Florida School Bans Ruby Bridges Movie After One Complaint

Monday, March 27, 2023

A Florida elementary school removed a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges after a parent complained about scenes of white people threatening the Black girl as she entered school.

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Sounds about white for Tiny D's racist -------- state.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2023-03-27 11:09 AM | Reply

FL is intent on alienating big swaths of American society which seems crazy for a state that relies on tourist dollars.

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2023-03-27 11:32 AM | Reply

"It doesn't make any sense."

It's Florida Jake. It doesn't have to make sense. It needs to rile up the baser instincts of maga maroons. That's all.

If you don't like it they will gladly provide you with a bus ticket to Martha's Vineyard.

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-03-27 02:52 PM | Reply

So one person gets to decide what is appropriate for every else to learn about?

Soon everyone will be just as dumb as the dumbest person in the state.

Good luck with that plan Floriduh!

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-03-27 02:56 PM | Reply

yeah, I remember her in real time. about 1960 I think. It was the biggest civil rights issue since Little Rock in '57. Then there was James Meridith in '63 I think. On and On and On
Protest them going and now we shoot them to death when they get there

#5 | Posted by rhymegunfighter at 2023-03-27 04:54 PM | Reply

Florida is such a --------.

One of the radio stations here has a morning show bit called "fake news or Florida."

It's basically real headlines from Florida mixed with made up, over the top insane nonsense.

And it's usually hard to tell them apart.

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2023-03-27 05:04 PM | Reply

Are all Rs snowflakes that are that fragile?

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2023-03-27 05:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

How does learning history hurt anyone?

I don't call conservatives regressive for no reason.

They're on a crusade to bring the dark ages of anti intellectualism straight to modern day America.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2023-03-27 05:54 PM | Reply

What a bunch of snowflakes.

#9 | Posted by bat4255 at 2023-03-27 06:21 PM | Reply

So taking down a confederate statues is "erasing history" to republicans, but banning info that upsets white people isn't?

#10 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-27 06:50 PM | Reply

I'm sure one of the reasons they're waging this newer uglier culture war is that the confederate stuff was taken down.

#11 | Posted by qcp at 2023-03-27 07:20 PM | Reply

Floriduh.

Where Idiocracy is alive and well.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-03-27 07:24 PM | Reply

Floriduh.

Where Idiocracy is alive and well.

#12 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

And (I forgot to mention) is getting stronger every day.

#13 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-03-27 07:49 PM | Reply

One parent. ONE. What a load of crap.

#14 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-03-27 07:50 PM | Reply

"FL is intent on alienating big swaths of American society which seems crazy for a state that relies on tourist dollars."

I agree with you but I think you are underestimating the racism and homophobia that is normal for North Floida....Watch "Carol" on Netflix.

#15 | Posted by danni at 2023-03-28 12:53 PM | Reply

Sooner or later some parent will complain when it is reported to them that somewhere in a school a copy of the Holy Bible appeared. Hijinks will ensue when some school board disagrees and a local judge agrees, overruling the school board while invoking the legal dictum of "What's good for the goose..." while causing the Bible in question (and all others like it) are formally removed from schools in many Red states.

And that, kids, is how we got religion out of public schools...

#16 | Posted by catdog at 2023-03-28 01:01 PM | Reply

Its the Republicans and the Karen's out there,
that are the True Snowflakes...

They cannot take anything that 'crashes their worldview".

#17 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-03-28 01:26 PM | Reply

Is this story up on another thread somewhere? I would've expected the usual suspects to come by to defend or minimize as is their habit.

#18 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2023-03-28 02:05 PM | Reply

Into the memory hole it goes. This is double-plus good.

You can't spell Florida without the duh! I just hope those morons stay there and don't flee for other states as sea levels rise.

#19 | Posted by censored at 2023-03-28 07:07 PM | Reply

... A Florida elementary school removed a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges after a parent complained ...

So, the complaint of one parent has affected all the students in the school, regardless of what other parents may want.

Please explain to me, how is this A Good Thing?

What if one parent objects to 2+2=4?

Will that also be banned in Florida schools?

Why is Florida actively pushing its schools to the lowest level of education by trying to please very single parent?

Florida seems to be intentionally lowering the level of education it provides.

But, I guess, as fmr Pres Trump has stated, "I Love the Poorly Educated" ( www.thedailybeast.com 2016 )

#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-03-28 07:21 PM | Reply

A song you probably won't hear in Florida...

Two Nice Girls - I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control and Beer)
www.youtube.com

#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-03-28 07:23 PM | Reply

"Please explain to me, how is this A Good Thing?"

It gives DeSantis operating cover to micromanage the schools as he sees fit. It's only a good thing if you think DeSantis should be micromanaging schools, which JeffJ adores and Eberly can't make up his mind about. Generally speaking, Republicans here can't wait to vote for it in 18 months.

"Florida seems to be intentionally lowering the level of education it provides."

A better term for what Republicans and DeSantis are doing is: Whitewashing.
But they are also firing warning shots across the bow of academia, letting them know there's a new boss in town, and it's his way or the highway.

Basically, everything DeSantis is doing has parallels from Nazi Germany.

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-28 07:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I wonder if DeSantis keeps "My New Order" on his nightstand like Trump, but actually studies it as a blueprint for Das Neue Reich?

#23 | Posted by YAV at 2023-03-28 10:27 PM | Reply

A Florida elementary school removed a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges after a parent complained about scenes of white people threatening the Black girl as she entered school.

Racists getting all snowflakey about a movie about racism.

Quell sooprise.

Imagine being so terrified of your history that you want it banned.

#24 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-03-29 11:22 AM | Reply

If I were a minority family, I would be filing complaint about every single book, movie etc as a reprisal.

Bring it all out in the open.

#25 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-03-29 11:23 AM | Reply

Imagine being so terrified of your history that you want it banned.

#24 | POSTED BY NIXON

We have Floriduh.

We don't have to imagine anymore.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-03-29 12:18 PM | Reply