Aspie kid gets labeled a racist

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http://www.times-news.com/local/local_s ... 82239.html

I think what he said was awful and very wrong, but I bet he didn't realize what it meant and the history behind such a remark. He probably heard some NT kid saying it and thought it was OK or just a regular putdown.

I think the kid was trying to be funny was he said "don't make me bring out the white sheets." He got in trouble so hopefully he will learn not to say stuff like that again.

Yea, I'm so glad our nation is finally able to heal, and look beyond race. Mentioning "white sheets" is clearly worse than breaking in line, using profanities, and threatening physical violence against another student.

I'm going to do my part helping to continue this trend by staying up all night and praying.

I can see how an aspie could accidentally come across as racist. Joking about taboo things is the norm these days. Jokingly pretending to be racist, sexist, and so on is popular among young people. In a lot of places, you have to go along with it in order to be accepted. Otherwise, you're labeled uptight and "PC" and you face constant rejection and ridicule. It can be hard for an aspie to always use the right tone of voice to communicate that it's a joke, and to reserve this kind of humor for situations where it won't offend anyone.

I can't find where the article says he's an aspie.

I want to know he said.

and mods, move this to the politics forum - this thread is a potential powder keg.

PC gone mad.

I don't like the mother of the other kid (who was in the argument with the Aspie kid.) She is probably the one who went around telling other people that that kid was racist when it was really ignorance of connotation.

Breaking rules of courteous conduct (and come on, you would expect an Aspie to get upset at someone cutting in line- I know I still do), threats of physical violence, and making fun of someone with a neurologic condition by calling them "ret*d" is undoubtedly worse than one ill-judged comment made in a stressful situation, especially when that comment was later apologized for. The girl never apologized for her profanities, threats, rudeness, or intolerance.

Well, I can't say whether he knew the ramifications of what he was saying. But I know kids these days are often way smarter than what we give them credit for, Asperger's or not.

I wonder, however why the other kids who picked on him weren't suspended also. It seems like whenever a child with a "label" does something, it gets blown to suspension status much quicker than with his typical peers. It's like the schools find any reason to keep disabled kids out of school so they won't have to deal with them.

I remember things that were done to me with impunity by other students and my siblings at home. What I went through didn't matter to anyone. But let me defend myself one time and I'd have hell to pay.

I think the age of the kids has to be a factor in this. Kids are name callers. They don't possess the critical thinking skills that adults do. When I was in grade school I made racist statements because when you are being physically attacked as a child you are going to try to hurt your attacker anyway you can. Using race and gender is the easiest way to accomplish this goal. Or anything else that makes the kid different from you. I'm not saying this behavior is right but I think the school should focus more on preventing bullying from happening in the first place than on so-called racism. Kids in my opinion do not even understand a concept like racism let alone practice it.

Like most news stories, there's probably more to the situation here than what got printed. Regardless, it's a very unfortunate situation all around.