We Don’t Want You Here: Miami School Board Tells First Lady to Cancel Her Campaign Visit
First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to stop in Miami today (Tuesday) to recruit volunteers for President Obama’s reelection campaign. But the 
location for the campaign event, Barbara Goleman Senior High in Miami Lakes, has some Republicans members of the school board highly upset.
Miami-Dade School Board member Renier Diaz de la Portilla has asked that the event be cancelled, while board member Carlos Curbelo has asked the board attorney to consider whether holding such an event is even legal.
Diaz de la Portilla said in a statement:
“The use of public schools whose only focus should be to educate our children for political gain is downright wrong. Don’t these liberals have boundaries? Our schools are places for learning, not places for politicking.”
Curbelo told The Miami Herald: “There’s a difference between official visits to schools by elected leaders and events that are for the sole purpose of advancing the interests of a political campaign.”
“Allowing the first lady of the United States to use one of our schools explicitly to benefit the president’s reelection campaign is inappropriate and sends the wrong message to our students, employees, and to taxpayers – even if the president’s campaign is willing to pay for all costs resulting from the event,” Curbelo wrote in the letter to School Board attorney Walter Harvey.
Candidates holding campaign events at schools is nothing new. In fact, Mitt Romney is scheduled to hold a campaign event at a high school in Colorado on the same day as Michelle Obama.
Under School Board policy, all groups, including political, religious and nonprofits, can apply to lease facilities from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, said School Board attorney Walter Harvey.
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location for the campaign event, Barbara Goleman Senior High in Miami Lakes, has some Republicans members of the school board highly upset.
i wish Michelle had direct control over how much federal funding their school gets next year. LOL
So right.
HIV is synthetic. It has been developed over a number of years and it has an affinity for people of color. What the science and medical evidence concludes is that the HIV enzyme seeks out a receptor site in the blood of the Black genome. The receptor site is the CCR5 Delta 32+ (positive) gene that all people of color have. In the same sense, on the other end of the spectrum, is the 15 percent Caucasian population of the world, which is CCR5 Delta 32-(negative) gene. That means that under no circumstances, whether HIV came through the air, intravenous drug usage or any form of s****l activity, would the virus be transferable in Caucasian sector of the world’s population, which is basically of northern European descent.
I is speculated by some experts that, in a worse case scenario, 85 percent of the world’s population could potentially perish under these designer viruses and designer synthetic biological agents. What we’re looking at here—because of this identified gene of the Black genome, this CCR5 Delta32+ (positive)—we are potentially looking at the eradication of all people of color.The bible states “My people perish for lack of knowledge. The true devil doesn’t wear red tights, a cape with horns protruding from his forehead instead, the devil incarnate are diabolical Caucasian scientist (men and women) in white lab coats.
HIV has nothing to do with this article and is no where near being the focus of this article and does not in anyway, reflect any direct correlation or connectivity to the content of this article. So why do you continue to do this on all blog boards, in which you participate in? It makes absolutely no sense at all and it makes you appear as simple minded.
you should call yourself educated fool instead of educated person. black women are now the number one carriers of aids..and your stupid a*s is attacking this person for tying to spread the news and save lives.
thank you bigwill because our leaders are not talking about hiv and this disease is the only way the racist whites will stop people of color from becoming the majority in the country by year 2050.
Yes, thank you!!!
Thank you Miama for keeping her dumb black hate spewing a*s out of our schools. You did a great service to the young youth of Miami by voting NO to that big a*s ape looking Michelle Obummer!
Your comment is on an important subject and should be spread throughout the black diaspora. There are some popular sites that allows you to post an article and receive and answer comments. One of these sites might be a better fit for spreading your message.
thank you big will….keep spreading the message!
@Big Will….There was a news story a year or so ago about White American Scientists who did a Tuskegee type experiment on unsuspecting people in a South American country. Keep spreading the word!!
Last night I watched “ENDGAME’ (Frontline–PBS) and the explosion of AIDS in the Black community. Shocking!!
You post this c**p on every blog out there. Give it a break. You are posting scientific mythology. The mere fact that black folks (namely on the continent of Africa) happen to be adverselly affected in NOT because of race or ethnicity, per se. Rather, the reason AIDS is seemingly more prevelant amoung “African” people is the BEHAVIOUR of “African” people. Idea like raping a 10-year old virgin girl will cure a grown man of his AIDS, is on example of rampant ignorance in Africa ruining the lives fo sooooooo many people. Also, The facts are the facts, and here in the USA, almost 50% more black men than white men have engaged in male-male a**l s*x. a**l s*x is the #1 way AIDS is transmitted. Black people (both genders) are slightly more likely to use illegal IV drugs. IV drug are the #2 method of transmitting AIDS. Morever, black men are “better” at getting the ladies, too. 33% of Black men between the ages of 15 and 25 have been with 15 women or more in thier lifetimes, only 22% of whitle males have “slept” with more than 15 women. While heterosexual s*x is far safer than “gay” s*x, if you are in a community that is just plain everyone doing it with everyone, the odd are not in your favor at all. The combination of more a**l s*x between black men, more IV drug use by both black women and black men, and outright sleeping around by both black women and black men, means that the behaviour of the “average” black person is the REASON that black people have disportionately more incidents of AIDS than do white people. Look at Magic Johnson if you need a poster child for “bad behavior.”
How you get AIDS is very well known. And virtually 100% of new cases these days involves bad behaviour — keep it in your pants and stay off hard drugs, and you will not get AIDS.
Sorry, that should read black men between the ages of 15 and 44 . . .
And here is the source: Advance Data from Vital and Statistics, Number 362, September 15,2005
and you believe this cause they told you so.
i think your running empty on common sense.
Hispanic/Latino last names huh? Aren’t these the same folks Obama has PROUDLY AND BOLDLY vowed to support? We never learn!
Amen and thank you for the truth
The NERVE of these people to complain!!! The people making the fuss have names that seem to be hispanic. Maybe the INS or the secret service should see if they are even in this country legally. If so, I’ll bet they have family members who snuck across the border under cover of darkness!!!
