White Dad Apologized to the Black Superintendent He Pushed On Stage, But It Didn't Go As He Expected
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“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective.
“I don’t think an apology, an ‘I’m sorry,’ makes this go away because there’s a lot of harm that was caused.” The damning footage from the graduation shows Eddy pushing Briggs aside as his daughter was receiving her diploma, saying “I don’t want her touching him.”
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The guys "personal beef" is that the principal is black. He's using bullying as a lie and an excuse to cover for his racism.
If there's a policy issue that is properly dealt with in writing, not grabbing someone at a graduation ceremony.
Was that specifically said somewhere or are you just filling in the blanks
Was it said somewhere what his personal beef was?
Yes, it’s because his daughter was being bullied. Fought back and was punished for it but they didn’t punish the people bullying her
Well, it's a good guess, given the country we live in. Is the bullying stuff corroborated/fact checked?
Edit further I agree, making a public scene like this is not appropriate, regardless of any personal reason. He could have just instructed his daughter to walk right by and not stop.
The article didn’t bother with it because it wants to paint a picture of racism
There isn’t enough evidence for us to believe it was racist
Evidence for that? Like Wikipedia says,