Mississippi Student Talks Class Rank Change After Black Students Get Top Spots
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Mississippi Student Talks Class Rank Change After Black Students Get Top Spots
A Mississippi School District is under fire and facing allegations of racism after two Black students were named Valedictorian and Salutatorian, but then the district made a last-minute change. The district said it made a mistake in determining class rank and they added two white students to the roles to recognize four students. BNC contacted West Point High School, and they said a new employee made the error. Layla Temple, the school's salutatorian, and her mother Lanika join "Start Your Day" with Sharon Reed and Mike Hill to discuss the incident.
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The new employee did not make a mistake. They told the truth and didn’t know to be on code to lie in my opinion. Layla no matter what they did you are still on top. A lie doesn’t trump truth. Forever the other two will go down in history as thieves encouraged by their parents teaching and reinforcing the since of entitlement
I wonder which is more significant qualifying point average or grade point average...🧐
You are soooooo Right they will ROT with DISHONOR praise TMH ...HE will make sure thier Family will become Waste...
@@Urmomsdahd QPA is advanced college level courses compared to GPA High school courses.
@@Urmomsdahd they are basically the same, but QPA would be higher, since it takes into account honors classes.
@@Urmomsdahd I just researched it and qpa is college courses that weigh differently
"What you put in your head no one can ever take away." This young Lady will supersede in life because of this experience.
Injustice is NOT a necessary component to success.
They’re also putting in her head that no matter how hard she works for something and wins, it can and will be taken away by white people. She’s not safe from injustice...Why bother to achieve?
@@haileys5371 Get thee behind those young ladies satan. How dare you speak such evil words. To my Black queens: Young Beautiful Black Ladies continue to Excel. BLACK EXCELLENCE.
"Supercede?" Umm... You didn't use that word correctly.
we gotta support her wherever she goes....
Congrats on your honors. Continue being great.
Your people are evil.
It's the same thing.
@Margaret Kpeh please clarify your response. Who are you referring to? This mom specifically said her daughter and the black valedictorian had/has the highest GPA, but not the highest classroom grades. So I’m a little confused by your comment. Oh and by the way, who is that in your profile picture? I’m just curious!! 🤷🏾♀️
@Margaret Kpeh says who?
@Margaret Kpeh How do you know ?
"Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year." ~ Malcolm X
Did Malcolm X really say this?
@@PhillyNaturals Yes, I've saw it on video.
💡Wise man.
It’s no wonder I’ve always hated Cadillacs…shitty ass cars!
@@enoughalready4450 😂😂😂
This is laughable because no school ever add grades the day before graduation! You must make grade before you walk the stage...smh
The day before graduation IS still before you walk the stage lol
@@antmaster360 do you have any examples of schools/ teachers that will wait one day before graduation to put in grades? I’m waiting, sorry you so blind to white privilege but it’s not job to be your teacher. Just wanted to understand your life experience to see why you think this way
@@AskSallieAnne Yeah mine did. That’s not white privilege it’s laziness by the school lmao
That's how I remembered it .
In this story no one added grades...stop acting like victims
Read up on Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. They do not want to give her extra points for feats never achieved.
They don't even applaud her it's ridiculous how racist these ppl are.
Simone is obliterating gymnastics standards she’s arguably the best athlete of all time. History will remember her as such.
Changed the rules again
Also remember Black French Olympic figure skater extraordinare, Surya Bonaly. She was the first to ever perform a back flip. An awesome show of physical prowess. They penalized her for it !! Then she was the first to do a unique, never-before-seen quad jump thing. Amazing. They said it couldn't count because it was "too dangerous" for others (read white girls) to attempt. They didn't even stop to consider how hard she had trained to do that move. Well, Surya kept doing her jumps and became one of the most respected skaters in the world. She's retired now from competition, but she will NEVER be forgotten. Viva Surya !!
👍🏽
Whenever we excel by their rules, they change the rules.
Every time!
Amen!!!!!!
True dat
I'm British and I genuinely can only imagine the imbalance in the equal for all and the land of the free 🇺🇸
Too many black people voted so they change it ASAP
BUT think it didn't work last ime it galvanised more , and even more will stand up and vote next time as its so blatantly racist example if someone said to me your not allowed to sit down and to shut up Guess what I will sit and shout
Even when that was never my intention
Watch it I'm right believe
Respect
@@delharry4392 You don't have to imagine a damn thing because it happens over there too. I don't know why British people do this.
Keep the faith young lady and mother. They stole my high school scholarship in 1960 and gave it to a white student. In 1994, my daughter received a full scholarship and was Valedictorian of her H.S. class. (She was featured in Ebony magazine.) She did not get there without a fight against prejudice but the Lord was on our side. You will be successful.
"You can manipulate anything to get the outcome you want." The sad thing is it will not be her last. 🙏🏽
That's true. But these girls didn't make the grade
Yes that is true and if the superintendent had made the decision solely based on the school handbook the two white students would have REPLACED the two black students because a mistake had indeed been made in the calculations according to the published handbook. Instead trying to be fair to all the superintendent ( who coincidentally is also black) decided to allow all four to share the honor. Now they need to fix the handbook to clarify how they want GPA to be calculated .
