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By way of contrast, if the teacher used a full frontal photo of a naked man, would it have gone unreported? That, I think, would offend some kids enough that the administration would have heard about it. I would have been proud of any white kid who objected formally, but this kind of thing isn't unacceptable enough in our society to elicit a response. Even if they thought the photos were somewhat inappropriate, they wouldn't want to get her in trouble. Maurer is popular with her students, according to the report. I'm not blaming the students, by the way. It speaks volumes about the racist underpinnings of our society that other students would consider this kind of depiction acceptable as a part of their education. Kind of felt humiliated." He told his parents what happened and they complained to the teacher. I felt degraded as an African American male. He told the reporter, "I was disgusted, embarrassed. (I would hate to think the images were reported and nothing was done, though that's always possible.) However, this year a black student was in the classroom.
In past years, not a single student felt this was worth objecting to, or if any students told their parents, it went no further than that. In Vail's mainly white, affluent enclave, the picture didn't warrant a complaint to school officials. Maurer has used the same images for the past few years, apparently without complaint. When I was in high school, my Spanish teacher showed us this picture of Obama with big lips, it was hysterical!" She's also telling them that ugly woman jokes and fat woman jokes are just fine. When the students get to college, Maurer's lesson will help them feel comfortable attending a come-in-blackface-and-wig frat party where fried chicken and watermelon are served because, "Hey, it's all in fun, and besides, I really like hip hop music.
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As a teacher, she's giving students license to accept these kinds of portrayals, even embrace them. If not, she's clueless, unaware of her own latent racism and oblivious to the terrible message she's sending when she legitimizes portrayals like this in her classroom. It's OK to trot out racist portrayals in public, she's telling her students, especially when they're used in fun. If the images express her personal attitudes, then the racist stereotype she depicted is dipped in venom. I have no idea if Maurer is especially racist or if she dislikes Obama, frequents websites and receives emails from the hate groups that spread these distorted pictures. Her use of the racist exaggeration of Obama's face and her mockery of Winfrey's looks, inappropriate anywhere, are wildly inappropriate coming from a teacher in a classroom setting. Racist stereotypes, as well as mockery of someone's looks, can elicit laughs, in a picture or a well told racist, sexist or homophobic joke. The teacher was obviously going for shock value and laughs to spice up to her lesson and get her students involved. The class laughed loudly when the picture of Obama came on the screen. The other two photos shown in the article are of Jennifer Aniston with a big nose and Ronald McDonald. According to the student who complained about the use of the images, Maurer said Winfrey looked terrible and counted her neck rolls in Spanish. Among the other photos was one of Oprah Winfrey with a startled expression on her face and her head pulled into her neck in a way that created double chins.
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You can see it in the news report.) It was part of a lesson where Maurer showed a series of pictures and asked students to describe in Spanish the emotions portrayed in the pictures. The picture shows Obama with gigantic lips, exaggeratedly big ears and crossed eyes, the kind of portrayal found on the worst emails, websites and posters from Obama haters who want to add a racist flavor to their rants.
Let's start with the facts.ĭuring a class lesson, Spanish teacher Kristen Maurer at Vail's Empire High School used a picture of Obama, distorted to mimic the crassest of racist stereotypes. This story, well reported by KVOA News, is disturbing on a number of levels.
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