Lowing education standards not only does nothing to stop racism. You know why they bury regular fans 6 deep but bury Dodgers fans 10 under? Are you saying there are only white teachers and resources aides at schools? 11. Were all human. Collins is anti Asian as seen through her tweets and her actions. 2. supremacy? Dont step on the backs of Black people and look down on us while youre getting ahead. Nigerians prove that. In a vacuum, her 2016 tweets could have been excused if she had showed genuine remorse for her behavior. Is that fair?? Yes, while Asians are only 2 out of 5 students in the district, Lowell is almost 3/5 Asian American. Ive not been a fan of Collins. Its dehumanizing. Feinstein has been cancelled already. Both my parents graduated from Lowell and went on to Berkeley. Dont be so lazy. 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. It assumes the worst of whites, morally, and considers Asians to be suckers, manipulated by whites. When Allison Collins ran for School Board in 2018, there was also a candidate named Josephine Zhao. Because, deep down, Dodgers fans are good people. Asians believe they are so damn smart, they can figure out something based on what they already know. Like if people say youre a hard worker, they dont necessarily mean you are a hard worker; rather, that is a representation of their own personal biases about Asians. 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. Its never going to be perfect. However, then she started stereotyping an entire community as being less than woke. She referenced Trump, no political figure in this country can get away with what Trump does. But Collins was/is a major and vocal proponent of that process and the concept. All of this is super messy and a part of the whitelash that comes from trying to make systemic change. i am proud to be an advocate for children, pediatrician, educator. Asians were also brought to do break and life threatening work to build railroads and many other essentially infresucture and also latinx and carribian people asked to labor for essential foods yet these task are not considered hard work and study . The SAT/ACT is being phased out by 1,600 colleges and universities in this country in the meantime during the pandemic. So @blinkywhat is holding them back? They were clearly dug up by people with an agenda looking for a knife to grind. The goal should be to convince African Americans to view their journey like immigrants and focus on personal choices and behavior, based on this fact, because America is fair. Please, check your inbox! I dont even think the tweets are the strongest reasons for Collins to leave. 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. Lowell is a merit based entrance school-are you saying that kids of all races were not offered the SAME opportunities or are you saying Black and Brown students were purposely excluded?! Allison Collins is not a historical person. Therefore Asian kids are harder working and whites lazier on average. Collins and any City leader that supports her, including our friends and the NAACP that do not realize their support is NOT advancing our overall POC advancement, need to resign and let new unifying leaders start over. He first developed interest in the guitar in 1963 when a friend received a guitar as birthday gift. Collins is still alive and could actually make amends for past harm, unlike the guy whos standing on the dead Indian in that apparently progressive mural inside Washington High. We continue to grieve even as we support Commissioner Collins, and we call on all San Francisco leaders to focus on healing and deepening efforts to address systemic racism in our schools. Well played. It is then, an honorary white person position will be bestowed upon the loyal Asian. San Francisco should pay tutors for every poor kid, 3 hours a week, and make it mandatory for anyone living in public housing in SF. I know theres a lot of passion here but we defeat the whole purpose of this dialogue by going off on each other, because that will create deeper division and this will continue to happen. Who were the perpetrators? Yet NO ISSUES for the asian man; he was not detained for hours, stereotyped, NOTHING. WebLarkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the Never mind about the subject at hand, you want to take the time to school people on YOUR situation and whatever situation Collins has experienced. Probably because it was one of the songs they're best known for. There is a need for students of all races and cultural background to receive a welcome mat upon entry of school instead of seeing schools/teachers/administrations pull up the mat depending on who is attempting to cross the threshold. Nice to know she stands by those racial stereotypes. Students of Japanese ancestry can score less than someone of Chinese ancestry. Zhou was NEVER apologetic, in fact she laughed while giving an interview on this disgusting mural. Those with 40k or 50k a year per kid get elite high schools, but 35% of Lowell on Free Lunch dont. Her narrow academic use of the term is not widely accepted by the broader public and she knows this. You people in San Francisco deserve each other. 3/4 or more of Black and Brown students in SFUSD cant pass their state proficiency exams. The focus of the quote is to emphasize the crucial importance of solidarity in resistance, not to demean its subjects as ACTUALLY n***s. I dont care how strong a black woman she thinks she is, she has no standing to be calling Asian Americans house ni***s. Less obvious of an enemy than Trump, but an enemy nonetheless. And advocating for policies that belittle the black community under the faulty assumption that they cannot achieve the same results as the rest of us. If she wanted to make progress, she wouldnt spend all her time on cosmetic BS and put together after school and tutoring support for inner city students, build programs that pair mentors (e.g. Black and brown people are leaving that were integral parts of our community. Collins is completely one-sided in her view of anti-Blackness among Asians. Add to all this a series of incendiary 2016 Collins tweets describing anti-Blackness among Asian Americans, last week unearthed by online partisans opposed to altering Lowells admission plans and pushing a recall effort for Collins and two other commissioners. Nothing, serious no blood or broken bones but it made the other kids laugh at the student