I'm from Mississippi born and raised. West point Mississippi High School didn't make a mistake. They knew what they were doing. Congrats beautiful young ladies. You two are the true winners. 🥰 in
Boogeyman. The whole school is predominantly black. The handbook says GPA. When contacted by Mississippi Today, Synethia Mathews, the 2018 valedictorian of West Point High School, echoed McDonald, saying it’s her understanding she was chosen based on her overall GPA. Attempts by Mississippi Today to reach other former valedictorians and salutatorians from the school were unsuccessful.
@Marcus Mitchell was it racism or was it written in the handbook that the valedictorian was nominated by GPA not QPA. It is an honest mistake and the black school officials did the right thing by ALL STUDENTS. Again, let's here the former BLACK VALEDICTORIAN
When contacted by Mississippi Today, Synethia Mathews, the 2018 valedictorian of West Point High School, echoed McDonald, saying it’s her understanding she was chosen based on her overall GPA. Attempts by Mississippi Today to reach other former valedictorians and salutatorians from the school were unsuccessful.
Congratulations beautiful black ladies...sky is the limit
Brown ladies. Their hair is black not their skin.
@@spaceghost2473 , Where are you from?
For the life of me and tried to find any relevance for your question and I just couldnt. City or State?
@@spaceghost2473 Black African princesses, absolutely gorgeous and intelligence. Sorry, but our Latino got brown.
@@rayj.9568 do you have co.mon sense. A tire os black. Are these women the color of a tire?
Hello?
Young lady we're all so proud of you and your mom is to be commended as well. Unfortunately THEY are fragile and if you think they're bad now just wait until you start to work along side them.
😂😂😂 speak truth but they will find away to use her talents for there gain but God has reverse the curses now.
Amen
Wow - “they’re bad now and wait until you start working beside them?” What a racist idea and horrible thing to tell a young black person. If all whites are bad then all blacks who think that way are trash
@@bulleitupyourazz8168 How about facing the truth once in your life, Are you like your wicked ancestor a liar changing the truth into lies for your inability to complete on equal level
@@bulleitupyourazz8168 I dare any news agency in America to take a poll on the subject. You would find out the truth.
Anything to discourage and disconnect the youth from their pride and culture! We been on top forever anyhow 🤷🏿♂️
@Dnomyar Akunawik why are you mad Hitler? Oops! I meant Satan. Oops! I meant lucifer. No demon fits your character.
@Dnomyar Akunawik the longest lasting civilizations to ever exist in the world's history were governed by Eumelanated humans before pale people ever existed. You are literally a race of genetic hybrids. Neanderthal was a nonhuman subspecies. Eumelanated humans upgraded your whole DNA blueprint. Pale humans have never surpassed the footprint of Eumelanated humans on the planet.
@Dnomyar Akunawik America is the shortest lived civilization to date in the history of World empires. The longevity and successes of any civilizations is largely attributed to the resources that can back and sustain its economy. America has none, Europe has always had the least. Africa is literally a land of Gold, Diamonds, and the finest mineral resources. Africa has a thoroughly documented history of being self sustained prior to colonization and exploitation. This directly refutes the notion we have "always" been anything. Pale people have been on the planet the least amount of time and are always trying to tell someone something. Ignorance is bliss, I can only imagine.
Say what you want but , this is why we need to stick together...
@Dnomyar Akunawik We run this country that y'll stolen. Cheats to get what they want
This happened to my doctor’s daughter. She and a white boy were both valedictorians. She would have been the first black valedictorian in the history of the school. She became a surgeon. He’s a computer nerd at Best Buy.
This proves you can’t BUY EVERYTHING!!!!
Who is happier?
That just shows being valedictorian doesn’t mean shit lol
@@rayfish007 Yes, black people can absolutely have the same anti black biases racist white people have towards other Black people. This has been known for centuries, and it doesn't change the discourse of this situation.
And Wakanda is real :P
Imagine the school didn't even informed them but they had to hear it on social media, they didn't even respect them enough to tell them to their face.
I would have been all in their face if that was my daughter!
OF COURSE...TO AVOID IT GOING VIRAL (PREMATURELY).
Black people racist to black people.. LOL!!!
A hard lesson for our youth in white privilege. We have to fight for ev-er-y-thing and then fight just as hard to keep it.
Victimhood
@@marohan definitely by the white students, parents and school administration/superintendent! Good old fashion Mississippi racism from white supremacists!
If one know thyself one wouldn't have to fight or least know what your fighting for our problem is we don't know self
@@marohan That your calling card.
The superintendent is black. It was a discrepancy. Stop the victimhood
McDonald continued: “If someone assumes I was discriminatory in my decisions, they are absolutely wrong. I don’t know if you can tell on the phone, but I’m African-American myself… This is not based on who the parents are, the race of the kids - it’s based on doing what’s right for all students.”
As a young "black" male, my mother and grandfather along with every elder in my family would tell me, you have to work three times as hard as average "white" male, to get half as much.
