• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would say it highly depends on how it reflects on the institution. Twerking has nothing to do with any possible education she might have received. Saying that black people are unintelligent but good dancers shows the attempts to educate the student has failed them, which makes the school look bad if they get the scholarship.

    Similarly, I’m fine with people who got fired for participating in January 6th. Any company that kept them on could face a major boycott and those people don’t deserve their jobs because they’re insurrectionists.

    But this particular girl? Totally deserves the scholarship. Twerking is not a reflection of how she was educated.

      • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        A government funded state school has no right to push their Christian beliefs onto its students, which they clearly did, as quoted in the article.

        Luckily, they also have no backbone, as they immediately reinstated everything as soon as this hit the news.

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        1 year ago

        We understand that. What you don’t understand is that we’re allowed to criticize what they value.

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        1 year ago

        @JasSmith @FlyingSquid it was a public school. And they cited religious beliefs as for why they were so offended. That’s a clear violation of church and state and while it’s certainly not new or unique it’s not defensible or right.