By Sheila Wolfe Class Warfare, Education, Human Interest, RacismApril 14, 2015

School Board Member: A/C Should Go To School With More White Students Because Latinos Can Tolerate Heat Better (VIDEO)

Martinez School Board members have funding sufficient to provide air conditioning to only one school, but two of the schools in the district-Las Juntas Elementary and John Swett Elementary-are currently without it. Board member Denise Elsken piped up with her thoughts on the matter, only to leave some jaws dropped:

I would say 95% of the students at Las Juntas do not have air conditioning in their homes. So, whether that means those students are more acclimated and can handle a little bit more heat than the John Swett students, which I would say 95% of their residents have air conditioning in their homes.

As you can imagine some parents were outraged. One parent took to the internet saying, “A large percentage of Las Juntas kids also qualify for subsidized lunches. Since they are apparently accustomed to having less food at home as well, following Ms. Elsken’s logic, we might as well save some more money by not feeding them.”

Elsken feels that although her comments were caught on video and audio, in front of a large group of people that likely voted her into her position, that they were taken out of context.

Watch the report from ABC7 below, and decide for yourself.

Featured image is a screenshot from the video above.

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CakeinBedWithYou

Unreal.
kenthefitter

Why, of COURSE she thinks that she was taken out of context. That’s what stupid people ALWAYS say when they are quoted verbatim or caught on video saying something stupid.
But, it’s just the kind of thing that I would expect from the mouth of some fat cracker.
- Chris geo
  
  Exactly the type of comment one would expect from a self loathing liberal
  - lesmiles
    
    Your comment makes no sense
    - Max
      
      Incoherence is these people’s language.
  - Nobody important
    
    Go to the right nut job sources. You will be much happier there.
Kate Karwowska

Or, hey, how about this? Those kids with no a/c at home? How about we
let them enjoy a little comfort at school since they don’t get it at
home, like the other children.
Tony Thompson

Listening to the video, there doesn’t appear to be any missing context that would make her statement not racist.
isthisrob

ALSO THEY EAT A LOT OF SPICY FOOD SO THEY SWEAT ANYWAYS SO THERE USED TO IT AMIRITE CAUCASIANS?
- nancyrose
  
  You make it so easy to tell the uneducated from the educated…LOL
  - isthisrob
    
    You should turn on your snark detector some time I SPEAK FLUENT TEABAGGER LOL
Caleb Daniels

How bout this, fund the damn education system and get A/C in all schools. Oh and while you’re at it reform the stupid standardized testing system, it’s disgraceful.
http://www.BitchenStitchen.com Danielle Reid Blockston

The stupid. It burns.
rickk

I’m sure someone has already said this, but it’s obvious from its name that John Swett is the more logical choice for no A/C.
rickk

but seriously, her amended comments are in no way equivalent to her first, dumb, racist comments.
Scott Ehlert

The Board seems out of touch if they would devide two schools with only one getting the nice upgrade. Why not set that money aside and next year upgrade both schools at the same time? I have two kids, it works this way.
timpundit

Shouldn’t people be more concerned that only ONE school can afford A/C in the first place? Why is this not the main story? What kind of dumbass district can’t fork up the tax dollars for this for Christ sake? Some Tea Tard reason, I am sure.
- Doren Davis
  
  You are so right and from the looks of her she need A/C with her pig looking self.
Terryl Terrell

Perhaps she should set up a GoFundMe page for all of those poor white kids that have air conditioning at home. She can raise funds for them to get a better system than the acclamated Hispanic kids get in their school. If almost a million dollars can be raised for bigots that own a pizza shop, just imagine what she could raise for the underprivileged white kids in her district. Perhaps she can use the left over funds for some Jenny Craig or Wight Watchers.
- Johnny 5
  
  You were on point until you attacked her weight. Sorry, but no need for you to sink to her level of depravity. Stick to the merits.
- Beaugrand_RTMC
  
  Yes, someone in the school district should set up a GoFundMe page so the schools can have AC.
  That doesn’t solve the real problem that education funding has been gutted by Republicans.
  The only long term solution is to vote out the Tea Party wherever they are.
Johnny 5