Mine told me 10 times harder and i still live by that
I'm sorry you've been through that. America has wasted so much beauty and strength. As White America loses power and control of the mic, maybe Americans of color, who know so much about injustice, will step forward and do it right. We'll never get back what we wasted, and we can't forget, but the future doesn't have to be like this.
@@intercat4907 I am a proud Black as can be wife, mother, and a leader. I am in agreement with this comment.
The future definitely do not have to resemble the past. Untied we must be for this to manifest though.
Thats the biggest load of crap out there. The "black" card gets you 5 steps ahead of any white person you encounter.
All the black students should have boycotted the graduation. They still had to give them their diplomas and they could have their own ceremony with those students
They only found out two days before graduation.
@@billybobkumar9231 oh ok
EXCELLENT SUGGESTION !!!!!!!!!!
I would of walked off stage
Do you really think they would have cared if those melanated children wouldn't have shown up? I don't think they would. In their minds that would have been a win.
👑🖤👍🏽THE COMMUNITY AND THE VILLAGE ARE HERE FOR YOU🖤👍🏽👑
"When you're accustomed to privilege,equality feel likes oppression."
Exactly so those poor black girls finally felt oppressed. They were given every advantage because they were black and now they have to compete on a level playing field.
@@plecoguy Your ignorance is a choice.Goodbye
@@yoco7290 Your victim hood mentality when things don’t go your way is a choice. Goodbye
oppressed by black people?
@@yoco7290 ignorance? Seriously they have lowered the admissions in college for black students. Whites and Asian students have to have much higher scores and still get bumped so the college can meet a quota of blacks. They have had more privilege in their life than they realized and yet still they cry victim.
Oh and being white I'm racist so I may as well call all this garbage out. The black culture needs to step up and stop relying on the victim mentality crutch.
Complaints needs to be filed on all levels possible, LAWSUIT too!
I'm very proud of these Black children achieving greatness despite the odds. Keep on shining ...
Prime Example: "The law is what one white man will do for another white man any day of the week"
Grow up,
McDonald continued: “If someone assumes I was discriminatory in my decisions, they are absolutely wrong. I don’t know if you can tell on the phone, but I’m African-American myself… This is not based on who the parents are, the race of the kids - it’s based on doing what’s right for all students.”
@@marohan It's never been done before
Why now????.....The fact that he is a BLACK MAN..... SUPERINTENDENT IN MISSISSIPPI
GOT SPOOKED BY WS PARENTS.
HE'S A COWARD....
@@tishabinkley6522 The Most High will deal with all sellouts, It a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the most high.
@@cornellfinney2855 AMEN
@James Brown They need to deal with him SOONER than LATER....
I guess they're trying to say "All students matter". Trying to get rid of racism in this country is like trying to get rid of rats in a dumpster.
However, we are the ones Always accused of playing the race cards🤔🤔🤔
@@andrenefinn704 Because you do 🤔
@@andrenefinn704 umm you are literally accusing a majority black school and black staff members of being racist against black people. Because they determined that there was a mistake and a couple of white students won and there was a mistake. I mean white people were not even involved aside from the white students parents who asked a question and to check the deliberations. i guess they knew their kid did well and wanted it to be double checked. And they found a mistake. and the mistake was someone new did not know what they were doing so they corrected it. And since they made a mistake they did not take away awards from the other kids they instead had them share it.. How racist? really?
@@rayfish007 Wait, Fish! Of all the folks that commented on this, you decided to come after me🤔🤔 I can say what I want. And, for the record, Black folks are racist, too.
@@andrenefinn704 You literally made a point of people always playing the race card and yes this is another example of just that. I mean to take it even a step further.. the award was not taken from them, they simply had to share it. Now imagine if some white people got upset about sharing an award with black students.. what would this story be then? See how that works? The news is not about being honest or truthful.. its about getting people mad and emotional to listen to their bs so they can make money. So all I am saying is research this bs and don't believe everything.
An apology is insufficient. The School Board and the Superintendent need to be sued.
If I have to resort to cheating
stealing doing anything less
than honorable,to win or share
in someone else’s
accomplishments.
Pass me up! I don’t want anything
I haven’t legitimately earned.
@Joung Kim if there was no affirmative action in this wicked world God's people will always be at the bottom in this world of the gentiles.
@@queenmommie8295 Homestead act in the 1800s, GI bill and VA Load after WW2 were affirmative action programs. The ones that created the white middle class of the 1950s
@@TChalla007 and they benefited white woman so stop the bs
@Joung Kim don't be messy. Affirmative action gives jobs to individuals who meet the criteria of the position but since racist bigoted prejudiced individuals didn't want to hire Black people they were made to. But you're smart... Surely you were already aware of that..
@Joung Kim ok proud boy supporter, by your statement I know your hatred towards the originals. But not to worry because for as much as you give alabaster folks all the support, they will still never recognize you as one of them and they will always treat you beings as lesser than and even go ahead and kill you, with the bill that you have manage to get it will never be used against them, should all glorious people leave these alabaster folks country and back to their own land, the Most High God has given to them. Alabaster beings will turn against you like the dogs they are and haunt day and night. So if you regurgitate the narrative that you are fed with and think that glorious people can never succeed without affirmative action, you are wrong and living in concubine land. I entreat you to reply if you dare and I will go full force on you. This is just the watered down version. Just try it...
