{"id":17814,"date":"2021-04-02T00:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T07:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17814"},"modified":"2021-04-02T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T07:15:46","slug":"systemic-privilege-of-the-oppressed-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/04\/02\/systemic-privilege-of-the-oppressed-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Systemic Privilege of the Oppressed in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no greater continuing example of the failure of public schooling than the San Francisco School Board. They\u2019ve already denied people a spot on a parent advisory committee because of their race and sex (which is <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2021\/02\/15\/san-francisco-school-board-kept-person-off-parent-advisory-committee-hes-white-male\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal<\/a>), fighting <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/ed-morrissey\/2021\/02\/02\/ygbkm-acronyms-tool-white-supremacy-says-san-francisco-school-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cracist\u201d acronyms<\/a>, declare Abraham Lincoln to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/ed-morrissey\/2021\/01\/27\/san-francisco-school-board-no-honoring-people-offensive-histories-like-abraham-lincoln-paul-revere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oppressor<\/a> of Blacks, and incompetently rename schools based on <a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/section-2\/the-crazy-interview-with-sf-school-board-president-on-how-san-francisco-renamed-its-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">idiocy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2021\/01\/29\/san-franciscos-school-board-made-mistakes-renaming-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ignorance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17815\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flag-of-San-Francisco-check-your-privilege.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flag-of-San-Francisco-check-your-privilege.jpg 640w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flag-of-San-Francisco-check-your-privilege-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, the San Francisco School Board <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2021\/02\/10\/san-francisco-school-board-ends-merit-based-admissions-top-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended merit-based admissions<\/a> of lack of diversity. \u00a0 Why, because <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2021\/02\/06\/san-francisco-board-education-vp-meritocracy-racist-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meritocracy is considered to be racist<\/a>. However, this lack of diversity isn\u2019t due to too many White students, but of too many students who are racially <em>Asian<\/em>. Apparently the only way students of Asian decent can \u201cget ahead\u201d in a \u201cracist system\u201d is to use \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/sf-school-board-member-accused-170126722.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Supremacist thinking<\/a>\u201d and presumably using their \u201cWhite adjacent\u201d status. Board member Alison Collins was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DG37Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught saying the quite part out-load<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Etlnz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a series of old tweets<\/a> (which of course includes her pronouns), demonstrating her prejudiced bias.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In fact many Asian American Ts, Ss, and Ps actively promote these myths. They use white supremacist thinking to assimilate and &quot;get ahead&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alison Collins \u9ad8\u52f5\u601d (@AliMCollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliMCollins\/status\/805475649133551616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">30 REASONS TO RECALL THE SF SCHOOL BOARD<\/p>\n<p>19. Commissioner Collins appears biased against Asian Americans<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lX2Q0IhFyw\">https:\/\/t.co\/lX2Q0IhFyw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LyAe6gty13\">pic.twitter.com\/LyAe6gty13<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Recall SF School Board (@recallsfboe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/recallsfboe\/status\/1372753629573128206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The outrage was so great, that the San Fransisco school board and <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:XlYyyu64wesJ:https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/education\/article\/S-F-school-board-approves-no-confidence-vote-on-16054193.php+&amp;cd=4&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed her title as Vice-Chair of the board<\/a> and her seat on committees\u2026 at least until this all dies down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Note that they she is still on the board and conceivably have a stronger electoral future because of this. But demonstrating just how oppressed she is, she is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webdevMason\/status\/1377474557385170946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filthy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210328233218\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/aarieff\/status\/1374756276253642752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rich<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The layers of hypocrisy and self-interest on SFBOE<br \/>are truly staggering&#8230;i.e. Collins consults for her husband&#39;s company which currently has 2 luxury mega projects under review with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfbos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sfbos<\/a> (thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/recallsfboe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@recallsfboe<\/a> for your research) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/neN26EjQW0\">pic.twitter.com\/neN26EjQW0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Allison Arieff (@aarieff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aarieff\/status\/1374756276253642752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And what does this <em>actually<\/em> privileged person react to <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2021\/03\/26\/sf-school-board-votes-5-2-strip-alison-collins-leadership-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being called out on her bigotry<\/a>? By suing the school board for being not nice to her. Some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webdevMason\/status\/1377402344292282369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">histrionic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1377402344292282369.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passages<\/a> from the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She&#39;s seeking cash damages for &quot;spiritual injury to her soul&quot; which she will suffer &quot;in perpetuity, for the rest of her life.&quot; This may be the most histrionic document I&#39;ve ever seen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULS1y1LAxp\">pic.twitter.com\/ULS1y1LAxp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mason \ud83c\udfc3\u2642\ufe0f\u2702\ufe0f\ud800\udccf (@webdevMason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webdevMason\/status\/1377406936279216129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Okay, one more incredible section: the complaint alleges that Collins&#39; fellow board members caused her &quot;clear and present danger, harm, and injuries&quot; by commenting on her offensive tweets, and rebukes them for allowing the public to make comments that called her a &quot;racist.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VQLlpOQOLt\">pic.twitter.com\/VQLlpOQOLt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mason \ud83c\udfc3\u2642\ufe0f\u2702\ufe0f\ud800\udccf (@webdevMason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webdevMason\/status\/1377420926954790916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And yes, she wants a jury trial. Guess she\u2019s betting on there not being many jurors of Asian descent on the jury?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The full lawsuit can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreschler\/status\/1377393422487613443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"ALISON COLLINS vs.SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/501154156\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-9HXNJK8PtOR1oWY6XSQO\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View ALISON COLLINS vs.SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/501154156\/ALISON-COLLINS-vs-SAN-FRANCISCO-UNIFIED-SCHOOL-DISTRICT-CITY-AND-COUNTY-OF-SAN-FRANCISCO#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALISON COLLINS vs.SAN FRANC&#8230;<\/a> by <a title=\"View ThePoliticalHat's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/188606198\/ThePoliticalHat#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ThePoliticalHat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Systemic Privilege of the Oppressed in San Fransisco\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The San Francisco School Board ended merit-based admissions of lack of diversity.  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They\u2019ve already denied people a spot on a parent advisory committee because of their race and sex (which is illegal), fighting \u201cracist\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/04\/02\/systemic-privilege-of-the-oppressed-in-san-francisco\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[24,48,68],"class_list":["post-17814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-leviathan","tag-social-justice","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17816,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17814\/revisions\/17816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}