Caucasian Club founder decides to leave school
 

I saw a discussion about this a while back on this forum, so I thought I would post an update I read earlier today.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...AGA12FSKT1.DTL

Oakley freshman decides to transfer, cites harassment

J. Vargas, October 21, 2003

It's 11:40 a.m., the middle of lunch break at the only high school in Oakley, and freshman Lisa McClelland is at home.

The 15-year-old says she's not going back to Freedom High School.

Her push to start a Caucasian Club at her predominately white school -- in predominately white Oakley, population 25,000 -- has made national headlines, causing harassment, she said, from fellow students. She hasn't been at school in nearly two weeks and doesn't plan to come back. With her parents' consent, she has decided to transfer to La Paloma, a continuation high school in nearby Brentwood.

"Some people would say words like 'racist' when they see me," said Lisa, noting that a group of boys, standing too far for her to recognize, called her that word. "Some people would give me a look. Some people would whisper something. "

The news got to Eric Volta, principal at Freedom High, but it first got to the local press. Volta said he took appropriate actions and dealt with two specific incidents that McClelland reported, one involving the group of boys, the other involving an acquaintance of McClelland's.

Her problems began in late August with a petition on a piece of binder paper, the words "Caucasian/White Club" printed on top. Lisa passed it around her classes, and, three weeks later, collected more than 300 signatures from classmates and town residents...

wtf did she expect?

I can guarantee you the African American or Hispanic club wouldn't cause anyone to even blink.

Perhaps a little 'freedom' at 'Freedom High'.

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Her vision of the club, however, was not shared by all. The East County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said it vehemently opposed the name of the club, calling it culturally insensitive.

that always cracks me up when black groups sit there and say shit about people trying to start a ' white ' group ..... Fucking america

the same treatment received by the naacp?

Then she shoulda tried to start a English Club .. or an Irish Club .. Wtf is a White Club ? What is considered white?

I went to a predominately black high school....There was no such thing as an "african american" group...There was no need because we were in the majority...In my high school, the whites had to form their own group called the "sitting in the corner of the lunchroom by themselves" group....But they really should have the right to form a "white" group, especially in my school where they were ignored or viewed as entertainment...

In a predominately white school, there is no need to form a "white" group if everybody around you is white...Just like there is no need for a "black" group in an all black high school...

I never knew Africa was a nation like England or Ireland? As far as I am aware African refers to the Black race exclusively (not even Whites in South Africa are considered 'African?), just as White refers to the European people exclusively. And anyway, what is considered 'colored'?