" If you can can only feel tall, when someone else is kneeling. Who got the problem?" Toni Morrison These ppl keep showing us who they're, n the truth is not in them!
👏👏👏👏💞💞💞💞💞🔥🔥🔥🔥thank you
Lame. School Leadership manipulated the criteria to favor the Black Kids.
When they got called out by the Parents, they fudged again with a compromise, trying to avoid the scandal of a flagrant act of reverse discrimination.
Like Kappernick kneeling? I was in the school system. I was told not to give minorities less than a 50 at end of semester cuz there's no way they can bring it up the next semester. Problems??? Yeah. With parenting.
I remember what I heard Richard Spencer the leader of the alt right say in an interview. He said it's more important for them (ws)to win then to be moral! I'm angry but not surprised!☹
SAY IT again, for the folks in the back!! 😆
Not only were they immoral; they also did not win. This turned out to be sour for them, TRUST ME.
Sounds like he is some sort of secret society member to me.
How does the other family know that their kid's ranking wasn't correct? I don't get to see the grades of anybody except my child so how would the other parent know their kids' ranking was 1/2 point higher or wasn't calculated correctly?
These kids all knew. It's something kids with high GPA track very closely. And looking at the daughter's expression, she looks guilty.
@@ginayedinak6036 guilty of what? I didn't hear that she was accused of anything?
@@ginayedinak6036guilty? Her grades are her grades, it’s not like she changed her grades personally, so what is she guilty of
Let the mom speak. Worst interviewers ever. She was about to give the tea on the principle before you cut her off!
Exactly! And the point he was trying to make wasn’t that important at the time, it could have waited.
@@jbell73986 Thats what I'm saying.
There were a lag between us so they probably didn’t know when to stop
@@laylatemple maybe. But once they heard her voice. "Sorry you go ahead mam" all they had to do.
@@Oldschool1522 yeah. I don’t disagree. I was just giving u a little background information on maybe why they were doing that
They are some professional liars! Acting like something like that would be left up to one person let alone a new employee please 🤬
@bigbro2300
"White man speaks wit forked tongue"
- white man playin an Indian in an old Western movie
Always have been, they love to pretend even when its not true. After awhile they start to believe the lies.
@@cantstop-wontstop2138 buahhaha that's hilarious 😂😂😂
In an earlier post (that was taken down)-Mr. & Ms. Entitlement parent(s) said, "if those black parents do not like it," you fill in the blank. The superintendent should be ashamed of him/herself, crooked as they come for something not earned. What some parent(s) (in this case white parents) put on the shoulders of their children without a care in the world is mind-boggling. There are consequences to everyone's actions. I feel bad for the students who have parents like this. This story made national news, and to have those two white students think they will glide through college and careers without this topic being brought up is delusional. Ethics is a big deal; morals are a big deal, although it is not a big deal at West Point High School, Mississippi school district. Companies scan social media, and when they get wind of this, good luck in explaining yourselves. Your parents will not be there for the two white students. There is a considerable flaw in your character because YOU two white students went along with the lie. You should have stood up to your parents two white students and told your parents no. You should have told your parents, I want these two black young ladies that earned the Sal and Val to be front and center, not me. You are old enough to know right from wrong. Your skewed I am sorry during your 10th-year reunion will not matter, not unless you own up to what your parents did in front of the entire 2021 class student body. Now you will forever, you alone will carry that lie on your shoulder, and you are two weak people, weak to the bones. You did the act based on falsehood and deceit! It's up to you two white students to make a wrong a right publicly. God holds all the cards, not your deceitful parents! I can only imagine what other deceitful things your parents have done. Don't get mad at me for posting, your parents along with your Superintendent of Schools did the act and you followed along for the entire world to know. Take that finger and turn it on yourselves. Why am I posting this, I am sure you will add Valedictorian and Salutatorian to your resumes. Good luck explaining!
well said
While I morally agree that the white students should have stood up to their parents, they are probably the ones who asked Mommy and Daddy to pull the strings. I don't necessarily view the two of them as innocent parties in this matter.
Bravo, well said!
When we lose, we lose.
When we win, we lose.
-Reverend Martin Camby
😢😢😢
If you believe in Jesus Christ, you win because he has already overcome and won.
nope.. the reporter in the beginning even said they did not have the highest GPA.. Grade Point Average.. Alst I checked Valedictorian is awarded to the highest GPA.
Yea, perpetual victims.
Thank you both for contributing to their school funding! Blessings...
Sad, but uplifting. Anytime you have the entire school to conspire against you, you already KNOW you're POWERFUL.....
That’s the sorry history of this Christmas country, when we learn the game they change the rules 😡 CONGRATULATIONS LADIES YOU BOTH ARE AWESOME!
Lynette, so true. I always told my kids, learn the rule book then play the game. You must do this every year because they will change the rules.