who suffered the mishap. Never blame Trump voters without hard evidence. Thanks for the great article. The Freebird Foundation, Inc. I am joining the conversation many months late, but I want to remind everyone that harm to any one is harm to all. We also are subjected to covert discrimination, and recent events like 9/11 or the pandemic, remind us that we have to be vigilant. Nobody is calling anyone a n*** in the quote/reference. We are the ones weve been waiting for. Thats cruel. Much of AIPACs work involves whitewashing Israels illegal occupation of Palestine in support of the Israeli governments campaign of dehumanizing those there before them. As an Asian-American, I am plenty versed in the concept of house vs. field n*****s, because unlike your assumptions about people like me, Ive invested time in learning about Black history. Lynyrd Skynyrd had met a sudden, tragic end. Maybe there wasnt tutoring at school? In 1963, Allen lived in Jacksonville's Cedar Hills area when an older friend received a guitar for his birthday. I saw emails. If she were sorry shed support KIPP and charters, restore Lowell, and spend some of the salary increase money on tutors for black kids who will encourage them to sacrifice as many hours as the average Asian kid does. Affiliate programs and This isnt due to poverty. This is a moment we can seize and use to heal and grow. Its not. Youre essentially saying Its not racist if its the truth! You sound exactly like the racist white supremacists youre supposedly against. It doesnt matter where she got the quote from, it is outrageous for her to call Asian Americans house ni****s. Which teacher did she report it to? If there are any that have tried to stand up against the majority on these issues, let me know. Well I walk in and I'm introduced to Amie--Allen Collin's first born. And if I then doubled down again and again that I was Very Accomplished and that I Worked Very Hard and Humbly to be a leader in my field and that my Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies entitled me to be taken very seriously about medicine, I would just sound like a clownish, arrogant, unbelievably lazy idiot. get by effectively getting rid of its nationally renowned public college prep school. For teachers too, it is a different type of teaching when all of the kids can keep up, or when some need additional help even just to start. Solving the problem required everyone tucking their rock and roll image under wigs for the wedding ceremony. Collins is doing real harm to Is Allison Collins from The Allison Collins Band Allen Collins daughter? Heres a good Twitter quote: These lawsuits make good news headlines but dont do anything to help us remove the barriers that are keeping schools from opening. Alison Collins. I believe that was in part because the proposed changes to the Lowell admission procedures were viewed as an attack on the over-representation of Asians at that school. Never mind that the toasted sandwich loving kids studied and passed exams etc to get into the school-Alison thinks that kids who like pasta should be given a chance to go to this school just because there are too many toasted sandwich liking kids at Lowell. Did she not take introductory-level college logic? Or do we think she is so awful she needs to go so we get someone better? They all need to go. Larkin Allen Collins Jr. was an American musician and songwriter known for his association with southern-rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington Collins Band, and The Allen Collins Band. He was a founding member and guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote many of its hit songs like 'Gimme Three Steps' and 'Free Bird with its late frontman, Ronnie Van Zant. Spend 5 hours meeting with Geoffrey Canada and learning why charter schools, which dont support the union, get great results for black kids thriving in school and exiting poverty. Those of us who are Asian/Pacific Islander ask that our pain not be used as a wedge to further harm or pit API and Black communities against each other by a racist recall effort. after my name. Get another line of work. In 1973, however, things finally started coming together for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lam was there to support. Yes, hard work and admissions into top tier universities can lead to increased earnings, but not every Asian American is thriving. Yall really need to learn nuance. If you dont understand her tweets or my comments here, please educate yourselves on the history of systemic racism in America. Im by any measure very far left, but the fear for me was always that woke culture and was more performative than principled, and Collins pretty much personifies these fears. Among many Asian cultures hard work, family and commitment to excellence are very important. Totally agree with Steve. Jim, you need to stop. Does this represent everyone? SOS! For instance, if the racist slave owner decides he wants to scapegoat someone for spreading the some Kung-Flu, the house negro will conveniently serve as the whipping boy to which the field negros attention will focused upon and away from the master. https://youtu.be/PuGkVzeh4zM Collins along with his manager-father then made effort to reform Skynyrd and started inducting former Skynyrd members. Humility is important. Its very true that there are Asians from many different backgrounds and skin tones who also dont think in a monolithic way. In fact many Asian American[s] actively promote these myths. 