What the hell is an Obama mural doing in Scott High School?

• sjmvsfscs08

  Rotinaj;1076921 wrote:Maybe the school adopted his "yes we can" motto? Like you know, GTFO out of one of the shittiest areas in the state? be better than they have been? I just dont have a problem with this. I highly doubt Scott did this as some political stand.

  Scott's district isn't one of the shittiest areas in the state, FYI. The district has more Victorian-area homes in it than any place east of the Mississippi, a world-famous Museum of Art, a Catholic cathedral, etc etc etc. A big portion of the district is on the upswing from gentrification.
• sjmvsfscs08

  vball10set;1076929 wrote:So we're 'derps' now because we don't agree with your opinion? smh

  Yes.
  
  /sleeper'd
• Little Danny

  

  As usual, Mahatten Buckeye hit the nail on the head here along with sjmvsfscs08.
  
  In the old days, a presidential portrait was a 5 x 7 that usually sat above or next to the American Flag or the very back of the classroom. It was there to demonstrate pride in the United State of America, not for hero-worship.
• vball10set

  I wondered when this was going to get moved :thumbup:
• QuakerOats

  vball10set;1075632 wrote:Black school, first black president--maybe the administrators felt it would be an inspiration? I'm all for anything that may keep these kids in school, which could in turn lead to a job someday. :thumbup:

  
  Job for what ? ---- they are championing the Dependency President.
• queencitybuckeye

  rmolin73;1076855 wrote: I have an idea why don't you ask the Scott High administrators what their premise is behind the mural. I guarantee you they won't say political.

  If so, they will be lying.
• rmolin73

  

  queencitybuckeye;1077114 wrote:If so, they will be lying.

  I guarantee none of you have the balls to ask. I doubt it is political but you narrow minded guys have made it that way. Call TPS and protest if you're so in arms about it. We'll see how well that goes.
• sleeper

  

  rmolin73;1077214 wrote:I guarantee none of you have the balls to ask. I doubt it is political but you narrow minded guys have.

  So would you support a Romney mural being painted at Scott? Or is this one of those black people things that whites are incapable of understand, like the pain you went through dealing with slavery?
• rmolin73

  

  sleeper;1077219 wrote:So would you support a Romney mural being painted at Scott? Or is this one of those black people things that whites are incapable of understand, like the pain you went through dealing with slavery?

  If Romney was the President I would have no problem with it. The rest of your drivel is just that "drivel". You guys need thicker skin.
• sleeper

  

  rmolin73;1077294 wrote:If Romney was the President I would have no problem with it. The rest of your drivel is just that "drivel". You guys need thicker skin.

  You didn't answer my question, was it hard for you to deal with slavery?
• vball10set

  Let's keep it simple...the mural of Obama is there because he is the first BLACK president, and it's there at Scott high school because it is made up of 95%+ BLACK students. No more, no less.
• rmolin73

  

  sleeper;1077296 wrote:You didn't answer my question, was it hard for you to deal with slavery?

  I answered the important question. The other is more of your garbage and like I said drivel.
• rmolin73

  

  vball10set;1077435 wrote:Let's keep it simple...the mural of Obama is there because he is the first BLACK president, and it's there at Scott high school because it is made up of 95%+ BLACK students. No more, no less.

  This
• I Wear Pants

  Martin Luther King was a political figure. We must stop celebrating MLK day and remove any images of him from schools.
• sleeper

  

  vball10set;1077435 wrote:Let's keep it simple...the mural of Obama is there because he is the first BLACK president, and it's there at Scott high school because it is made up of 95%+ BLACK students. No more, no less.

  So you would be okay with a school that is 95% white to have Romney campaign slogans painted on the school?
• queencitybuckeye

  rmolin73;1077214 wrote:I guarantee none of you have the balls to ask. I doubt it is political but you narrow minded guys have made it that way. Call TPS and protest if you're so in arms about it. We'll see how well that goes.

  I'm not up in arms about this or anything else. However, if the people at Scott claim that there is no political element to this, they are telling flat out baldfaced lies. It's really that simple.
• rmolin73

  

  queencitybuckeye;1077502 wrote:I'm not up in arms about this or anything else. However, if the people at Scott claim that there is no political element to this, they are telling flat out baldfaced lies. It's really that simple.

  That's your opinion to say the least. It just as simple as what vball10set stated.
• dwccrew

  

  sjmvsfscs08;1076932 wrote:Scott's district isn't one of the ****tiest areas in the state, FYI. The district has more Victorian-area homes in it than any place east of the Mississippi, a world-famous Museum of Art, a Catholic cathedral, etc etc etc. A big portion of the district is on the upswing from gentrification.

  Ehhh, would you want to live in that area though? I have lived my whole life in Toledo. The area that Scott High is located, while once beautiful and thriving, is very shitty now. Perhaps not THE shittiest in the state, but definitely one of the shittiest in terms of crime, drugs, poverty, etc.
• sjmvsfscs08

  I would absolutely live in the Old West End. If I end up back in Toledo I would seriously consider renovating a house there. The OWE actually has one of the lowest crime rates in Toledo due to vigiliant neighbors. Would I live east of the OWE? FUCK NO. Not yet at least. I would love to live between Collingwood and 75 though.
  
  You could not pay me to live in north Toledo or sections of East Toledo. No fucking way.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I Wear Pants;1077451 wrote:Martin Luther King was a political figure. We must stop celebrating MLK day and remove any images of him from schools.

  Is MLK running for office this fall?
  
  Not only is the mural inappropriate, it would probably be illegal in schools that shut down for election day to be poll locations, as my dad's employer did for years. If Ohio is like most jurisdiction there is a restriction on campaign materials within "X" distance of a poll location.
• sjmvsfscs08

  Scott High School is not a polling location, but Waite and Bowsher are. I wonder if they have Obama murals.
• rmolin73

  

  Lol at you checking.
• sjmvsfscs08

  It took you about as long to laugh and type that as it did for me to do the google search.
• queencitybuckeye

  rmolin73;1078271 wrote:Lol at you checking.

  Yeah, God forbid someone use actual facts around here.
• rmolin73

  

  Yeah God forbid people taking something for what it simply is.