Teacher who told kids Santa isn’t real has been let go, district superintendent says
What’s worse than a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking? Perhaps a place in the unemployment line.
A substitute teacher who recently told first-graders that Santa Claus is not real is no longer working for a New Jersey school district, the superintendent said Tuesday.
Montville Township Public Schools Superintendent Rene Rovtar confirmed in a statement to Fox News that the substitute, who has not been identified, is no longer with the K-12 district.
Rovtar previously told News 12 New Jersey that “childhood wonder associated with holidays and traditions” is special to her.
The superintendent, calling the incident the Cedar Hill School the “Santa matter,” said no additional comment would be made on the topic due to “the fact that this is a personnel matter.”
Cedar Hill School Principal Michael Raj had previously sent a letter to parents following Thursday’s incident at the school, noting the “childhood innocence of the holiday season.”
Raj said that as a parent himself, he understands the “sensitive nature” of the topic.
In addition to a discussion on Santa, Rovtar said the students had asked the substitute teacher questions about the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Elf on a Shelf and leprechauns, NJ.com reported.
“She proceeded to debunk all of it,” Rovtar told the news outlet Friday.
The “Santa matter” prompted a social media outcry from the parental community, the report said.
“Many of us parents have been doing damage control since the kids get home from school,” parent Lisa Simek posted to Facebook on Thursday.
Another parent, Myra Sansone-Aboyoun, told News 12 New Jersey that her 6-year-old daughter Addriana was extremely upset by the ordeal.
“I was heartbroken. You know, my daughter is the hugest believer in the whole Christmas spirit — Santa, giving,” the mother said.
Montville Township is about 30 miles northwest of New York City.
R. Kelly’s wife thinks ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ gun threat was linked to singer
R. Kelly’s ex-wife Drea says that she believes a gun threat that caused an evacuation at a New York City screening for Lifetime’s upcoming documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly” was connected to the singer.
“I can’t speak to what he would or would not do because I don’t know what his mindset is right now,” she told Variety. “But I would say that I don’t believe in happenstance, I don’t believe that anything is a coincidence. I do believe that in some shape, form or fashion it is connected to him. Now, whether he orchestrated it or not, that I cannot say. But I just do not believe in coincidences. Of all the theaters, of all the nights, of all the premieres, it happened with us.”
The evacuation took place around 15 minutes into a talk that followed the screening, in which the seven accusers featured in the film were to speak about their experiences with the singer, who has been accused of sexual misconduct multiple times over the past 20 years. The venue received two anonymous, threatening calls in which the caller claimed someone had a gun in the theater; the calls were routed to local police, who suggested the evacuation.
Among the seven accusers was Drea Kelly, who has claimed in recent months that he beat and bound her, among other abuses, during their 10 years of marriage; the pair separated in 2005 and divorced the following year. The other accusers are Kitti Jones, Asante Jones, Faith Rodgers, Lizzette Martinez, Lisa Van Allen and Jerhonda Pace. Drea Kelly spoke with Variety around four hours after the evacuation; a rep for R. Kelly did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment. “Surviving R. Kelly” premieres on Lifetime Jan. 3, 2019.
What was the reaction of the other accusers?
First of all, I would have to correct you in saying “accusers”: It’s survivors. But we were all blindsided. It’s a little disheartening, but at the same time there’s a little victory behind it. And what I mean by that is, you feel like after all the pain — reliving the memories, dealing with the PTSD, pouring your soul out into this documentary to help save lives — you kind of feel like this is my night of vindication, people are going to hear about it… and then the disappointment of feeling the rug has been pulled out from under you.
But I will say that whomever is behind it and whatever their goal was, if they thought it was something that was going to dismantle us or crush us in any way it actually did the opposite. All they did is unite even more than we already were, and all they did was let us know that we are doing a mighty work and we will not be stopped.
Have fans made threats that were this extreme before?
I don’t know of any superfans who have done things like this, but you just have to look at the temperature of the world right now — the craziness and the killings. Where humanity is right now, I don’t put anything past anybody.
It’s more about society. At the end of the day we’re women of color. This would not be happening if I was a 17, 18, 25 or 40-year-old Caucasian woman in America. He would not have gotten more than one chance to do this.
If all or even some of the accusations are true, how does he get away with it?
