Comments on: Human chain protest ends in division

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Valley Voice honored with eight CNPA awards - Valley Voice — Tue, 18 May 2021 21:34:41 +0000

[…] the El Diamante High School fence, the signs’ scheduled removal, a “human chain” protest and its outcome, parent and community reaction to the board over the district’s perceived handling of the […]

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 05:24:38 +0000

In reply to Ashley.

Ashley, your quotation of statistics is an apple to orange comparison. Ask yourself why more blacks are in poverty and you will see that having a two parent family and getting a high school and/or college education are the main determination factors for ALL races and this, especially the two parent family and absent fathers is also a major factor in kids being in trouble and the “pipeline to prison”. There needs to be major changes in black culture. Don’t believe me, well just search for Don Lemon of CNN comments stating exactly this in 2013. BLM is anti-family and a Marxist organization that will make things much worse for all peoples if they get their way.

By: Dave M

Dave M — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 21:17:57 +0000

I can tell you that as a blind person, though White, I have been denied employment opportunity, and in one case, housing as well. My partner was, honestly, infantalized by one of Visalia’s finest.

Maybe some serious questions need to be confronted within the Black community! why do so many of their youth embrace criminal activity in the first place? Why is ther so much Black on Black crime? Even the mayor of Atlanta, a Black women posed that very question recently.

By: Stan Thompson

Stan Thompson — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 03:01:44 +0000

There is more intelligent life on Mars than in the pictures above. They don’t know what BLM really is. A Marxist cabal. The problem is they wouldn’t understand a single thing if you attempted to explain it. Lemmings. Just lemmings!

By: Joseph Oldenbourg

Joseph Oldenbourg — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 18:09:13 +0000

In reply to SKekauoha.

Let me guess. You walked five miles both to and from school, somehow uphill both ways, and only had rocks and sticks as toys.

By: SKekauoha

SKekauoha — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:06:08 +0000

One student demands that classes on lgbtq and consent be part of the curriculum??? Reading the student’s comments and seeing how these younger people speak and write leads me to believe what they REALLY need is a lesson in grammar, spelling and most importantly, Civics and American history!! Too bad they can’t teach a class in deportment as well, because they need it badly.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 23:13:23 +0000

In reply to Alex.

The most basic human assumption is that all lives matter. Saying “Black Lives Matter” does not mean that other lives don’t. If that were the case, we would expect it to be called “Only Black Lives Matter”. I think we all can benefit from thinking critically about why saying “black lives matter” is so deeply offensive to our moral codes. Black people were viciously stolen from their native land by White colonizers and enslaved for hundreds of years. Black people were segregated up until 60 years ago. Black people were then forced into ghettos by a process called “redlining”. Look it up. As of 2019, 33% of Black children were living in poverty compared to 10% of White and Asian Children, and 26% of Latino children. Black students are suspended at higher rates than any other race nationally including VUSD. Black drivers are 20% more likely to be pulled over for traffic stops than White people. Ask yourself this question: would I want to be a Black person? Take some time to think about your answer…you will then understand why the Black Lives Matter movement is so important.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 02:17:38 +0000

As a society, all people(races/ cultures) have suffered oppression & racism. Many continue to experience it. To single one out over others is wrong. I believe black lives matter. But, I also believe all lives matter. To single one out is to demean the experiences that others have had to endure. As a young Jr. High student, I was introduced to books that told of the movement of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I will forever admire his dedication. 2 of my favourite parts of his speech are when they speak of:
1)”sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
and
2) “I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of “interposition” and “nullification”, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.”
To single one out takes away from this message. The movement would have drawn me if it was called AllLivesMatter & spoke of the oppression threat each race faced. I have sent emails to both VUSD & to the city of Visalia ro ser what the prerequisite is to post items. If one viewpoint is allowed to be posted, all should be allowed(barring hate messages). I agree that black lives matter, but i also believe all lives(black, brown, white, yellow…) matter. To be accepting of the statement #blacklivesmatter, one must also be accepting to the term #whitelivesmatter.

By: Jp

Jp — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:34:37 +0000

Good reporting.

Gotta challenge pretty much everything Mr. Montor said, “Give more ethnic studies” … “Give more education on LGBTQ, sexual education, and on consent…It is our district’s fault that these problems are happening…”

There’s plenty of education already, too much, actually, and it’s not the district’s fault the students have these issues.

Just live your lives by your principles – everything will sort itself.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 08:43:44 +0000

So what about those claims of sexual abuse at the hands of teachers and staff? Yikes VUSD.