Read my lips people: S-T-O-P with the faux charges of racism; children are now getting on the faux outrage bandwagon. MyFox Orlando has the story:

She’s only 12 years old but Ashleigh Jones is feeling the heat of this election year. That’s because the seventh grader at New Smyrna Beach Middle School was called a racist by classmates for wearing a pro-Sarah Palin t-shirt. Jones is volunteering at the Republican Headquarters in New Smyrna Beach. The Palin t-shirt was a gift from her fellow volunteers. “Some of the students were calling me racist because I was Caucasian,” she said. “I wanted the Caucasian man to win. And I told them that’s not true. It’s my freedom of speech, it’s my opinion.” Jones’ parents say they aren’t mad at the school they just want everyone including their daughter to voice their opinion constructively.

Here is the t-shirt in question:

Ashleigh Jones

Ashleigh Jones


Teachable moment. This is not racism. Racism is real and wrong. Let’s not weaken our resolve in stamping out racism (and sexism) by making false charges and teaching our children to follow our lead in perpetuating our faux outrage. Seriously, stop this nonsense!

Support for McCain is just that — support for the candidate and his character, judgment, policies, vision, and experience. Non-support of Obama has nothing to do with the color of his skin, but has everything to do with the content of his character, judgment, policies, vision, and experience. Are there some people out there who won’t vote for Obama because he is a person of color? Unfortunately, yes. But there are millions more who will vote for Obama because he is.

I encourage readers to check out the video of the story (can’t embed it here, sorry). I really like how the parents, school, and teacher handled this incident and turned it into a teachable moment for the students. This is how we move forward together in tolerance, acceptance, and appreciation for diversity.

Ashleigh, even though I believe that political campaigns don’t belong in school, good for you for standing up for yourself and not living in fear of being called a racist. Don’t worry, you are not alone; 18 Million voters got called racist for supporting Hillary Clinton in the primaries. I should know, I was one of them.

Go Ashleigh, Go! I’m proud of you.

Crossposted at Partizane.