I can’t speak to that because I’m not in his camp, but when you have a team of enablers anything is possible. He is one person: he doesn’t have a doppelganger, he hasn’t been cloned, so he is not working alone. If he’s on the basketball court then we also need to look at the man who’s booking the hotel rooms; if he’s on the stage singing we have to look at the person who’s driving the bus. It’s a team that’s helping facilitate and keep him sick and make more victims.
What happens next?
I know some people might think a situation like being evacuated is the worst thing that could ever happen, but this is the best thing that could happen to us. We are united and we’re not going anywhere. That documentary was not done in vain. And now people will want to know, “What was it they did not want to be seen?”
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Reginae Carter Gets Body-shamed After Sharing Pictures From Her Mexico Birthday Trip
Living it up! Reginae Carter had the best time in Mexico for her 20th birthday with her mother, Toya Wright, and her friends, and now she is sharing tons of photos of her epic parties and outings on social media.
Lil Wayne’s daughter also posted a few sexy snaps where she is flaunting her weight loss in gorgeous bikinis.
This supporter defended Toya’s daughter and revealed: “Looking gorgeous and losing weight. Ok, you really went in under her mf page. She tryna enjoy her birthday, and your bitter friends wants to spread negativity. Wtf do you care how old she looks see her under your pics popping? leave Nae alone she young and living her life. I m tired of seeing people talk about her it’s sickening. Damn she make y’all mad no matter what she do. I support Nae forget these haters !!!! Shine Chocolate.”
This person explained: “U pretty, but u need to gain some weight sis you’re looking really skinny out here.”
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Columbia University Students Kick SNL Comedian Nimesh Patel Off Stage For Making Unsafe Jokes
Event organizers apologize for “the hurt his words caused members of the community.”
Nimesh Patel, a comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live, was yanked from the stage in the midst of his routine at Columbia University on Friday after students decided his material was homophobic, racist, and making them feel unsafe.
Columbia’s Asian American Alliance (AAA) had invited Patel to perform during the group’s annual charity event, “Cultureshock: Reclaim,” a title that sounds a little too exciting and provocative, honestly, given the students’ apparent need for maximum security and comfort.
AAA is run by students, which means it was their decision to pull Patel from the stage after he made jokes that they deemed racist and homophobic, according to The Columbia Daily Spectator. I emailed AAA to ask what exactly Patel said that was so offensive; the group sent me a statement that did not clarify matters.
The Spectator, though, lists one of the allegedly inappropriate jokes:
During the event, Patel’s performance featured commentary on his experience living in a diverse area of New York City—including a joke about a gay, black man in his neighborhood—which AAA officials deemed inappropriate. Patel joked that being gay cannot be a choice because “no one looks in the mirror and thinks, ‘this black thing is too easy, let me just add another thing to it.'”
The joke acknowledges that black people and gay people suffer oppression, and that a person who is both gay and black suffers “stacked” oppression. This joke seems almost perfectly “intersectional.”
Intersectionality, the operarting system of the modern left, requires everyone to recognize that different forms of oppression are interrelated, and that they stack. The problem for Patel, however, is that intersectionality also recognizes the oppressed as the sole experts on their own oppression. Thus Patel should not have commented on matters relating to black people or gay people, since he is neither gay nor black.
“if you’re Black and gay, you don’t need a straight South Asian guy to point out that your life is hard because you’re Black and gay,” wrote a student, Liberty Martin, in an op-ed. Martin accused Patel of “blatant anti-blackness,” with reference to the above joke, specifically. Even though the joke reflects a sentiment that gay and black students want everyone to recognize as reality—that life as a gay, black student is hard—the fact that it was made by an Asian guy means it’s actually evidence of anti-black bias. (It doesn’t have to make sense, you just have to obey.)
Perhaps Patel went on to say actually insensitive things—why the easily offended would attend any comedy show, ever, is fodder for another discussion—but if this joke is representative of his set, the outrage looks that much more ridiculous.
Patel made it 30 minutes before organizers cut off the routine. According to The Spectator:
Patel pushed back on the officials’ remarks, and said that while he stood in solidarity with Asian American identities, none of his remarks were offensive, and he was exposing the audience to ideas that would be found “in the real world.” Before he could finish, Patel’s microphone was cut from off-stage, and he proceeded to leave.
AAA released a statement on Facebook condemning Patel’s remarks, which “ran counter to the inclusive spirit and integrity of CultureSHOCK.” They apologized for inviting Patel, and for “the hurt his words caused members of the community.”
