Monday, June 07, 2004

Screw Them and the Horse They Rode In On, and Quit Fricking Apologizing

Stopped by The Obscure Store, just now, and read this story. The story is about a highschool yearbook, put together by highschoolers, being criticized by two groups, which I would bet are made up of bleeding heart adults, for having a special section in their yearbook for autistic students.  Here’s what the two “groups” had to say.

"Two groups—Friends of Different Learners and the Parent Advisory Committee to Special Education—said the spread singles out the 16 students in the autism program as if they aren’t part of the school at large. They also took issue with the headline, “Trying to fit in,” and a poem using “we” and “they” to describe how people with disabilities differ from others."

Yep, how terrible.  A tragedy of epic proportions that differences in individuals have been recognized.

The co-editor’s apology, which I can only hope he thinks better of, and retracts.  Stand up and tell the “groups” they are wrong.

"In the future, we’ll be a little more careful about those controversial issues and more diligent about fact-checking,” he said. “We certainly don’t want to offend anyone, but we won’t stop attacking these issues. It’s at the heart of what we do as student journalists."

Nothing like taking positive recognition and inclusion of a minority group into the whole, and turning it into something despicable, and then making the young individuals involved in the yearbook project believe they have done something wrong.  When they haven’t.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/07 at 06:03 PM
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