One Bus Driver Faced the Consequences of a Racist Sign and Cried on the News About It
Well, well, well…if it isn’t the consequences of your own actions. Bus driver Diane Crawford recently faced the consequences of her own actions when a sign she had put up in her bus prohibiting the use of Spanish from kids aboard got her fired.
According to Crawford, the sign was not meant to be racially motivated, but was instead directed at a bilingual student who would apparently use Spanish to bully others. Said Crawford: “I didn’t know if he was bullying somebody, or telling them to do something they shouldn’t do.” The sign, rightfully, got her in trouble because despite her intention (whether you believe it or not), the sign is racist.
So rather than tell the school, or maybe even find out what the kid was saying, she decided to put a blanket ban on another language. Got it. That doesn’t sound racist at all. And even if she is telling the truth and it wasn’t meant to be racist, that decision does not come from a place of understanding. It’s a knee-jerk aggression borne from a sense of supremacy.
The desperate desire from conservatives to keep America “English” is baffling. Why shouldn’t we be spreading culture? Why not teach our kids other languages? America–and English–is not the only important language and culture in the world.
There comes a point where you can’t really have any more sympathy for the people who do things like this. If they all card about our country and its Amendments like they say that they do, they would realize that freedom of speech encompasses a lot more than their right to be hateful. Unfortunately, because they will get rewarded for behaving like this (there is currently a fundraiser for Crawford that has raised over $27k) their actions will never have true consequences.
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