Many students in the audience agreed with AAA’s decision to end the event prematurely. One told the student newspaper that Patel’s jokes “contradicted the sensitive nature of the event.” Another had this to say:
“I really dislike when people who are older say that our generation needs to be exposed to the real world. Obviously the world is not a safe space but just accepting that it’s not and continuing to perpetuate the un-safeness of it… is saying that it can’t be changed,” said Jao. “When older generations say you need to stop being so sensitive, it’s like undermining what our generation is trying to do in accepting others and making it safer.”
When things like this happen, it’s hard to deny that some college campuses have a student fragility problem.
Article via Reason
Cardi B Shows Curves in Body Painted Tiger Look After Saying She’s ‘Depressed’ Over Weight Loss
Cardi B got in touch with her wild side.
The “Money” rapper, 26, sported an eye-catching tiger-inspired look as she frolicked and twerked in the ocean on the set of a new music video shoot. The star got decked out in an orange bra and thong and appeared to airbrush paint her entire body (from head-to-toe!) orange with black tiger stripes. On her back, detailed tiger eyes were painted on while further down on her butt, the look was completed with the whiskers and mouth.
The paint used on Cardi’s body was so waterproof, not one bit of the body art smudged as the star got down in the ocean.
Cardi’s revealing look comes nearly three weeks after the rapper opened up in an Instagram live about feeling “depressed” about losing too much weight after giving birth to her first child, daughter Kulture Kiari, in July.
“I’ve been very depressed because I cannot stop losing weight,” Cardi said. “And it’s so crazy because when I first gave birth, I did everything to lose my baby weight. I was drinking Teami [weight loss tea] so it could curb my appetite and now that I lost all the baby weight I don’t like looking too skinny.”
The Bronx-born star added that she’s never liked looking thin.
“I used to look too skinny as a teenager and I used to hate it and I hate it now,” she said. “It’s been really depressing me, making me sad. My weight. You know what I’m saying.”
However, in August one month after welcoming her daughter, Cardi revealed she wanted to get liposuction to remove some extra weight and loose skin around her stomach.
“I still feel like I got a lot of love handles right here,” she said in another Instagram Live video, as she pulled on her tummy. “It’s not much but it’s like — I’m used to having, like, a real tight stomach.”
She’s also taken a liking to using duct tape to lift up her breasts and make them look extra perky for red carpet appearances post-pregnancy.
“Oh this s— is crazy. I have never done this s— in my life but f— it. I have to f—ing tape my titties up because son! Giving birth and s—, like my titties was already like a little low, low you know what I’m saying? Cause I got my tits done when I was 19 and I never wore a bra and s— so, you know what I’m saying?” Cardi said in a very honest sentiment to her followers on her Instagram Story.
“When I was pregnant my s— was looking nice though, nice. I was like, ‘Oh s—!’ Now though? Now Kulture did me filthy!” she continued, jokingly blaming daughter Kulture for making her chest saggier.
And then she hinted that she just might go under the knife later this year to get a second breast augmentation surgery so her chest would look more lifted.
“I don’t give a f—. If y’all mothaf—ers see me gone in November, December I’m getting my tits done! I don’t give a f—,” Cardi said. “Matter of fact, I’m not even gonna call it surgery. I’m just gonna say a titty renovation cause I gotta renovate these s—s!”
Article via People
Controversial Gene Editing Physicist Missing
A Chinese doctor recently claimed he edited the CRISPR gene on a fetus, an illegal act. Now, he’s missing…
High school class laughs as students sing KKK-themed Christmas song
DOVER, N.H. — A New Hampshire school superintendent is decrying a racially insensitive video of two high school students singing, “KKK, KKK, Let’s kill all the blacks,” to the tune of “Jingle Bells.”
Fosters Daily Democrat reports a cellphone video surfaced over the weekend of the students singing the song in class at Dover High School.
Superintendent William Harbron said in a letter to the school community Monday the incident was part of an assignment dealing with the Reconstruction period in American history, but said, “the impact was harmful.”
Harbron said the 11th-graders had to select a history event and create a jingle for it. Two students selected the Ku Klux Klan.
A decision on whether to discipline the students or teacher hasn’t been made yet.
via: https://nypost.com/2018/12/04/high-school-class-laughs-as-students-sing-kkk-themed-christmas-song/