Reply to: The Benefits of an Independent School Education...

[woohoo]

Probably because such a school would have been full of CuK and Daily Wail types who would mercilessly hound him for being who he is

Always someone else to blame eh!

[darmstadt]

"Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs it’s very hard to get them back."

So if gangs are just a 'black' problem then surely stopping and searching based on skin colour is fine then?

If a white person said that it would be racist.

The full quote:

"I'd done a lot of work on how black boys underachieve in secondary schools so I knew what a serious problem it was. I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd. I realised they were subjected to peer pressure and when that happens it’s very hard for a mother to save her son. Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs it’s very hard to get them back and I was genuinely very fearful of what could happen."

And her son's response at the time:

"She's not a hypocrite, she just put what I wanted first instead of what people thought," He added that he had wanted to go private rather than attend a local state school in Abbott's Hackney constituency.

Probably because such a school would have been full of CuK and Daily Wail types who would mercilessly hound him for being who he is

[Zigenare]

And yet you didn't pick up the lack of a indefinite article in that sentence .....

That would be because he's a thick c**t.

[Gibbon]

FTFY - you were being over generous, surely?

And yet you didn't pick up the lack of a indefinite article in that sentence .....

[NotAllThere]

Your lack of advanced analytical and cognitive capability is why you'll always be a bottom-feeder.

Gratis.

FTFY - you were being over generous, surely?

[sasguru]

Don't bring common sense into this, it never ends well.

Your lack of advanced analytical and cognitive capability is why you'll always be a bottom-feeder.

Gratis.

[Zigenare]

"Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs it’s very hard to get them back."

So if gangs are just a 'black' problem then surely stopping and searching based on skin colour is fine then?

If a white person said that it would be racist.

Don't bring common sense into this, it never ends well.

[original PM]

"Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs it’s very hard to get them back."

So if gangs are just a 'black' problem then surely stopping and searching based on skin colour is fine then?

If a white person said that it would be racist.

[Zigenare]

So he was in a psychiatric care unit for a laugh?

Was he?

[sasguru]

I get the part that it's possibly being used as an excuse.

So he was in a psychiatric care unit for a laugh?

[Zigenare]

I know you're a bit slow, but what part of mental illness are you failing to get?

I get the part that it's possibly being used as an excuse.

[sasguru]

So his mother, hypocrite that she is sends her precious bundle of joy to an independent school to keep him away from bad influences because "Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs it’s very hard to get them back." and yet even after all that privilege the boy in question assaults a Police Officer. Looks like it's not just gangs that turn these boys bad.

I know you're a bit slow, but what part of mental illness are you failing to get?

[Zigenare]

Nor any indication that any of this was in any way gang related.

So his mother, hypocrite that she is sends her precious bundle of joy to an independent school to keep him away from bad influences because "Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs it’s very hard to get them back." and yet even after all that privilege the boy in question assaults a Police Officer. Looks like it's not just gangs that turn these boys bad.

[BlasterBates]

Thugs from independent schools are quite common.

Independent school thugs conspire to beat up a journalist

People even vote for them at a general election.

[DaveB]

No mention by the Mail or many other media outlets that the most recent offences took place when he was a patient in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Why let facts get in the way of a story.

Nor any indication that any of this was in any way gang related.