They are Hispanic, predominantly, light-skinned Hispanic and as such, identify themselves with the majority culture. I live in So. Florida. I know them. They “run things” in Miami. Miami is largely a Spanish-speaking city. If you go to Miami and you do not know or speak Spanish, you will feel out of place.These are nor the border crossers for the most part, but those who originate in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America and politically, lean “Right.”
Like the schools in the Dallas metroplex who kept their kids home on the first day of school when President Obama was to address the children, but allowed them to go to Texas Stadium the next day to listen to George Bush, these folks are cut from the same cloth.
I’d bet that if Ann Romney were visiting that school in Miami Lakes, all their shallow, political alibis would vanish and they would be tripping over themselves to welcome her.
Now, do you understand what you are dealing with?
They will KNOW who they are dealing with when the SS Romney sends their a***s back to Cuba on the quick if he wins.
@”Really”…I hear ya, but the Arizona “Papers Please” law won’t work in Miami. The Cubans got a real sweet deal going on called “Wet foot-Dry foot. ”
The way it works is, when they sneak in by raft or inner tube or any other means, once their feet touch U. S. soil, they are allowed to stay, period; but if they are intercepted by the Coast Guard or INS BEFORE they reach land, they are deported.
Too bad the Haitians don’t get the same deal. Their azzes are deported whether they make it to shore or not, so once again, America shows its bias in dealing with dark skinned people.
Wet Food-Dry Foot, coupled with America’s slavery, Jim Crow, glass ceiling and pole tax/voter id pasts (and presents), form her on-going disgrace in the annals of humanity.
I was in Miami in 2003, after a trip to Ecuador. It seems the people in Ecuador spoke more English than the part of Miama I stopped in to get a snack and fill up my rental car before my drive back to Kentucky.
I do wish the article actually stated whether the Obama campaign had rented the facility, or if they were using it as a “courtesy.’ If it were being allowed for use simply to accomodate the Obama’s, I can see why the Republicans would be p****d that the dem candidate is using the public school for purely political purposes, in this case recuiting campaign volunteers. If the President were coming to make a speech, that would no doubt be politcial too, but at least that would be an “official visit” from the President. But to open up a school facilitiy for a purely partisan meeting to organize campaign workers for Obama’s re-election effort does seem to cross the line.
Actually more democrats are voting republican in 2012 than ever before. The members that opposed Obama utilizing and speaking to the children were all registered Democrats. Finally people are seeing the Obamas for what they are.
stop spreading the lies about democrats voteing republican/devil you will have your day of damnation.
Personally I don’t think political recruiting has any business in k-12 schools period…Democrat or Republican.
I agree with you on that point, however Under sshool board policy it’s ok and the school board adds something to it’s budget. If the school board does not like the policy they can change it.
School is out for the summer, the buildings are closed. The buildings are available for rent, money that these schools need now, so what’s the fuss? Renier Diaz de la Portilla – one of those Cubans that came under the wet-foot-dry-foot policy got everything free for more than 2 years, on the back of working Americans and think they own Miami.
Not all schools are out. Around here there are quite a few districts that go all year. I just can’t stand school officials(teachers) that teach, or push is a better word, their political/personal beliefs in the classroom. Totally inappropriate and not their job. Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine.
Diaz de la Portilla said in a statement:
“The use of public schools whose only focus should be to educate our children for political gain is downright wrong. Don’t these liberals have boundaries? Our schools are places for learning, not places for politicking.” Well then why are public schools used as voting polling places, isn’t voting for someone or something politics??????? STFU and go sit down you jerk. Hate I read this mess.
Tell it, TJ
Portilla is just keeping his head stuck up the Repubs’ arses. But his cousins/aunts/uncles, etc. will be shipped back to Cuba on the same boat they rowed to America if Romney becomes POTUS. People never learn. They try to separate themselves (as do some uppity Black folks; I’m not leaving them out) from people of color when they get a little power; but reality will SLAP the taste out of their mouths real soon. Remember OJ? He didn’t think he was Black anymore either.
T J you are so correct, excellent point. The Latino community is part of Africa yet there are some who hate the idea of being a part of Africa. Alot of Hispanics are even ignorant of such history. I am not making excuses for the two people in this article. They are very well educated and know the difference. I smell politics in this story and the odor is Republicans.
The Hispanics is taking over. Black people are to busy killing each other.
This school is mostly white Hispanic. The African-American student body is less than a percentage.
Most Hispanics do not want to be associated with African-Americans, they want to assimilate into white culture.
Why should we support a people who don’t support us…STUPIDITY!
You have to respect hispanics for assimilating into white culture.
why? do you want to do that? don’t assimilate, be aware of who you are and where you came from. don’t let this “american dream” get you twisted. be yourself, because everywhere you go, there you are.
REx go away cracker seriously you post the same BS on every post! No one wants to be associate with white trash like you…so get over yourself, douche bag!
REALLY LAST I CHECKED THE WHITES DON’T WANT THEIR AZZS….LOOK HOW QUICK THEY SAID ZIMMERMAN WASN’T WHITE…..NO BLUE BLOOD YOUR NOT WHITE….WHEN ARE HISPANICS GOING TO LEARN THIS???????
You mean whites were the only ones to point out the truth quickly about Zimmerman? I am amazed by how many racist black people are on these websites nowadays. Gotta love free internet!
And too busy supporting everyone else but Black!
This is the FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED, not of the blue States. These people are setting bad examples for their community, are more importantly the students.
Is school even in session? I can understand that it might be a little off-base to have this type of function during the time school is in session, but I don’t think it is (and I doubt if Mrs. Obama would have agreed to even stop if it were). If the process to lease the facilities was followed and access was granted, all bases were covered and all should be kosher. I don’t think the other school board members would have been so irate if it were their candidate. Again, this is a presidential campaign season, no holds barred…the crazy will just get crazier.
It would be inapprpriate to ue your political power to deny a public school funding, based on their political affiliations. also, since I don’t think school is in session now because of the summer vacation, the fear among teapublicans was the number of teachers such an event would draw, and teachers are Obama’s most educated, dedicated demographic. I also think it’s dumb that just because these people have Hispanic surnames, they may have entered the country illegally, and since this was in miami, they might be Cuban, not Mexican.
This nonsense is diametrically opposite to the george bush ill-famed incident of reading the book about goats to, I believe, 1st grade students. Incidentally, georgy porgy should have practiced reading the book right side up in stead of upside down or were the contents in the book took heavy for the former ill-famed resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D,C.
