Smash racist science labs to free resources for struggling students: Berkeley HS, where else?

http://www.examiner.com/x-356-SF-Education-Examiner~y2009m12d31-Berkeley-High-may-scrap-science-labs-seen-as-exclusionary

Notable IB Alumnus - Al Quida Christm...

http://truthaboutib.com/breakingnewsopinions.html

                       Notable IB Alumnus - Al Quida Christmas
Terrorist

You won't read about this in the main stream media. Few
will ever connect the dots. IB supporters will rail at TAIB for even making this
public. But, facts are facts and you can make of this what you will:

As a teen,
Abdulmutallab attended the British International School in Lome, Togo, a
Nigerian paper reported. There, he
quickly acquired a reputation as a devoted Muslim. "At the secondary school, he
was known for preaching about Islam to his schoolmates and he was popularly
called 'Alfa,' a local coinage for Islamic scholar," according to The
Day.

The British School in Lome,
Togo, has been a private IB academy since 1994. IBO's mission statement includes
the following: These programmes encourage students across the world to
become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other
people, with their differences, can also be
right.

2001: According to Michael Rimmer, his
history teacher at the British School, Abdulmutallab is a "very religious" boy
who once defends the Taliban during class discussion on the topic.
Religiousity aside, Rimmer characterizes Abdulmutallab as a "dream" student:
"Very keen, enthusiastic, very bright, very polite."

A polite terrorist.
Did the IB education Abdulmultallab received teach him that his defense of the
Taliban was "right"? Apparently so.

http://www.theweek.com/article/index/104560/Who_is_Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/27/2009-12-27_untitled__2london27m.html

http://www.ibo.org/school/000796/

All
of which begs the question:

                                            
Does IBO Condone
Terrorism?

In 2008, a
disturbing trend in the IB authorization process came to light. Two Islamic
academies, one in London, one in Fairfax, Virginia, were both authorized as IB
World Schools. Both schools are private and run by the Saudi Arabian
government.

The King Fahad Academy in London was written up in the UK
papers during the time it was pursuing IB authorization. According to the
timesonline.co.uk, the school was ordered by a tribunal to award a teacher it
had unfairly dismissed £70,000 for making public allegations that the school was
engaged in anti-Judeo Christian teaching. Extracts from an Arabic textbook
revealed that children were taught to believe that all religions other than
Islam were "worthless". The books in question referred to "the repugnant
characteristics of Jews" and stated, "Those whom God has cursed and with whom He
is angry, He has turned into
monkeys and pigs. They worship
Satan."

Apparently, this sort of news didn't enter into or in any way
affect the IB team's evaluation process of the school. The above story was
published on April 15, 2008, and in June, 2008, the King Fahad Academy became an
IB World School. One particularly upset and diligent London parent undertook a
letter writing
campaign to obtain an explanation from IBO as to how they
could justify authorizing a school where its teachings were so clearly contrary
to IB's mission statement. After many detailed e-mails which provided links to
the newspaper stories, she finally received a reply from the Director General
himself, Jeffrey Beard. In the letter, Mr. Beard stated that the King Fahad
Academy, "met and continues to meet all of our standards. The matters you raise
in your correspondence was [sic] not in evidence during the authorization visit
and appears to be unfounded."

To any rational and right minded thinker,
this response from the CEO of an educational company should set off all sorts of
alarm bells. Grammatical construct of the response aside, was there anything
involved in the
authorization visit besides rubber stamping the
authorization? According to Beard, the process is "rigorous". Were these
egregious teaching practices and news stories not "in evidence" because the IB
turned a blind eye? What kind of standards does IB have if this school met them?
During the same two year application period, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA)
here in the U.S. was making news of its own. The school had earned the nickname
"Terror High". In 2004, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for
first grade textbooks which taught that "any religion other than Islam is false"
to be removed. The school's 1999 Valedictorian was arrested in 2005 for plotting
to assassinate President George W. Bush, and he was just recently sentenced to
life in prison. Of course, the sentencing of the former ISA student was never
mentioned in the mainstream media. More recently, another ISA student was
arrested at a Florida airport for carrying a 7" butcher knife and the Principal
was arrested by Fairfax County Police for not reporting the abuse of a little
girl and for following Sharia law by turning her back over to her father. World
maps throughout the school conspicuously omit the country of Israel. Ninth grade
textbooks allegedly contained diagrams of where to properly cut off the hands
and feet of a thief. None of these arrests or the general atmosphere at the
school seemed to make any difference to IB which authorized the Islamic Saudi
Academy as an IB World School in December, 2008.