@@anthonybrowne3942 My 6 year old granddaughter is ahead of most of her classmates because her mother and I home schooled her, 3 years before school started. I just hope that this system don't try to circumvent her progress in the future because we take her education seriously and knowing what happened to these two young ladies is a disgrace. You're two step ahead and they try to bring you back is their game and it's got to stop.
These beautiful intelligent young ladies should be honored on a major black entertainment awards program. Televised and show the world how great they are!!!
@@vickycollins1624 That’s an awesome idea!!
@@vickycollins1624 they can barely speak English. If that's that's best of that school I'd hate to see the worst.
She knows she’s at the top of her class and that they had to cheat her out of her position. Don’t sweat it just learn from it
I concur. Very good life lesson to learn early in the game, because I promise you my young sister, that's ONLY the beginning. It NEVER ends. Keep your head up! You'll face this in college, corporate amerikka, etc, etc, etc.....
It's sad that we always have to learn a lesson dealing with this mess.
It's the same lesson. Over and over. What do we do with the knowledge when they have the power.
They took nothing from Ms Temple and Ms Washington. Every good college in America knows what happened. Yay for RUclips!
let them go to university and display the same arrogance and expect everything should be for them..... Congrats to the previous Val and Sal!!! You all deserve it....
If they are pale, they probably will get grades added In college!
They cheat in universities all the time! I've seen it happen in front of professors eyes and they turn away as if not to see. I've also seen them do lire to no work, barely come to class, fail all semester and still pass at the end. One girl even told me she befriended the professor to get by. I've heard others who said their families are close. The real truth comes in when they get hired and can't do the job, but get promoted and then someone else has to do it for them- not that it matters as they still get ahead. It happens all the time in the workplace.
l see why my aunt does not like Mississippi so much. This state is still in the 1820s. I won't be going to Mississippi. This is such hateful racism at it's finest. May Jesus keep blessing you and your Mom. You will shine brighter than the sun. 💛🙏💛🙏💛🙏
Schools use the grade point average, or GPA, of students to represent the grades the student’s earned in various classes. They also use a quality point average, or QPA, system, which multiplies the student’s GPA by a specific multiplier. Colleges determine the multiplier by the number of credit hours that a class is worth.....GPA and QPA are not the same.
Ugh, when it's all said and done, they are the same. Those "quality points" in college are different from weighted grades in HS. GTFOH.
@@misladybrilla lol I love seeing someone keyboard cuss at someone for speaking their mind, more of that equality I've been hearing about?
I have realized, the enemy will tell us anything ( a new employee ), Do we have Stockholm syndrome ? Why do we have all of their traditions ? Why do we celebrate all their pagan holidays with them.
BINGO!
I don’t. Xmas is the ultimate Fascist celebration. It has nothing to do with Jesus and everything to do with $$$
Why we still givin them jurisdiction on us?....
Because our people are under the curses of Deuteronomy. Gather yourselves together O nation not desired.When we return to our POWER, THE MOST HIGH GOD of true Israel
Keep the commandments. Then we will be restored to greatness above all the nations upon the earth...
@Millenial Picasso I concur with you.
They are better than me. I would have been very petty in my speech. Probably something along the line of being the TRUE val/sal
I said the same thing. My speech would have been about fairness and treating others with respect. I'd have quotes from MLK and all. They would have cur the mic. Lol
@@JW-ux4ey I wouldve had quotes from Malcolm X 😂 In fact I may have plagiarized a whole speech fron Malcolm X 😂😂
Speech should have been about how they have to fight twice as hard and how opportunities are just handed to some even if they don't deserve it.
Not doing that does not in any way make them better than you. In fact, it is incumbent upon a person to stand for justice, to speak out against injustice and to use whatever platform they have to make an impact.
Doing THAT ...would be much better than just doing a few news broadcasts about it.
When you earn that highest honor there are absolutely NO limits on what you can say or what you can choose to talk about or address.
They would have cut your mic off too. Thats the shit they do
Well that's why you build your OWN SCHOOLS...quit looking to the enemy to validate you period...
It's about taxes in the community and or grants for a private school
Please say that again. And again!!!!
It takes money to build your own schools. That's the problem in the first place. Because of the evil done to places like Black Wall Street and Rosewood the black community suffered a devastating blow economicly.
Takes money to build schools but I agree 100%..
Alank Toler. Plain and simple!
Little Sista,
Do not allow them to steal your joy . You have The Most Powerful God guiding you , your future is beyond bright even through their dark and shady behaviour.
Blessings be upon you and your family.
With love from a Canadian Sista.🙏🏽♥️
This is blown out of proportion…if it’s GPA, deal with that.,it doesn’t change your success. In life you will do better by only concerning yourself with you. Don’t work hard for anything or anyone else but YOU. My kids went through so much BS in all grades, one teacher was always a certain group of kids teacher. They always had the same teachers. Although I was a volunteer at the school I was not from that area and that nepotism is unbreakable. You’re young, this is life. Keep your head high and do you. Be proud no matter what! Congratulations!