By the way, were these First Lady haters freshly off of the boat out of Cuba?
it will not surprise me one bit.where is Miami? in Florida where the republicans rigged 2004 presidential election.had it been that it was mitt romney would these b*****s ask him not to come? so you see the clear hatred and gross racism.Michelle should just take it with a pinch of salt.it’s their defeat they are crying now.come rain come sun Obama will be reelected.they are fighting a lost battle.
Come on people, the whole state of Florida is racist and bitter. This shows republicans and the students a Smart, Intelligent, Classy, Modest and Beautiful Black Woman (The First Lady of The United States of America). And that goes against their stereotypes of black women (lazy, loud, jealous, mad, bitter, illiterate and so on). They want rap music, videos and reality shows to depict black women, not this Educated, Loving, Respectful, Faithful, Free Spirited Black Woman, Michelle Obama. They can’t get her to be mad, bitter or disrespectful regardless to what they say or do to her, her husband or her children. I’m sure sure she makes their blood boil. Michelle Obama, YOU GO GIRL, you are making us proud.
Rose, I couldn’t have said it more eloquently. And someone should keep an eye on these people because if they allow a Republican the acces they denied her, they should be sued. This is pure racism. Bet they never did this to a White person.
Why is it if someone doesn’t support Obama or think that its inappropriate for Mrs. Obama to use a school to recruiter, they’re automatically “racist”? Did they say you cant use our school because we dont like black people? Every one needs to stop playing the race card. It got old a long time ago. Besides, it makes us all look bad…like paranoid whiners. Leave the racist accusations where the racism actually is.
(Did they say “you can’t use our school because we don’t like black people.”?—–is how that was supposed to read.)
whites racists should have never started it.racism will never
get old because they will continue to hate and be
jeolous over a country that do not belong to
them but did not build by their hands.
Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen Rose…!
Very very very well said Lady Rose….!
I am so d**n sick and tired of filthy iggnit-a*s, racist, foul-mouth, aliens, dum, damned to h**l already, witchcraft working, anti-christ spirited demons, scum of the earth, lower life forms, low-self-esteem, mechanical robots who were not created to even think for themselves, have absolutely no d**n positive motivation to even think for themselves without the help of the evil white demonic republicans…
All of them are already damned to h**l, looking like control freaks, long-nose witches and warlocks, jealous hearted, God haters, wannabes, absence of real beauty, absence of real talents, shallow minded, 8 legged creepy crawling demon seeds straight from the pitts of h**l itself.
God help us all, and behold I come quickly and my rewards are with me….
who cares
KICK ROCKS SATAN / aka: Lucifer old son of the morning…
I rebuke your stanky donkey-a*s in the name of Jesus… I cast your dirt mongrel a*s with all your foul mouth filthy emps back to the black-pitts / aka: deep and dark places of h**l itself…
You care you old dirty demonic evil-a*s foul mouthed fool. Doesn’t your name (DIABLO) stand for the a-pitamy of evil itself….hummm Take your stankin foul-a*s back to the black pitts of bottomless h**l, cause I’m so darn sick of smelling the foul stinch of your lower-life-form hateful racist a*s ways.
Jesus would be ashamed of your foul mouth.
ME AND DIANE CARE YOU DEMONIC BA..STARD:
I am so d**n sick and tired of filthy iggnit-a*s, racist, foul-mouth, aliens, dum, damned to h**l already, witchcraft working, anti-christ spirited demons, scum of the earth, lower life forms, low-self-esteem, mechanical robots who were not created to even think for themselves, have absolutely no d**n positive motivation to even think for themselves without the help of the evil white demonic republicans…
All of them are already damned to h**l, looking like control freaks, long-nose witches and warlocks, jealous hearted, God haters, wannabes, absence of real beauty, absence of real talents, shallow minded, 8 legged creepy crawling demon seeds straight from the pitts of h**l itself.
God help us all, and behold I come quickly and my rewards are with me.
Racism, ignorance, and just plain insanity drives this social stratus, with it’s totally corrupt political “officials”! Sadly. No matter who is getting fat off the public’s taxes, and under-the-table schemes, the public is getting conned and dumped on all at once! No matter how this is viewed, it is totally a con game which is run by wealthy old “white” families, whom have owned and operated this country ever since they snatched it, (and all of it’s riches) from the hands of their Queen! The ignorance and overwhelming dementia transferred across the policing and military via their wealthy “superiors” is the staunch force that keeps these vicious tyrants in play. And play they do. With our lives and our children’s future! The whole of the populous is much too confused and blatantly conned to begin to sort out the massive games played here. Even if they were aware of this horror they would quickly realize that the liars and thieves have the game buried too deep into the machinations of the social-structure for anything to ever be corrected! It’s a fantasy/reality/tragedy all rolled into one big deceptive fiasco! We humans are notorious for helping to ruin everything for ourselves as we fool ourselves into believing that all will be well and that things will improve! Yet following this constant tragedy of lunacy from it’s early beginnings should allow even the worst of mental cases a basic line of clarity, but alas it doesn’t after all!
I still insist that all the back and forth about the upcoming elections is nothing more than fluff and those aforementioned white elite “families” have long since chosen whom will represent them. I still think that person to be the crooked politician in ‘blackface’!
Miami is made up mostly of Cubans that identify as being white. Remember when Nelson Mandela visited Miami after being imprisoned for 27 years and the City Council would not even see him, that tells me enough about how white cubans feel about African-Americans. Have you ever seen any Black Cubans in position of power anywhere in Florida, especially in Miami?
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DARK COMPLEXION.THE PROBLEM ARISES IN A RACE WHEN ONE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER RACE OF PEOPLE WHEN THERE RACE IS
NONEBLACK.ANOTHER REASON IS THAT THE DARK COMPLEXION IS NOT INTERNATIONALLY ATTACHED TO WEALTH LIKE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NONEBLACK COMPLEXIONS.
THINGS WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT.
These rude people in Miami have over-inflated egos. I don’t remember this happening when the other First Ladies paid a visit. Back then, it was an honor.
Also, they should know kids need to see successful minorities up close.
