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OK... so this 5-year-old girl in Florida is straight arrested and handcuffed in school after wildin' out on her assistant principal. [watch the disturbing video]

Regardless of how much this little girl was cuttin' up, being a spoiled brat, fighting the teacher, etc, 5-year old little girls should NOT under any circumstances be handcuffed. And to think she was handcuffed behind her back like a common criminal!

It’s obvious this is a troubled little girl. Her behavior speaks volumes – normal kids in normal households don’t act like that. And the fact that her mom wouldn’t come to school b/c she “was working” is very telling of the level of care she is given at home.

The superintendent, teachers and school staff should never have had to resort to calling the police on the little girl. With all these kids buckwildin’ with shooting, carrying guns, knives, threatening teachers, etc. in these schools today, the school staff should be prepared for these types of situations with proper protocols in place. Calling a social worker or counselor would have been more appropriate – the Dept of Social Services/Child Welfare could have also intervened. But calling the police was absolutely NOT the right move.

This little girl – who is obviously from a troubled home – will now be scarred for life over this trauma – especially with her face plastered all over national television. This is a travesty and representative of how debased our society has become.

Now the family of the child is suing. I say this is a righteous lawsuit -- somebody needs to pay for what happened to that little girl. But that triflin' mother shouldn't get a dime and should have her ass kicked for being to busy "working" to come to the school to deal with the issue from the set off.

Posted by SOHH Real at 11:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (34)

...I need a new nigga for this black cloud to follow,
'cause while it's over me it's too dark to see tommorrow..." - Nas

Recently I have been able to catch cabs in Manhattan at any time of the night. Now, if you’re not a Black man like I am, you probably don’t realize how amazing it is not to be passed over by the yellow cabs in this city. The racial profiling by taxi drivers was so common, my friends and I had accepted it like all other unchangeable truths- rain is wet, the sky is blue, and a Black guy can’t catch a cab in midtown.

But now I can. I don’t know why the change has happened, but it has. And I almost feel afraid to talk about it, as if it can be jinxed and everything will go back to normal.

Now here’s something weird- whenever I’m in a cab with a Middle Eastern driver, and he’s speaking his coded language to another Arab over a radio, I tense up and wonder, “Are they planning a terrorist attack??” My view of these guys is so bad that sometimes I want to wave off a taxi if I see the guy has a turban on his head, or a long Bin Laden beard.

Yes, I know that’s not right. Be easy with me. I’m confessing here.

I’ve heard comedians and social critics point out that after 9/11 Middle Easterners are the new “niggers” on the block. Well, with the crazy fears I have based just on how people look, I would agree that’s true.

Posted by SOHH Hashim at 02:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (64)