Messissippi is one of the worst states in the union smdh
I like that term Messissippi! Im gonna have to borrow that sis! 😆
I believe Floruda tops that😏🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@Margaret Kpeh where did I say ANYTHING about racism?🎤🎤🎤🎤I see your true colors shining through
@@lauralewis1290 they're definitely running the same race
@@ariesgirl9592 definitely
They've never been able to compete on any level.
On any level....
They don't have to compete when they have been given a head start their entire lives.
What are the students' CashApp? I'd love to donate and I'm sure others would to.
Yes I woulf
Same.
Here for it. Would love to do so as well!
I and another lady, a white lady who is about 13 years older than I, were hired to work for this company. We both have 20+ years experience in the field of work, but I have the skillset in most of the areas the job requires. We have the same responsibilities, but initially they gave her the Sr. title. I was going to be ok, until after a few weeks in and I realize she knew nothing and was planning on having me do all the work, well, she said, "I've never been given access to anything and had to always sit at my desk, but I can see you just handling everything on the floors and bringing the information back on how you handled and resolved issues, then U will document it." I responded with, "No Ma'am I will not! You are going to help." I asked my manager what was the reason I was not hired as a Senior. I didn't want to sound petty, because I am not, but I realized what was happening. So it completely threw him off and he stuttered as he gave me an excuse. It didn't fly with me and ge knew it. So within a week, I was also a Senior and received a raise. It still doesn't sit well with me because she steals my knowledge and reports it as if it originated with her, interrups me to asks questions about the issues she is trying to handle while I am working on a project or assisting someone, then goes behind me tobsee what I did so when it's her turn, she will know. When she messes up, she tries to include my name in her mess. I need my job, and I have told her to learn on her own. Especially after she removed my name from a document I created. I don't trust her and it's becoming an issue. I feel like I am babysitting and just annoyed by her everyday I come in. It's in her nature though and she asked me why I keep bringing what she did up because she has apologized. She is covertly racist too. It is just the principle of the matter and the stealing too. I have to state and prove what I did all the time and don't like it.
I am sorry for your experiences and pray that in due time, you secure a healthier work environment 🙏🏾
@@josephinebournes8212 thank you.
This is criminal, people go to jail for changing grades
You as a News organization should go down there and interview the school members!!
I know we don’t want to be separated from these people but we have to . We can no longer allow people who think this way to be in our presence! We have to gather together and build our own culture, not according to theirs. PERIOD!!!!!!!
Folks that love their known enemies, stay out the way, as those that choose to SEPARATE and BUILD and THRIVE!!
I wouldn't be surprised if $$$ was passed between superintendent and white folks!!
@@toniexum1126 you know it was “allegedly “
We already have our own culture. I'm not sure who your people are but mine do
I hope that her daughter explores other countries. Black folks don't have to live in Amerikkka! Our African ancestors were nomads. They didn't stay in one place. Trying to live among the Mzungus (whites) hasn't work. We still have recurring battles in 2021.
Ikeria & Layla CONGRATULATIONS from UK✔👌👏👏 - You are Simply the BEST. When they try to put you down You Know You already WON 🔥Black Girl Magic WILL always Shine💞
my heart is full, so proud and I feel stronger knowing this is exposed and the rule books need to be explicitly clear on grade submission deadlines and determining factor. I'm angry and proud. Ultimate revenge is success after success after success after success.... CONGRATULATIONS LADIES & PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PIECE! Cash app was a beautiful gesture! God bless us all.
This really sounds like a participation award, everyone gets one, this is ridiculous-WTH is a QPA- it use to be GPA only.
Students' quality point average (QPA) is the same as a GPA. The QPA is calculated by dividing the total number of credit hours attempted in classes with A-F letter grades into the total number of quality points earned.
This is crazy definitely privilege.
Doesn't exist. Victimhood does
McDonald continued: “If someone assumes I was discriminatory in my decisions, they are absolutely wrong. I don’t know if you can tell on the phone, but I’m African-American myself… This is not based on who the parents are, the race of the kids - it’s based on doing what’s right for all students.”
@Margaret Kpeh Troll
Does anyone on this thread even know what happened here?
I work in education, have kids waiting at my door right now, this is highly unprofessional at a minimum and prejudice.
It's Mississippi it's beyond prejudice
We are used to it😑. No, doesn't make it right.
Grow up
McDonald continued: “If someone assumes I was discriminatory in my decisions, they are absolutely wrong. I don’t know if you can tell on the phone, but I’m African-American myself… This is not based on who the parents are, the race of the kids - it’s based on doing what’s right for all students.”
What do you expect him to say he’s defending his decision? Lol
"You can manipulate anything to get the outcome you want": no truer words have been spoken; but the truth of sowing and reaping usually rears its head somewhere down the line.
Yeah. I wonder how many times you've reaped what you've sown. Been to prison lately?
@@mynameisgladiator1933 no, I haven't; but you don't have to go to prison to reap what you sow (and yes, I have reaped what I have sown more than I care to count).
Congratulations young lady!!!! God will continue to lift you higher and higher. Keep your head up!