They are all anti-Castro Cubans who crave the return of a Batista-style regime in Cuba. Republicans naturally who, for whatever reason, refuse to consider themselves minorities. Those are the same ones who yearn for an American invasion of Cuba not to relieve the people of communism but to re-instate the hierarchial system of institutionalized class divide.
The statement that the school board is making is that it, too, is a political institution of Republicans who tolerate no other ideology.
Cubans in Florida have traditionally been Republican. They are of a different culture from the Latinos from Mexico.
Blacks, let’s please learn to love ourselves like all other ethnic groups!
AMEN.
What does that illegal Spic know anyway. Somebody call INS on his b***h a*s.
Joe, there is no need to call someone a Spic. That is racist.
Personally, I wish I could just go into hibernation until this election is over.
If the venue can be rented by obtaining a permit, then these people need to get over it, It is a PUBLIC venue, accessable to the PUBLIC so they can’t pic and choose based on THEIR personal political affiliations. Parents need to vote them out for showing such disrespect.
This is sad we as black people need to come together and get our personal chip off our back this is really getting crazy out here and as bad as thay want the president out thay want us as people of color all so out we need to wake up stop killing one or another and band together and help really make a change help each outher so we can live better than we are thay don’t want the first lady at there school fine there are outher places she can do her thing and still get the message across seem that people of color has lost the faith in them self need to take ur faith back and hold on to god only he can make things better and in these day and time we need to pray and belive god well hear us and help us times can and are hard for some. Time is running out we need to get closer to god after while he is all we r going to have so pray folks wen there is nothing left to do we must pray.
Your comments are well spoken. Well, almost. However, here’s a heads-up especially for you — God has ALWAYS been all we black folk have had. Trust me. One miracle after another and He has been consistent. There are some good and decent, praying individuals on their knees every night and every day sending up those prayers you talked about in your post. Do not be dismayed or tricked into believing otherwise — my Brotha.
REALLY CLOSER TO GOD?????? THAT’S ALL BLACKS KNOW IS GOD…..NEXT
We are living in difficult times. The supremacist militiamen are stock-piling weapons while our own people are killing each other with AK-47′s. The right wing electorate is hoisting a republican presidential challenger who’s off-shore accounts would even make former Harlem drug-kingpin, Frank Lucas proud!
Support y’all.. Really the only reason why the whole immigration flood gate was open was simply for Bush to get the Hispanic vote. They don’t care any more about u and Hispanics than they do about blacks. Jus another group of ppl trying to fit in..
By the way, if schools can’t be used for political purposes, why is my polling center set up in a public school?
I’m trying to think of just one thing that Mrs. Obama has said or done that would cause anyone to say to her “We don’t want you here”. Think about it..we have these kind of people watching over our kids. They act like kids themselves…They need to check themselves…their evil is showing…
What if Rubio were coming to this primarily Hispanic school? I am sure they would have rolled out the “red carpet”. Mr. President and his beautiful wife are the best we black people have to showcase to the world. The leaders at this school are “lunatics” and should be investigated about their “status” on American soil.
Michelle, just chalk it up as ignorance on their part, God will bless your husband to a 2nd term in the White House to prove the naysawers wrong. Love you Michelle Obama OUR first lady and sister.
Oh well all is well the frustrated Cubans that are of a lighter hue -like the ones who aren’t friends of Castro for getting rid of the filth that saturated Cuba- as the darker Cubans tiled the fields,and occupied the servants positions. By the way- until the issue of mental illness in the African American community is addressed the violence amongst us will continue- as the gun manufacturers live in communities far and peaceful as can be. Answer me this why do Black Americans over and over again and again support everyone but ourselves- the Dominican who ran against Mr. Charles Reinhold in Harlem USA,NY- made it quit clear that now is their time. It happen with the Puerto Ricans. We shake the tree they pick up the apples.
The article headline is misleading. Only one board member suggested cancelling Mrs. Obama’s appearance. Mt voting precint is at a school. The school’s law allows any commumity activity as long as it does not interfere with the operation of the school. School was out. A massive crowd turned out to hear Mrs. O and pledge support for 2012. “I was there!”
I hope you remeber their names when it comes election day. Those spanish republicans are disrecpectfull and just as hatefull – even more so…..
Even thinking about exploiting high school kids this way speaks volumes about Michelle Obama’s lack of class, at the very least.
I had a dog named “Rex” while growing up. Is that you Rex? You sound just like yourself (~_o). The First Lady is NOT exploiting ANYBODY. Children tend to cherish the opportunities they have as youngsters to meet and to greet famous, loving, and well meaning people in an up close and personal venue like their school. Mrs. Obama is a role model and has school age children of her own whom she loves and cherishes dearly. Also, who else can you name that is giving them an opportunity to volunteer to participate in the actual creation of an all inclusive national and international world they can say later on as adults they had a hand in creating? JFK, RFK, and MLK, Jr did it for me and Michelle can do it for them. Run Michelle, run.
I can’t take your baseless comment seriously. You either know better and are just being a brat, or you are disconnected from the facts. School is not in session and she is renting a idle building, apparently the school district can’t use the money.
thank you rose,truthseeker and tj.. d**n!! its amazing when hispanics come to the united states they are so quick to try and blend in and act like white people.The same racist white people who try to keep them out of our country, shoot at them for trying to cross the border. You hispanics need to wake up, because guess what Renier Diaz Portiallo and Carlos Curbelo you hispanics are the new n*****s.. The only difference is they are not putting a rope around your neck and hanging your a***s. All schools in the united states are used for voting are they not? so what the h**l is the difference? voting is also for politics dumb a***s!!! maybe you hispanics should try and learn united states history before you try and act white and want to be accepted by therm
As a researcher, I feel all attempts to treat and interact with individuals as well as groups should be held to the same set of expectations. All of these ” attempts” should be documented. When people SEE things visually, it seems to make a more effective impression than just speaking in terms of numerical values. It would not take long for the pattern of exclusion to be clearly identified. In this day and time, we must be diligent in compiling the FACTS of every situation. The real proof is in the publishing.
Joe, there is no need to call someone Spic. That is racist.
d**n…So much hatred and racism from those on this thread toward Latinos. And these hypocrites have the nerve to comment on the intolerance shown by the Hispanic school board members. smh A clear case of the pot calling the kettle black. I’m glad these racists don’t run anything of importance — except their mouths.
