I'd separate my kid!

This diversity thing is getting ridiculous. At Smith Middle School in Sinton, Texas, teachers were "encouraged" to separate students according to eye color. Students with green or blue eyes were not allowed to participate in PE class. Students with brown eyes were. Somehow, this was supposed to tell them a lot about MLK -- it was done the day after they took a day off to honor the plagiarizer.

This was not about race says Superintendent Steven VanMatre. Sure it was -- why didn't they separate the students into a groups of brown/blue and green/other colors? Because they knew that in the blue/green category, all the kids would probably be white. It was not discrimination says the superintendent. Well maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't their whole point to show the kids what discrimination was? That being the case, it most certainly was discrimination. You can't have it both ways, Mr. VanMatre. That being said, if I'd had a child in that school, she would be "separated" for sure -- I'd take her to another district!

And speaking of MLK, aren't you sick of people reverencing him like some kind of God? Princeton University scholar Cornel West delivered the keynote address at the Ebenezer Baptist Church to commemorate what would have been King's 81st birthday. He said, "I don't know about you, but I don't even mention his name without shivering and shuddering." Me, too, Cornel - me, too!

"Sinton parents upset over separation exercise for MLK day." The Paris News; January 24, 2010; p. 9A.

"Events focus on King's call to serve." The Dallas Morning News; January 19, 2010; p. 2A.