Congratulations little girl, much love from Australia. Just ignore the work of evil and just move on and be great. The man above had a plan for you. To hell with that school but thank God you graduated without any harm.
Nope, I'd request an audit of ALL the grades from the courses for all 4 students, when were the grades submitted etc. Furthermore, what's the likelihood of BOTH standings (valedictorian & salutatorian) were calculated incorrectly? And were either of the other students in the running for those honors PRIOR to the "discovery" of these "miscalculations"? Lastly, they didn't call to inform these students because they didn't want to be challenged & they wanted to inflict maximum harm to their graduation day.
Hey already pencil whipped that paperwork too
Oneka RIGHT, BOTH????? Excellent point!
This is the reason why I keep track of my son's academic records and screen shot as I go. I'm sure they went in a made changes. Besides, there is no big different between QPA and GPA, but the fact that QPA is actually a higher standard and involves honors classes. I'm sure those other students they added didn't have as much honors or have Lowe grade in honor classes and that why QPA didn't make sense. At the end of the day, that superintendent is going to live with this. Things of the past always come.back to haunt the mind. .
More simple? Just make sure the admitting colleges act on what they know. This story is world-famous, and that's what's new. RUclips is the light on the cockroaches.
I wonder why Opray or Gayle never seem to cover these types of stories.
Fact
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION!!!!!💯💯💯
They would have to remember who they truly were before the lights.
Yup
doesn't sell advertising. This story doesn't make white people want to go out and buy crap.
They can cheat all they want but they cannot take away her brilliance, she will do great things🙏🏾
Why did this standard come about when Black Children are in the spotlight, it's never been scrutinized before.
I can't wait to see who this young lady becomes. She's gonna be a very very important person fueled by this situation. She's gonna be unstoppable.
So what did they do. Some last minute extra credit work? Ridiculous.
They can keep that apology. Young lady you ROCK. They now it. You are awesome I'm not your mother, but am very proud of you. Blessings
Congratulations 🎉 to the black young ladies who were top students Val & Sal...#younggiftedandblack ✊🏾
SPEAK UP DAUGHTER YOU'RE A SMART YOUNG LADY START SPEAKING OUT MAMA IS DOING ALL THE TALKING GROW UP AND REALIZE YOU HAVE POWER GOD GAVE IT TO YOU USE IT ... GOD BLESS
And this is how they have been doing for a long long time messing over our children in school I've always told my children this 💔😢this a brilliant beautiful young ❤lady may God continue to bless Layla in everything you do in your life 🙏❤♥💙💖💕🙏
I agree with the observation of this beautiful mom supporting her beautiful daughter. Keep the faith and I'm so proud of you🙏🏾🌹🌹🌹💯❤
Right before the ceremony they change the rules of the game right when the students are winning the game... why? Because they don't want to lose .... they do this amongst themselves too... unfair
I went thru this at Detroit Country Day ( an elite school) back n the 90s Bloomfield Hills Michigan ( I attended on merit scholarship n of course the wealthier family complained) my grandma was from the Jim Crow South so she convinced my parents to “leave them white folks alone n just b glad u graduated 4 free!”( I cried thru the whole ceremony) 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏾♀️🥲😢🙏🏾
Wow!!! This Is Unbelievable !!! But, It Will Happen…This School District In Mississippi..Is Where My Father’s Family Side Lived and StillLives There…As Small As This City/Town Is, This Is Dynamic ****We Are PROUD of Both Of U****Keep Faith, Knowledge and Keep Moving Forward!!!👍🙌🏼
Congratulations 🎉 You are a born winner Keep moving and don’t stop don’t look back
Layla, go to college, get a good job, and get out of that town. Then, get your Mama out.
Why wait
@@tennesseesyndicate5337 I didn't.
She doesn't need to get a good job, we need to start our own companies!
@@teamenjoylife1354 That works even better.
Buy the town not leave it
Never in my life have I ever heard of there being a difference between QPA and GPA
That’s because there is NO difference. You use gpa to compute qpa, and it’s really only relevant in college not high school where, for the most part, most students graduate with about the same number of credits.
They definitely created some nonsense to appease those white families.
@@jccanteen idk if thats true..i think qpa has the weighted classes...this story wasn't racist you can tell..when they first tell the story they make it seem like the white people were added because of qpa but it was the black girls ➕ the mom is talking too much that young lady understands completely whats going on this is her grandma fight.
@@jccanteen also when i was in highschool we had a standard and advanced diploma which was about 2 to 4 more credits
@@AP-ls1kh does it? is qpa used in highschool I dont remember...our rankings were on our report cards. I honestly feel like if we look into this story it will be different because they brushed over details and the girl is sal. why does she have her grandma speaking? this is her fight to me. like the concept is going over her head. I could be wrong but its not hard to show her report card with the number 1 ranking and then it changed. or some evidence they stole it from her. that makes it news and not gossip and opinions.
@@reejay2098 QPA is based on letter grades. In order for the girls to have a higher QPA they had to have a higher GPA. Its that simple. Every A is worth 4 points. B's are worth 3 points. C's are worth 2 points.