I am so proud of our President and First Lady. They have class, intelligence, integrity, compassion, and grace, and also show true leadership. Despite the negative things that have been said about them by some of the GOP and their followers, and despite the blatant disrespect shown to them, they have always showed true class, strength and dignity. They truly exemplify what a President and First Lady should carry themselves.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle stand head and shoulders above the GOP and their followers that are hateful, petty, and small minded. The GOP and their followers who are hateful will never have such intelligence, integrity, compassion, grace, class, and leadership ability.
The nerve of her! I bet Mrs. Obama feels pretty belittled by getting canceled over someone that probably only had their green card for a couple years!
****This is America people, we SHOULD NOT have to press 1 for English****
And by the way the idiot who said the Hispanics are taking over, haha just wait your next on the target list. You may come over or dig your way over and associate as white but whites still can’t stand you and only tolerate you like they do every other race. The thing I’ve head whites say about Hispanics is unbelievable and you’re stupid enough to think your special or you TRULY fit in? Please. Yes blacks need to get their a***s together because when we are on point we are a force to be reckoned with urged weren’t we would be extinct. So those of you who think like the above fool, can be smug, uppity and arrogant and of all things bigots, but realize they can’t stand your behinds as well. And Michelle Obama has to much class and dignity to deal with trash anyway and there are other schools who would love to have someone of her caliber come and speak to them. Remember in the word, the first shall become last and the last first, just wait
It really is a shame a race can’t come to America …legally and be themselves instead of getting twisted into wanna be’s. Isn’t it Obama who is fighting to make it easier for Hispanics to stay over here and mostly whites who are fighting and protesting it? They just LOVE YA’LL SOOOO MUCH. LOLOLOLlololol!!!
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL…!!!!!! Too funny an very very very very well said LOL LOL LOL…. This blog needs a frame around it…!!!!!! You keep getting down on them Kmad…
Those that rejected the first lady visit don’t realize how this would effect the kids in the future. Let it be said that my kids had the opportunity to meet or greet the first lady I would give thiem a camera so to take pictures and it would be a history lession within it self. The first lady of color to visit our school. So many of those soom forget where they come from and some of the good things that this president is doing as a president for all the people.
THE ONLY REASON A SCHOOL,PARENT,OR A SOCIAL OUTFIT
REJECTS A AFRICAN AMERICAN FROM TALKING TO THEIR
KIDS,SCHOOL KIDS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE EMBREDDING
RACISM INTO THE KIDS,AND CAUSE THE TRAINING TO BE TAINTED WITH AN INFLUENTIAL POSITIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
WOW ERIC!!!!!!!!! You took the words out of my mouth, Some of my friends and were talking and said if blacks and hispanics came together we could change sooooooo much and we all agreed hispanics come over and live their lives trying to identitfy with being”white” WHY!!! Whites have in many quiet circles refer to them as the “New n****r” and they’re too caught up to see it and dig I’d out. Why align yourself with the very ones who can’t stand you, I mean can’t STAND them. Like I said they’re next. I amazed, instead of minorities standing together we always divide, I get so d**n mad, and the white man sits back and calls all of us stupid and beneath him, as I said WOW!
The nerve!!!! Unbelievable….
WHAT is going on in Florida???? ALWAYS something NEGATIVE on that state ???? GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ
We can see and example from what happen to Trayvon Martin. If no attention had not been drawn to unjustice of Trayvon’s death, Zimmerman will have walked free without a trail.
I feel the First Lady should not cancel and go anyway. What will they do to here? Nothing!
an example
As Barry Obama said in one of his campaign speaches in 2007, “you can put lipstick on a pig”.
Who the heck is Berry?
No first lady and no President have ever been insulted and disrespected more than Michelle and Barack Obama. By now, they must be well-accustomed to the evils of those Americans who are republican, whether they be white or Hispanic. However, the Obamas always conduct themselves with class and dignity – the kind of class and dignity that republicans can’t buy – even with all the money in the world. It pains me to witness the rudeness and disgusting behavior of the right wing but we must remain strong and ensure the re-election of the President.
I AM SO GLAD THAT OBAMA BECAME PRESIDENT BECAUSE
THERE WERE SOME MANY WHITE BELIEVEING THAT RACISM DID NOT EXIST ON THE LEVEL IT DID.I AM SO GLAD THAT THE
PRESENCE OF OBAMA CAUSED RACIST TO SHOW THEIR TRUE COLORS.IT IS NOTHING LIKE KNOWING WHO, AND WHERE YOUR TRUE ENEMIES ARE.
Perhaps it would seem more relevant to speak discreetly with the First Lady to discuss your concerns for the sake of the students. That, in itself could be viewed as the school administration’s way of advertently imposing their ideology on the youth, by denying the visit. In fact, all representatives should be afforded the opportunity… equally. This would suggest that, given the right information, students could be trusted to make an informed decision on their own, based on sound principles, and training.
As an American, I’d like to think we’re civilized, possessing all the positive attributes of culture, and social etiquette. But, more and more, we’re seeing man’s inhumanity toward man.
Without the ability to choose, the future of our young people will become stagnant. If we create positive forums for relevant debate, we won’t have to spoon feed them our ideas.
From toddler’s, they begin to display their individuality, and we attempt to develop their voices! Then, they make decisions! Our job is to train them to make the Best ones.
I am Black and live in miami and I think it serves her right! Y did she choose a predominantky Hispanic school anyways. There are other schools with a higher Black or at least more mixed population. My son attended Barbara Goleman last yr and its overcrowded as is the entire school sys here. But just like her husband she wants no direct ctc with low income n*****s. Y wont my president even say the word poor? All I hear from him is middle class, middle class. Y would I think u care about people you wont even mention. Is poor or low income a dirty word? We r the new unmentionables. And Im sick of Black people acting like I have to support Obama cause his skin is Brown when he wont even mention my kind. So like DMX said, “if its fuc me n***a, then you know its fuc you”.
WORD!
