as bad of a job Fox does if I were a media outlet I would not like to be placed in way shape of form in the same paragraph of Fox you guys just did that. This was reported by a white woman after her daughter came home from school with the form about being a reporter and was told she cant and it was a Blacks only office this year get the story before you try to make News or try to start a riot. I know our race have been dogged and still being enslaved in some way but my people don’t let the media control your mind but your surroundings and the way you dictate that if this was the case we would be in an uproar every other day if not ever day. OOOh yeah since this fake news the school policy have since changed whats worst is that a white woman made this light schoool history of doing this dates back 30 yrs and many went to this school and never had anything to say until 2010 so who are you mad with me is for those who never spoke about this .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/0007777/ 0007777

    I take that as a compliment it’s obvious they not only fear my power but my mind as well..Good !!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MissLexiBaby/ MissLexiBaby

    I dont get why these people who say we are all savages and goons continue to push us a step back.

    We try and do good but dont get the opportunity, so when the boy who has been convinced theres no room for him in the business or political world says f**k it and turns to hustling to feed his family, why are these white racists wondering why!?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/savvyd/ savvyd

    @Shawtii

    Don’t blame this s**t on the Bible, it doesn’t teach no crap like this. Bible Thumpers, yes, because all they are doing is beating on the Bible….They ain’t reading it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ms_Leondra/ Ms_Leondra

    Lol..maybe we’re upset about the wrong issue. Niggs can’t be president, but we can be treasurer. We can’t be president, but you trust us with your money? Lol, I don’t know about ya’ll but umm, I think we win!

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