According to a different interview grades were added to the co val and sal to bring their average up.
You are right it is her MOMs fight. If you don't fight for your children, who will?
The students were robbed of their moment and that is disgraceful.
Donkey of the Day to the school and those two 2nd runner ups for even accepting. Embarrassing.
So an Employee screws everything up, there is a standard for ALL schools. Why is she outraged? Honors classes and AP classes give higher points and we all know that. The School handled this badly. I find it all funny because ALL students that are top of the class know where they stand ALL years of High School. Where were ALL of these students standing for ALL four years?
You’re still smarter than them 👌🏽
And all four are smarter than you.
@@louisxvii2137 His comment really ticked you off huh? LOOOOL
Big props to the mother for standin up and bein 10-toes down in makin sure her daughter didn't get fxcked over.
One word “lawsuit”.
Yes Beverly Joseph…college and grad school paid in full. Oh and add pain, suffering and humiliation to the bank!!!
"As a Black Man what bothers me is how we feed into allowing separation of black male/female! combined black people are still 1% of the US gdp?
Young lady and the other phenomenal young lady. I hope you get this. So here goes:
This is you 1st glimpse of "the game". You've been introduced. Now, For the rest of your life, when working along side of them MAKE SURE, you NEVER give them ANY undue credit, training, accolades. DO NOT tell them your business either. Smile and laugh in their faces like they do us.Be decent, but always have a watchful eye. And always listen to what people DON'T SAY, as opposed to what they DO SAY. All of em aren't the same,, but the VAST MAJORITY ARE. You are going to do GREAT things. We are profoundly proud of you. Love , blessings, respect to you and YOUR BRIGHT FUTURE.
Mama said " It's your first time but it definitely won't be your last. " Now that was a powerful statement. You've done a wonderful job raising her be proud. To the journalists : To offer that CashApp was awesome 💯😀. This story proves that, that's THE only way we're going to be able to make it by helping one another. Thanks
It's really sad that these two young ladies had to experience this.
If they see you winning, they will changed the rules
And you know what? They're not in control any more. RUclips has take this information to every high school and every good college in America. And the rules are, those little people in that little school in that little town in that famously bigoted state have no power beyond their doorway.
Which is why the SNEAKY SOB did it the day before graduation! LAW SUITS ARE IN ORDER! zMAKE THEM PAY!!!!
Being told all your life you have to be better then them, and here is another example of goalpost moving
This is disgusting these beautiful black young ladies should be so proud . They are the true and real Val and Sal congrats to these to bright young ladies!!!
Where is Al Sharpton and BLM and all who fight for equality and justice? She deserves support from all Americans.
Same as the college scandals! Lord forbid somebody is smarter than someone thats white...it happens, you know. In all races & cultures!
They make up the rules as they go along just have to shake your head 😂😂😂. All it shows is there fragility as a nation of people so sad. But we feel nothing about them or there wickedness. Stay out of the way Israelite copper colored indigenous aboriginal natives of this land. Let our living God do his work over this earth 🌎. Hand clap of praise for God 👏🏾👏🏻👏👏🏼👏🏿
@Margaret Kpeh Oh, please!
@Margaret Kpeh Trolling again?!
I wish he hadn't cut them off when she was was first was explaining them adding the grades.
No one can take away from your accomplishments sweetheart. Congrats to you.The whole world knows how smart you are now.
I left a VM yelling "Shame!" Since they removed the reviews... DISGUSTING they are!
White Kid's step down. There is a new V & S in town.
@Margaret Kpeh Stop talking about forgiveness. That has nothing to do with anything. Forgive whom, they don't fell they did anything wrong.
Margret stop it, it should be but white racist folks have always made it about colour. Yes that’s the way I spell it COLOUR.
These parents need to sue the school system for two reasons. First, to compensate this young lady for the hurt caused by this despicable incident. Second, to prevent this from happening again in the future. The term "fair and equal" for Blacks is a misnomer. The so-called privileged in this country do not know how to compete on a level playing field. In every aspect of American life we must fight harder to gain an equal amount of fair treatment. If we compete and succeed then the rules and standards change. For instance, the Black couple whose home value increased when a white couple toured the home with the appraiser or the school district whose rating was dropped when a Black student was the valedictorian of their class. We can only change these injustices with strength, unity, and hard work. The Republicans are coming for us and we better be prepared.
Fair and Equal ???????????????????????????????????????????? (Tulsa, OK 1921) !!!!
@@mikebrown1052 I was being cynical. Tulsa, Oklahoma is not the only massacre of Blacks in America. What these people do not realize is that Blacks weren't the only target of mobs in this society. Hispanics, Native Americans, and European immigrants all have been the subjects of mass killings. This does not include mass killings due to religious beliefs.
www.zinnedproject.org/collection/massacres-us/
Jim Meeks,
Things haven changed in over 75
Years!!!
Great job young lady and mom and thanks for reporting this story
Okay so if those two young ladies had higher GPA than the other two students that were added later on then ONLY those two young ladies should have been on stage. That's not right what the school did. I'm so sorry that these two young women had to deal with this. Their hard work will carry them further.