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I close with the immortal words of Joseph Hellers Chief White Half-Oat: Prejudice is a terrible thing, Yossarian., To treat myself, a full-blooded American Indian like some nigger or kike or wop.. Alison Collins used house nigger in her Tweets about Asian Americans. Has Collins made one peep about that private school at taxpayers expense? Many blacks teach their kids that America being the land of opportunity is just a bunch of bullshit, but the experience of Asian and Nigerian Americans proves its not bullshit, and if we can convince blacks to behave better (study 15-20 hours a week, work full time, pay attention in class, learn proper grammar, dont have kids before marriage, dont do drugs, save and dont blow money, do workbooks and flashcards summers), then the poverty of African Americans will soon be over, because whites are not discriminating against them. Ever have one of those times where you forget what it was you were looking for when you got up but that it was really important that you write it down but by the time you find something to write with youve forgotten this importnt/juicy/sclerotic thought. Not being there, if one is relaxing, is factual laziness. Taking away rewards will hurt our GDP and our nation. The Board of Education has been in the headlines a bit even prior to the pandemic, and these were not flattering headlines. The incident restricted him from playing the guitar again ever on stage. Just imagine if she were a Trump supporting conservative. This is neither good nor pleasant company for Collins to find herself in. If she were really sorry shed reverse making Lowell Lottery, renaming 44 schools and not reopening, and ending honors and 8th grade algebra. It is cowardly to make excuses When did ill-farted become a euphamism for racist? Her skin color and gender doesnt give her the right to discriminate and belittle another race! Scan this QR code to download the app now. So with regards to Asian people, what defines one as a model minority (house negro) is their level of support for whiteness. That school is 37% white. We are hurt and in pain, especially seeing her unapologetic face today. They have the time and libraries have the material free as do many nonprofits. The worst enemy that the Negro have is this white man that runs around here drooling at the mouth professing to love Negros and calling himself a liberal, and it is following these white liberals that has perpetuated problems that Negros have. Everyone takes the same test to get into Lowell. asian american legal refugee, So, they didnt kill me and settled for taking control of the SF Sentinel and banning me. Collins was seriously injured in the crash, suffering two broken vertebrae in his neck and severe damage to his right arm. Our schools need to be an opportunity for all races and ethnicities to succeed. That said, I still cannot wrap my head around the belief of removing the merit system or teaching that wanting to work hard and persevere is succumbing to a White Supremacy belief and condemning entire communities for it. Collins racist hate and her non-apology make a mockery of those very understandable fears. Urge all African American kids to admire and learn from the sacrifice of 10,000 hours over a childhood Asian Americans make over whites, and do make any sacrifice to emulate them and study those hours to eliminate poverty. The opportunistic targeting of Commissioner Collins distracts from the national conversation around addressing Anti-API and Anti-Black hate. Thats my interpretation of the history of the approach of systems and structures of power to stewarding white supremacy. Even during that horrific moment, a male of color (Latino male) was already being stereotyped, looked at as the killer and detained. I say that as a brown girl whose eyes were opened this year, and who now gets it. Your argument is irrelevant mainly. She is doing a dis-service to those kids. She should step down for being a terrible educator. Go through ten anti-Collins comments and youll inevitably find one with the sentiment Collins is just jealous because Asians are successful because they work hard. The obvious subtext is that the commenter believes that the reason black Americans are less socioeconomically successful is that they, as a group, are lazy. Remove her from the board. No amount of nuance can excuse calling another race house n*****s. Asians dont protest. anyone who takes other peoples word without independent thinking has no mind of his own. While her views may be different, her tactics are ironically the same as Trump. Sort of like the Lowell entrance exam. Her main mistake was in not realizing that her audience was ignorant and racist.??? But Collins is not wrong in saying, Hey dont ignore our struggle! Her performance of neoliberal identity politics has been coarse and crude, originating from an ill-educated place, as this author has noted in previous reportage. (That should happen at the ballot box and shes up for re-election in November 2022.) By October 20, 1977, Skynyrd's songs had become radio staples. Collins uses this type of inflammatory rhetoric constantly. When minority communities dont support one another, white supremacy THRIVES. WebCatherine is the daughter of Burton E. Collins and Gloria Luckenbach. Racism coming from the SJWs is complicated and requires context. I, myself, found it hateful and harmful. So, I shouldnt be surprised at this backyard fence full of screaming magpies gaining mutual pleasure from hurting someone. Her main mistake was in not realizing that her audience was ignorant and racist., ^ a true masterclass in how to win friends and influence people. Theres nothing meaningful about Lowell. Most Asian parents do, or at least a higher percentage. White supremacy and whiteness is the ideology which defines who is white who supports whiteness. Actions speak louder than words. In essence she RESIGNED when her anti-trans policies came to light. 1 is Racism in society, which is a theory insulting to whites and unfair, as antiracism is literally our national religion and any white person acting racist is targeted for destruction and hated by nearly all other whites. Theory #3 is effort. If you do not want your children to be competitive on the world stage, please go ahead, the rest of the world benefits from less American competition! Incorporation as white by power does not mean that one is exempt from discrimination by the weak. https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/mxp/speeches/mxa29.html. Thats not racism to note. We cant even bring ourselves to call it what it is. Asian-Americans like this dont show up to protests when unarmed Black folks get shot dead. Is Dianne Feinstein an historical person or a living human being? Her lawsuit is incredibly tone deaf. Most black parents dont believe kids should make the tremendous sacrifices necessary to get into Lowell under the old system, do whatever it takes to get all As, say no to fun, to church, to TV, to family time, to friend time, to video games, to sports, to social media, to get better grades. Really!! No, we dont. WebAllen's family grew with the birth of his daughter Amie followed quickly by Allison. But Collins is anti Asian as seen through her tweets or my comments here, please educate on! 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