Michele Obama has ignored the pleas for her help from a Black low-income community called Midway Village in Daly City CA that was built directly on top of a toxic dump. Many of the residents have died or are deathly ill and their children were born with numerou disabilities and deformaties bcuz of living there. The government knew it was toxic from the very beginning but kept it a secret for many years from the residents many of who were working Black women raising their families. They have pleaded with Michele and Obama to help, only to be ignored. Michele did send them a generic email saying she commends them on their community effort, while totally ignoring their suffering and huge injustices. Both Michele and Obama turn their backs on Blacks! Their actions prove it!
YOU THINK POOR YOU WILL BE POOR…SORRY BUT WE MUST STOP WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAVE US CAUSE WE’RE BLACK…..GET OUT OF THE WASTE LAND…RELOCATE…WHY DO WE THINK WE MUST ACCEPT ANYTHING BUT THEN WE COMPLAIN????
@ Renee, I hope you or yours don’t end up in this situation or worst! Many of those women although low-income probably made more money than you, but because of being put in a situation damaging their and their families health that was not their fault, they have lost their lives, the ability to do for themselves and are suffering. If the President and his wife can do for an support other races then you d**n right Blacks especially the poor are due the same support. When an unfortunate situation hits you causing a change in your finances (and I guarantee it will) your haughty elitist comment will slap you back in your face. You speak of that which you do not know, but you will.
if what you’re saying is true…why are you people waiting for obama to come in and save you? what have the black people in your community done to help themselves? any community marches, petitions, lawsuits, etc. let me guess…h**l no..just a lot of talk and complaining while waiting for obama to give you something. smh
Assuming that if we’ve not encountered any challenging situations, we’ve not experienced life! Life is fraught with many disparaging conflicts. So much so, that a reasonably conscientious individual will just about give up. Realizing that our hope is in Jesus, we able to press forward. Sometimes God will allow us to wander aimlessly in a situation, because we won’t give it to him. He is the Almighty Deliverer, who is able to do exceedingly over and above, all we could think or imagine, if we trust him, and surrender our will. That doesn’t mean… don’t do anything. What it says is; “ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Word up! Reading the comments on this board make it painfully clear why Pres. Obama takes the black vote for granted. This administration has made blatant attempts to court every vote except ours. We are taken for granted. Black folk are not required to vote for Pres. Obama. He had a black father. Hooray! Now that we’ve celebrated his melanin, let’s take a look at what he has done for us in the past 3.5 years. Our community is suffering and we are blindly following this administration for no good reason.
Thank you JV ! Some of us have broken the chains, others clearly have not.
apparently you are still in shackles..only a slave would wait around for master to solve their problems.
Really Iesha? Those who deify Pres. Obama and the Democratic party platform are more akin to slaves. Any of us who align our votes to a major political party platform are slaves. Not one politician should take one of our votes for granted. For far too long black folk have just been written off as Democrats. Our intellect and critical thinking abilities are more deft than that. Pres. Obama is a politician – a black politician, but a politician nonetheless. He needs to do something to earn our votes. What has he done in the last 3.5 years? Someone please tell me.
May all you who can’t understand the impact of slavery in the Northern Shores of America- the castration of human beings far beyond the simple senseless killings of white people who were spared the humiliation of 400 years of laws stating a human being is less then a dog -and hated on a daily basis- far from seeking pity- although I would appreciate if people of color stop intellectually masturbating one and other over nothing can we concentrate on Christmas 2012- and keep our monies in our pockets- while they project the billions they anticipate on making – let them get it from the Latino community who they are courting nowadays- and please my Caribbean brother and sister hurry up and get the thrill of America out your system and get your stuff together and go build your country-go and own some of those businesses that get those tourist dollars- to many I see are just to d**n Americanized-emulating the home boy and the wig wearing skiza hood rat lady who thinks all she’s worth is a piece of flesh.
Racism is a terrible thing!
At a loss for words. I do not know what to say…………………..
Romney shouldn’t be allowed to do it and neither should Obama. THAT’S bullcrap to be altering the minds of kids with the political nonsense. Schools are for education. I’m sure they’ll scream “RACE” though.
Thank you. I will not bother to post on this site any more. I will stay with our Digital magazine, the True-magazine.com and the : where all side of truth is welcome.
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By their names it seem like they may be Cubans running that school system….I wonder what they would have said or done if they were still in Cuba under Castro… Seem like to me they didn’t learned anything when they lived in Cuba…
This is the United States of America. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and to say whats on their mind. Just because this person and the folks he represents are protesting the First Lady coming to speak at their school, doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. If they don’t want to hear what she has to say, that’s on them. The folks she’s trying to reach will show up.
I have no problem with her visiting the school to promote her husband with one reservation. The school should be equally open to ALL candidates, equally regardless of political views or party lines. That’s the only way this will be fair to all, including the children.
Teachers could actually use the visit as a “teachable moment” to teach them about our political system and how it works. I can’t see any way this would harm the students!
To all of tge President followers here is a message to you On August 30 2012 we should have a prayer day all accross the nation for him and also send him money for his campaine so we can beat them .With gods help we all know what they are trying to do but they can’t win remember JOB in the Bible well the same thing is here Our President is the today JOB let God do the rest.
What Black folks do not realize no matter how much you try to assimilate in this society, you will NEVER be respected for any contributions made to make this country what it is. Our children died in slavery, in their wars, and yet, there are those who are blinded by an ideal of a democracy based on Christian principles but not really believed in. so why act like them think like and believe like them when all of it is still mental salvery to say the least. It doesn’t matter what title a person holds the point is if you’re BLACK STAND BACK and if you’re WHITE or WHITE-LOOKING…you’re RIGHT!!! Wake up Black folks it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Can’t you see how MONEY is the root of their evils? we still just don’t get it! This school board is a depiction of how they have allowed others who have spent less time in this country making it what it is, but given more rights and allowances to achieved success politically, in business and in opportunities. Wake up!!! Thin about it. Thisis no surprised they do not respect the fact that she is the President’s wife.
You are what you see and not what you eat. The world sees whites running America and would naturally want to emulate and befriend them when they arrive in America. When you are uneducated and striving, you tend to allow your leaders to determine your fate. If this school or any other groups that influences the lives of our youth are allowed to continue to sprew their ignorance and racist behaviors, their is going to be some real revolts in America. Blacks should not want to unite with Hispanics, Cubans, or any other foreigners simply because they are minorities. They are the new minorities and they are striving, like some Blacks have done, to live the American dream which is to live like white Americans.