King of the Blacks vs Queen of the Asians

Black conservative wonders why Asian girl says the smartest one is the Queen of the Asians, but the one the black kids say is the "king" is the one that gets into trouble. Fits into my opinion that the key to doing well in school is to concentrate on doing well in school, not wallowing in ethnic pride / victimhood. Asians also lag on many fronts such as management and popular music, but if you want it, you have put out to get it.

http://townhall.com/columnists/JosephCPhillips/2009/12/21/king_of_the_blacks

Another "diversity first" fire department in Austin, Texas

Texas Legal Foundation / Emergency Responders for Equality (ERFE),

Press Release

 

Contact: David Rogers

Phone: (512) 923-6188

 

High ranking Austin Fire officials file discrimination lawsuit, charge racial politics have been elevated over public safety.

 

Emergency Responders for Equality (ERFE), Austin Fire Marshall Don Smith, and Battalion Chief Greg Nye have filed a formal complaint with the EEOC regarding illegal racial considerations in promotions in the Austin Fire Department, according to their lawyer, David Rogers of the Texas Legal Foundation.

 

The Austin Fire Department is one of the finest fire organizations in the nation. This did not occur by happenstance. Approximately one-hundred highly qualified officers ranked Captain or above, who have spent their careers building this organization, are the very officers who were not afforded an equal opportunity to compete for top-level management positions. They were subsequently passed over in order to accommodate a race-based political agenda. It is both an ethical concern and a safety issue for a majority of the city’s firefighters.

 

This case is similar to the New Haven firefighter case correctly decided by the Supreme Court this summer – this case is a matter of what is right under the law.  Race cannot be used as a basis for making employment decisions and as Justice Kennedy said in the New Haven case “No individual should face workplace discrimination based on race”.

 

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted to ensure that individuals are not discriminated against because of their race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

 

At the same time Battalion Chief Smith was advised that he was being named Fire Marshal, he was told that the Fire Marshal position and responsibilities of that title were being demoted from Assistant Chief in order to accommodate raced-based promotions.  Chief Nye was also passed aside for these race-based promotions, as were more than 150 more senior and more qualified individuals. There is very strong evidence indicating a pattern of behavior from the Austin Fire Department of promoting based on race at the highest levels of the organization.  Promotions based on race instead of qualifications are hurtful to any profession.  Appointing junior, under-qualified Lieutenants, who are by the Fire Chief’s own admission “green”, to top level management positions in a public safety organization, is hurtful to the firefighters and dangerous to the citizens.  Additionally, promoting a city employee based on race to a position (Assistant Chief of Professional Services), newly created specifically in order to accommodate this promotion, places a irresponsible financial burden on the citizens of Austin.  These questionable actions have created a severe morale problem among firefighters which is destroying the very environment which made this Fire Department exemplary. When citizens receive inferior service in the emergency management business – lives are at risk. The safety of the citizens of Austin should not be at the mercy of divisive racial politics.

 

"Promotions based on race instead of personal qualification are hurtful to any profession.  Under qualified leaders are especially dangerous to a public safety organization.  If citizens receive inferior service in the emergency management business – lives are at risk," said Smith’s attorney, David Rogers of the Texas Legal Foundation.

 

Emergency Responders for Equality is an organization of firefighters, police officers, and EMS personnel along with concerned citizens committed to fighting discrimination, bias, undue political influence and race-based employment decisions in our critical emergency service agencies. Emergency Responders for Equality seeks to ensure fairness in initial hiring, promotions and appointments in our fire, police and EMS departments by elevating qualifications and merit above divisive racial politics.

 

Fire Marshal and Battalion Chief Don Smith has over a quarter-century of experience keeping Austinites safe from fire and other emergencies.  For more than a decade, he has served at the highest levels of the Austin Fire Department Fire Marshal’s office.  Twice now he has been passed over for less-experienced minority candidates with little or no prior experience in the Fire Marshal’s office for the position of Assistant Chief in charge of the Fire Marshal’s office.  Battalion Chief Nye joined the Austin Fire Department in 1980, and has been a Battalion Chief or acting Division Chief for fifteen years.  Nye most recently served as Chief Arson Investigator, and has been passed over in favor of less qualified minorities on at least three separate occasions.  

 

Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr and City Councilman Martinez have made it clear—racial diversity at the top ranks of the Austin Fire Department is the most important thing—and qualification and public safety are second-rate concerns for the Austin City Government.

 

For more information about this lawsuit, visit Emergency Responders for Equality’s website, ERFE.org.

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