He along with his sister and mother Eva went through a tough time when his parents divorced. Too many as opposed to what?! But her comments are completely representative of her lifes work, which has been to fight for and implement policies which are damaging to and unfair to Asians. The Asian cop during the George Floyd murder said NOTHING and did NOTHING to stop the murder from taking place, he is an accessory to MURDER, a MURDER to a man of color, need it say more. His oldest daughter is Amie Collins who was born in 1971. So Allison Collins was way out of line. Disaster comes by way of the mouth Chairman Mao.those are words to live by lol. She isnt sorry at all. It is obvious to me that Collins used these tweets to rile Asian hate to her advantage in subsets of the African American community to get herself elected. What is best way forward if CRT isnt the awnser, what solutions beside telling hard working people to work harder or ivy league education will grant access to Networks where wealth pases within a color boundary. Get study hours equal and income will follow. Collins must go for the good of SFUSD. The entire point of the quote is that the people being referred to will always be considered to be n***s IN THE EYES OF THEIR RACIST OPPRESSORS, no matter how much they mistakenly think that playing by the masters rules will elevate them above that status. Thank you Gustavo for your clear thinking and helpful words! Collins should go because her ideology unchanged since her tweets doesnt help students to actually get ahead. The solidarity among San Franciscos political class in calling for school board vice president Alison Collins to resign is stunning in its damn-near unanimity. This word describes the position with which Asian-Americans reside in the American racial hierarchy and the direction where loyalties are placed. Asian-Americans like this dont show up to protests when unarmed Black folks get shot dead. Furthermore, we want to highlight and remember how API and Black communities have historically and are currently working together in solidarity with each other against white racism. This privilege is NOT afforded to Nigerians, Latinos, Trinidadians, Africans, Iranians but to Asians. Its very true that there are Asians from many different backgrounds and skin tones who also dont think in a monolithic way. Are they blinded by their righteousness that they cant read the room at all? So while this specific person might be prejudice toward the asian community it is telling that parents and community are trying to tell us that poor performance at school is because we black student dont value hard work now we dont value slavery and racism that does not want to pay people or protect provide resources to people because they are specially black . Thats fair. (Claiming that Lowell or charter schools cream the best students isnt a knock on the STUDENTS; its a knock on the claim that the SCHOOLS are what make these students elite. We belonged here! You and others are reacting to a comment that wasnt even meant for them lol Theres no excuse for discrimination and being a racist! They were not taken out of context at all. But i was a social worker and prior educator with spanish language instruction for middle grade. Democrats are pro Capitalistic and want to pass the buck to working class whites. As we all know, and you wrote about so well, the list of 44 had some rather dubious additions. After healing up from the plane crash, he got together with Gary Rossington and other former Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmates and formed the Rossington-Collins Band. I imagine Catch-22 is in few of the libraries of the anti-Collins group. Please keep your comments short and civil. Acknowledge and change, not discriminate and unapologetic. He was listed as a witness on the Will of Simeon after my name. https://youtu.be/PuGkVzeh4zM mb, who is the real idiot? The entire rest of the thread was racist and really problematic. Allison Collins married a wealthy white real estate developer. She has no curiosity as to why Asian Americans have 30% higher income than whites, more wealth, over 50% more income after a generation, 1/7th the white murder rate, under 1/7th the white homeless rate, under half the white rate of imprisonment, lower suicide rates, longer lifespans, lower divorce rates and other markers of success based on personal choice. i have an M.D. but the fact that she veered into labeling and name calling seemed gratuitous. After signing a record deal with MCA subsidiary Sounds of the South, Skynyrd entered the studio with Kooper producing. kids, 4.3 miles from his birthplace and 5,474 from hers. David. It has nothing to do with racism. Together with singer Ronnie VanZant and guitarist Gary Rossington, Allen Collins formed the nucleus of Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1964 by learning what they could from each other and listening to the radio. WebAccording to her Instagram, she says that someone named Les Collins is her father, NOT Allen Collins. Her youngest daughter really resembles Allen. Your long novel or a response showed exactly why you are a Collins supporter-you had to turn the whole situation into YOU YOU YOU! Is she Asian? We need to move away from Collins way of thinking. Students of Japanese ancestry can score less than someone of Chinese ancestry. Very well said,Bedbug. What are the disadvantages of a clapper bridge? Tragedy struck Allen's life again just as the Rossington Collins Band started. As incomprehensible as this might be, if you follow or assume that the first thought is accurate re White Supremacy acts (which my opinion is it is not and devalues so many ppl and cultures, thus very racist), then the last sentence makes more sense where she is trying to free all of the Asian community from the bounds (White Supremacy thinking) that are tying AAPI down. She is equating academic success with acting white, which is the most destructive thing a black parent could do. Is Dianne Feinstein an historical person or a living human being? Instead read Triple Package and try to convince black kids to do what Asian and Nigerian kids do and pattern their childhood after them because it guarantees high income because America is fair and will embrace them and compensate them for their skills if they do. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). He was NOT allowed but an Asian man was allowed to go to his wife who was also a fatality. They call the achievement gap the opportunity gap. You know Tiff when whites say and holler that there are too many Asians in the UC university system I dont hear too many asians opening their mouth the silence is deafeningoops cant disagree with god. This is a lot to take in bc it is a broad stroke and I am trying to understand it myself. Doctor, I dont care if you singlehandedly built a sterile, working artificial heart out of three old scarves and the circuit board in a Tickle Me Elmo; if youre gonna say something as pig-ignorant as white supremacy in my opinion, is real only to the perpetrator, people are going to call you out on it, and they will be right to do so. In saying this, if any culture works really hard they should be able to succeed, get ahead and have the American dream. This brings up another parable of the pot calling the kettle black. And if youre not successful, then maybe you havent been working hard enough or youre just lazy. She was not afforded any context or nuance in the judgement, nor is she getting any arestorative justice, all of which Collins is asking for for herself. She called hundreds of Lowell parents, mostly Asian, racist on a hot mic and destroyed Lowell, a world class school many Asians and others are very proud of in world rankings, #2 on AP. In fact many Asian American[s] actively promote these myths. White, Asian, Black or other. So cute. The Stereotype Threat is when you are stereotyped, you end up becoming that stereotype. This article hits it on the head bc Collins has no defense for her broad stroke generalizations of the entire Asian community that are contrary to one of the first fundamental understandings of crit: no person has a single, easily stated, unitary identity. Or are we angry and want to punish her and others who mis-speak? Lazier parents and kids embrace the easier, more fun choices. I guess that makes my parents house niggers (Malcom X: The house Negroesthey lived in the house with master, they dressed pretty good, they ate good because they ate his foodwhat he left). You people in San Francisco deserve each other. In recognition of an extremely high level of academic excellence, a President's List is compiled each academic semester. Shes just sorry she got caught. Oh please, heres the only context you need to know. There are more than 5,300 universities and colleges in the United States. By Alison Collins standards, historical context doesnt matter. This is what Collins is pointing out. Bush famously claimed we could pull yourself up from your own bootstraps which is ridiculous considering how he is propped up by his familys vast generational wealth. So, the uniformity here is not surprising. Nothing was taken out of context. Im open to being convinced with clear, hard data. The crash, which killed Ronnie VanZant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, road manager Dean Kilpatrick and seriously injured the rest of the band and crew, shattered Skynyrd's fast rising star as it cut a 500 foot path through the swamp. What does S.F. While I know I have had terrible disadvantages, the AAPI has had a long history of terrible harms they have quietly endured. Probably because it was one of the songs they're best known for. Scholars study these subjects **for their jobs** and they have accepted meanings for terms like white supremacy. If you want to talk about race and not sound like the idiot that youre sounding like right now, you owe it to yourself to familiarize yourself with their work. She is a terrible person who implemented cruel policies which hurt Asians who worked very hard and sacrificed, and never openly called on blacks she was claiming suffer to study longer hours to match the effort of the Asian Americans who were working hard for that Lowell. And you, MB, calling an accomished AAPI an idiot for believing in the American Dream bc she feels she is living it. On January 23, 1990, Collins succumbed to chronic pneumonia and was interred in Jacksonville, Florida, beside his wife. Does she have a place in mind where she would prefer Asians to live and go to school? Black kids study less than whites, on average. Instead calling us house n*****, why doesnt she focus on education, self improvement and hard work. We need to focus on habits, not accusing others of racism. I think there is so much prejudice in San Francisco and it is mostly directed at communities of color. Its racist not to say that because then test score differences would be genetic. I know for a fact that there is the lack of support from school administrators and teachers to promote Black student achievement compared to other races. 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 Your email address will not be published. Saul spares Amalek and some sheep and the like and God rebukes him: Cause, Saul wasnt murderous enough for the God of Israel. 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. You are trying to suppress the vulnerable Asian American community from speaking out against the racist Collins. That wound wasn't just a "few stitches and call it done" kind of wound. Spend one hour listening to Thomas Sowell and learning habits. So, they didnt kill me and settled for taking control of the SF Sentinel and banning me. When minority communities dont support one another, white supremacy THRIVES. i am proud to be an advocate for children, pediatrician, educator. If you want more diversity at Lowell, you should focus on the elementary schools to make sure all kids get the same opportunities and levels of education. If my kids posted what she posted Id be horrified , I remember once asking someone who was herding the crazy cats running a SF non-profit how in gods name she could tolerate the opportunistic hateful bile leveled at anyone who dared not tow their SF Gestapogressive party line resorting often to disparagement of their race, gender, and sexuality. Please do not underestimate how much these students support and encourage each other to learn, to study hard and to achieve academically more than they realize themselves. Maybe Commissioner Collins deserves the same opportunity be given credit for what she has done and to work with others to learn from past mistakes. They earned the accolades they get. She was rightfully let go. Affiliate programs and If you choose to relax, you are more lazy. Also- the opposition to renaming schools is not nobody is perfect. AIPACs magnitude is indicative of the scale of the crimes.. Most readers are too clueless to know where is she coming from. We are fed up with her discrimination! The rich private schools wont lower their standards. Parents are not looking for a private school education paid for by taxpayers. My parents lived in the white familys house in Atherton, ate the same food, had a car provided for them, dressed well (in a maids uniform)and cleaned their toilets, wiped up their puke, washed windows, cooked and served them all their meals (respond to the bell for the next course), waxed the floors on their knees, made their beds. It included most of the Rossington Collins Band members excepting Krantz and Rossington and released the album Here, There & Back in 1983. Youre wrong, Nigerians prove it. It is true that standardized testing in the form of a civil service exam originated in Han China. In all of her years as an elected official, she has never ridden in the Pride parade. 10. 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