The Obamas cannot be touched with the attempts to belittle them because they are our American dream. The adults in Miama are the ones who will suffer directly because of the actions of these officials, not the children. School is out and the children will only be exposed by the chose of some adults. The adults, however, are being denied an opportunity to seek the wisdom of a minority who has risen above the racism, oppression, any many other “stop” signs placed before the Black race. Michelle Obama will lose nothing because of the decision of these misguided fools. The voters of Miama are the ones who are losing out.
Those who are commenting on HIV in an article abhout a presidential visit to a school need to learn to read.
I agree with the reasoning behind not allowing Michelle to visit the school, but let’s hope that they do not allow Romney to visit for the same reason. Otherwise we should be able to guess why Michelle cannot come. Mostly, they do not want their children to vote Democrat, which is in itself a brainwashing move.
The person who complained about Michelle not coming to a black school needs to calm down. Michelle has visited many black schools, and Miami has a relatively low population of African Americans. Is it a crime against black people to visit the schools of another race?
when it comes to hiv, we not reading nor listening. when hiv hit us like africa…your black a*s will take it serious and talk about it non stop.
your black a*s don’t have a problem with all of those advertisements on the page..but you cannot wait to attack a brother for advertising the need for black people to wake up on hiv..smh.
i wonder what will it take for the black community to wake up..white folks are not going to do it for us..i’m sure they are hoping we continue to ignore the numbers on those infected.
Don’t LOOSE Focus. Keep your eye on the PRIZE. All of us and THEM know what a good job OUR PRESIDENT has done.Especially looking at what he came in office against. THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB IS ALREADY ON THE JOB. There is no need to debate, this is a waste of time. Just go VOTE in NOVEMBER and focus on getting people to the polls. Especially in Miami.
Keep in mind folks that Miami is GOP country because of all those who fled Cuba when Castro took over. They were given permanent political asylum and Reagan took measures short after he took office to solidify Cuban support for the GOP.
A fool by any other name remains a fool and often the source of our humor. Here on point re: the HIV response to Michelle’s appearance at the Fla school. However, I am tempted, so to the fool I ask of his pristine sci-fi info: If the gene which has the affinity for HIV is negative in Caucasian, why is their such a prevalence of HIV among Caucasian men. You see, the devil here is really within the brain of this thinker: rascist, homophobic.
I was born and raised in Miami. Years ago, we did not have so many immigrants. America has let millions of immigrants here that come in and then start running the country. In Miami, Cubans, Haitians, and Jamaicans and other countries have even carved out their own territory. “Little Havana” “Little Haiti”. I call it MIAMI. African Americans are losing their identity and we need to wake up. DeLaPortillo came over on a boat and they stick together and get into power. Other groups stick together in numbers and get into power. WAKE UP Americans!!!!! They have sucked up all of our resources! Look at the names when you see Medicare fraud, or a lot of crimes and you will see foreign last names. Don’t be surprised if they try to change the national language to SPANISH! They are not here to be American, only to suck up and steal all the money they can and help each other. They don’t even hire Americans!! We ought to start something in huge numbers to reverse this travesty. MICHELLE OBAMA, YOU ARE THE FIRST LADY, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU PLEASE! YOU GO GIRL!!!
When Nov. comes & time to vote they use the school,am I right? So what. Here we are again we all know what this is all about.
People,
As Senator, and now President Obama said, we live in the United States of America. Supposedly, some people came here seeking freedom, equality, pursuit of health and happiness. Others were brought here against their will. Nevertheless, we are here and most of us apparently prefer to stay here.
If we lived out what we were pursuing upon immigration or survival of slavery, we would not have lower, middle, and upper classes. At least, we would recognize that we are all in this together. Simply, I am very pleased to read above that Mrs. Obama did attend the event (The event organizers followed the law and the lawful event was held, and we move on).
Now, for me, I would rather live in a country where I received benefits, without my group’s name being called specifically vs. than a country where i received benefits, with my group’s name being called. Why? If you call a group’s name, that breeds resentment from other groups. So the President’s Obama’s Patient Protection Affordable Care Act and middle class tax break policies, unlike Reaganomics trickle down policy failure, have benefited everyone who meets the eligibility criteria, whether they were African Americans, Alaskan-acific Islanders, Asians, Caucasians, Hispanics, or Native Americans. True to President Obama’s belief, this is the United States of America.
To whom much is given, much is required. I am not among the rich, but I am blessed to understand, that I love all of you, regardless of your perspective. Be aware, bitterness will shorten your life. Humor, joy, love (the fruits of the spirit) will extend your life.
Good day and may you live long!
Be Blessed.
What is wrong with you people? Why are the republican base so easily manipulated into believing everything they are told by each other and their leaders? What is wrong with you people!!!!!!?
There are more white women infected with aids than there are Black women in America. There are white women infected with stds than there are Black women in America. You are being fed lies to keep interacial dating down to a minimum. How would you accomplish this if you were a bigot and wanted to maintain control of your people? Lie to them. Lie to them, because they believe everything told to them.
Idiots! Next time check your own data and stick with “HARD NUMBERS” and not per capita. The use of percentages is designed to slap a shadow of negativity around everything involving Black Americans to make you low-self-esteem idiots feel better about your lot in life.
The problem with racists is they believe that whatever they tell people they are instantly believed.
AFter all of these years, why aren’t you questioning the information you read about Black people? Not every thing could be negative. that alone should have raised doubt in your mind. The reason it didn’t is because in your life you have to feel better than something and it feeds your need to feel superior to Black people.
Stop spreading the easily checked lies about AIDS. Or, if you have any honesty in you convert percentages into hard numbers and then run comparisons. You won’t do it, because it requires bravery and honest, two obvious character flaws.
I Really Am Getting Sick And Tired Of These Racist Pieces Of Trash Treating Our President And First Lady Like Slaves. This Racism c**p Is Making Me Think More And More About Doing To Racist What They Did To Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. And Other Real Good African American Men And Women. Right Now I Am Going To Continue Doing What Father God And Lord Jesus Want Me To Do, Save Our Children, Our Race & Get President Obama Re-Elected But If President Obama Doesn’t Get Re-Elected And That Racist Become President Things In My Life Just Might Change.