Until we can correct the economic inequities that lead to those students not having air conditioning in their homes, the least we can do is provide a comfortable learning environment for them.
- Chris geo
  
  Its not up to anyone to correct the financial inability of anyone.. It is up to them to correct their situation.
  - Nobody important
    
    Oh yes it is. Nobody can live on starvation wages. Pay a better living wage and not starvation wages. What a jackass way of thinking of things. that bootstrap mentality…. how do you know they aren’t working hard enough? Chances are they are working harder than you with less to s how for it. How about funding these schools better? Until they can get more funding neither school should get it…. not right.
  - Manuela Dossantos
    
    Cause children are supposed to provide for themselves…?
wacolibral

how about they do something realy smart and put in ceiling fans instead?Less cost so both schools could have them.Or maybe,rent the roofes of the school buildings to the solar power people and use that income to help pay for the a/c ? Or find other ways of raising the needed funds?
- Nobody important
  
  Ceiling fans suck. They do not help at all.
Dr E

Oh that this wasn’t caught on tape! Smh - thank God for social media
Chris geo

It should go to the school who’s district pays more in taxes.
- Nancy Rathke
  
  Right-keep the advantages going to the more advantaged! That’s the way to make sure the wealthier kids get the best of everything. Poor people-they don’t need it because they’re poor, right?
  That’s not how a progressive society works, that’s how feudalism works.
  - ChefZed
    
    But that is exactly how schools in the US are funded locally; and that is the problem.
    - Nobody important
      
      NOt always. Some are funded where its distributed to all schools in the county regardless of tax income.
Tim Shearer

What in holy mother of batman is

“acclimated”
igotplans2

I can’t even find the words for this.
Andres Herrera

Another white pos exhibiting white privilege.
uncommonsense2010

NOT AN ISSUE

She didn’t say “White” AT ALL.

She didn’t say AC should go to the white kids.

I lived in LA for 10 years and didn’t have an AC. I managed 7 apartment complexes and only 3 of them had AC.

Parent’s who REFUSE TO GET AC for their own kids call her a racist because she’s not getting it for the school.

Again, Parents WHO REFUSE to get AC for THEIR OWN KIDS…… Attack her?

PS, don’t we live in a society of diversity?

Since when is there “white schools” and “Latino Schools”

There shouldn’t be such a thing as a latino or a white school. THAT is the problem.
- http://noveltheory.com James Curran
  
  WOW
  Just WOW.
  
  OK, let’s take this one at a time…
  
  “Parent’s who REFUSE TO GET AC for their own kids” — I doubt there is anyone who is “refusing” to get A/C. I assume anyone who doesn’t have it, can’t afford to buy one.
  
  “call her a racist because she’s not getting it for the school.” — Nowhere is the connection made between parents of children at that school and the people calling her a racist. Most of the people calling her racist were other school board members.
  
  “Since when is there “white schools” and “Latino Schools” — There aren’t. Children tend to go to the public school nearest their house. Most school boards require that. Neighborhoods tend to be divided on economic lines, so rich kids generally go to one school, poor kids to another, even if they are both “public schools”.
- CharlieAdamsInKY
  
  F.U., TeaPubliKKKlanner *sswipe.
uncommonsense2010

Gotta say it again. lol

You don’t get AC for your own kids…. But you flip out because some white woman isn’t buying it for them.

Annnnnnnnddd…. This should shock us?
uncommonsense2010

Frankly she should file a libel law suit against anyone that’s said anything online in social media about her being a racist.

she didn’t say “white” or anything about latino kids at all.

She should sue any of the parents who said anything.
- CharlieAdamsInKY
  
  Fine. She can sue me. She’s a racist sh*t. And you can GFY.
catfood

Sounds about right since most of the mexicans are probably not legal or anchor babies , if they want air let their parents pay for it , not American taxpayers , If that sounds racist , oh well
Truth

She is fat and unattractive, and even her White privilege won’t change those facts, so she’s bitter. To say what she said, she does not belong in her position. There was no context to her words to be taken out of….she meant what she said, HOW she said it.

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