SC Governor Turns Down Stimulus Money to Help Poor Black Students
By Casey Gane-McCalla March 13, 2009 3:41 pm
Remember that adorable, brave little girl sitting next to Michelle Obama during Barack’s first State of the Union address? She wrote in movingly, hauntingly to ask that her falling-down “school” provided by the state be brought up to code. South Carolina Governor and professional racist Mark Sanford’s decision to turn down $500 million in education funds means that 7,500 teachers in SC will get laid off and schools like Ty’sheoma’s where classes have to stop several times a day when the train rolls by, shaking and rattling the school ain’t getting fixed anytime soon.
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« Previous 1 2 3omg! that is so messed up. i thought there was supposed to be a change.
the world is full of sad, selfish racists!
First of all, Mark Sanford is an a*****e. I mean what other type of man would bring a pig into the state house? As someone who graduated from a public school in South Carolina that lacked funding and had many health and safety code violations, I sympathize with the young girl. As an education major, I am worried that I may not have a job. He is not only cutting funding for public schools but for the special needs children. He claims to be the savior America needs. He so stingy with OUR tax money that he wanna stop unemployment and gov’t programs that will help ppl in this time of need. We number 2 in unemployment but he wanna stop unemployment insurance and things. His motives may not be about race but they definitely show that he could care less about the Blacks in this state. I can’t wait until he’s out. Believe me, we will be better off without someone who could care less about his own people.
Well many South Carolina residents do vote for new representatives in our offices, but its so easy for the office holders to sway votes in office. As a product of South Carolina public education I understand completely what the young sister is going through.It really doesnt have to do with racism though, so you all stop being ignorant and saying that, not true at all. Many public schools are mixed, sometimes the majority of public schools in SC happen to be African American/hispanic. Its diffcult though when few try to represent the public education and do not succeed. You all also have to understand the wealthy whites put their children into private or charter schools, so the public school system loses a lot of revenue. We do progress but its just not as drastic as other states. Dont critize our state help us, if you see someone going to the left pick them up and lead them to the right.
I am from SC and while I am not pleased with the Gov. for not taking the stimulus money, I don’t believe it was racially motivated. He is an azz and that is the real danger. HOpefully, more of us, hard-working people of color will take our vote seriously as we did this past presidential election and get rid of him.
That’s the reason to CONTINUE to vote. People in SC wake up vote his ass out of there!!!
I feel every one point of view on the issue. It hurts me deeply in the society we lived in N knowing that many African Americans r still looked upon as second class Citizens….please!…thats y i hold my headup high with confident n re-asure myself that i have a blk skin of the dead that made it possible for me n others to let our freedom ring n our voice to be heard ya dig. That little girl n many others r doing the right thing stepping up n letting a real president knows wats going on but guess wat…Obama already know wats going on, thats y he’s standing behind all the people thats living the shameness of racism many American cultivate especially in the south…every knows their history of the south. Enough of the white lies my presidents blk and blk ppl see right thru the enemies lies Easy….F bush, the republicans have not comment him since he left office lol they r sooooo funny, they funny looking too. Wrd up all i c is snakes, liars, and a party of NO! from the republicans. F them!