David W. Johnson, Jr., Founder & President
Time To Save Our Children
timetosaveourchildren@gmail.com
Has any other first lady ever been turned away? I am not aware of this happening in the history of this country. I suspect this is another case of twisted, mental illness manifesting itself as rascism hiding behind the lie of protecting the children from politics, which will be quickly denied by the racist and their supporters. Also, I suspect the vast majority of media will not report this blantant disrespect to the first black first lady.
Riddle me this… If schools can be a polling place for American People to cast their vote, why is wrong for Mrs. O to stop by in search of supporter volunteers? Republicans are sooooo two-faced. If the situation doesn’t fit what they have going on, they are the biggest complainers and Hippocrates on the PLANET!!!!
Although AIDS is important, the topic was not about AIDS. To forcibly change the topic of a thread represents a bullying tactic not suitable nor admirable among educated people.
I hope Florida is the state that comes down to the deciding who becomes president for the following year. Remember how Florida was the deciding state for both of the Bush elections.
Everyone writing here seems to forget that Hispanic just means people speak Spanish. Many mixed races have ‘Spanish’ surnames & many do not.
What has happened in Florida is a lesson on how not to lump all Hispanics into the same category. A huge percentage of Cuban Hispanics came here fleeing communism having had everything taken away. Many escaped with nothing more than the shirt on their backs and nothing more. Does anybody remember ‘I Love Lucy’ & Ricky Ricardo? Seems Babalou was never really understood.
Any USA political party could have probably cultivated a following but the democrats largely ignored these folk.
Also, a huge percentage of Hispanics in Florida have learned to fear the left because of their frightening experience back home.
Also, and by the way, a huge percentage of the Hispanic population of Florida (Including non-Cuban) are mixed race which means they are Latino/Black mixed.
No wonder the left & the right can no longer get along and make a deal to benefit the ‘WHOLE’ country we all have learned to hate each other. Good luck with that!
Lee, she hasn’t been officially turned away yet. She might choose to make a point and bring all the big guns that could normally back the first lady & overpower the opposition but would that be wise? There is a lot of misunderstanding here & how does one intelligently & peacefully overcome it without losing the war? Somebody dropped the ball somewhere along the way because these folk still feel insecure & that the dems are not their friends. It has nothing to do with race because most of these folks are mixed race.
Obviously the president & first lady can force their way into any city they choose but again what will that prove and will that win votes????
This sad all this hating back stabbing n whatever else u would call it. We all know that Florida is the state that make rules as they go along, so what’s the all the lip service for nothing not going too change get over it already. Ok she still has the power to go other places this is not the only place people power is what they scared of. If he said it’s about educating our kids then give them what they need books too know who they are,n stop pushing history under the desk. Make the fuss n fight work for the better people cut out all this stank n grow up I mean. God bless all in spite of.
As a Army Vietnam veteran with 27 years of service to this country in uniform and another 18 years of civilian service some of you people still amaze me. You are full of hate…no reason except for the color of one’s skin. When Jesus returns to claim His own, He is not going to take you home with Him because you are black or White, Red, Yellow or Red. He will judge you by the context of your heart. What you have done unto them you have done unto Me. Love your neighbor as yourself. We as christians have really not gained that in our lifestyles. Why would we as Blacks stoop so low as to bring ourselves down to the level as some of the raciest of this world. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr would turn over in his grave if he was to see how we as a people are dealing with one another. We cannot lump are people in a group and say that everyone of them are racist. During my travels around this vast world of ours I have had the opportunity to meet some of the most wonderful people that one could meet. A vast majority of them could not even speak English, but they got the message across of the love that they have for their fellow man. We the people of these United State of America should be able to do the same.
Mr. Obama, the President of the United States of America and Mrs. Obama, the First Lady of the United States of America can see the problem that they are facing and they know the reasoning behind those problems. They deal with them and we should be able to also. Instead of using profanity, we should be more educated in our speech. We should never allow ourselves to be dragged down to a low level as some of the ones that we are discussing. Be strong for our race!!
I believe that refusing to let the First Lady Mrs. Micchelle Obama to visit that school in Miami-Sade, in Florida is deliberate and mean spirited bordering on the line of racism and right wing evangelical conservative radicalism. I believe that these kind of negative rhetorical elements fuel the fires of hatred in our country and borders on the line of “Anarchy.” I believe that “America,” is in real danger of imploding from within, so let’s stop this kind of chicanery by re-electing President Barack Obama back to the office of President on November 2012.
Ironic how the Republicans complian about ‘schools’ should only be used for learning when tens of thousands of taxpayer funded schools are used to house evangelical religious services on Sundays, in public school after public school. These school board members clearly perpetuate not only their racism but their hypocrisy. Now that’s teaching the kids!
Ok I get it shes Black.
if u want to know where..a white person..really stands….watch their politics….
It really sucks that her color has anything to do with anything . What if we start calling white ppl out of their name then we are racist. Thank you we know their color has nothing to do with anything . But those ppl that have all of those problems they had them before her got in office. Her can only do what they allow him . Ppl kill me acting like her can just snap his fingers and cure all problems I’m sure her would love to . You all are just angry ppl how need a hug . Jane you should be more respectful of other how might read your not ok . Have a very blessed day all .
Question is she and ape cos she’s black or is there another reasonfor you calling her that . I’m sorry if I took it out of context but it’s getting old . No one ever brought up color until he got in office if she’s and a*s a*s you say why can’t she just be a black a*s ape . Racist
Someone said the black ppl keep killing each other . They do but all races kill their own . White, black , orange, green , blue , and purple . Now that makes as much sense as your statement you have dumb ppl in every race so get together cos when it’s all said and done we still have to share this earth together white ppl remember you are immigrants yourself so find something else to do with your time peeps .
@ Al Dawson…You are so right…a lot of people will be left behind when my Father comes back for his own. It would really please God to see all of his children working and living together in harmony. This blog has really sadden me and I pray that God has mercy on your souls.
I see what “Jane” really is. Unfortunately it is neither ladylike or politically correct to say what she is. OMG. She needs something else to do with her time and her mouth.
It’s fascinating to see that racism is still alive an well in 2012! HOW TRAGIC!