Please refrain from applauding during this MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• In Galesburg, Illinois, five high school students were denied their diplomas because friends and relatives cheered too loudly at the graduation ceremony. Hoping to control rowdiness and keep the event solemn, school officials made students and attendees sign documents promising to remain quiet. But the five students and their friends and families apparently violated the agreements. There are questions of bias, as four of the students are Black and one is Latino. Some parents contend cheers for White students failed to result in denying diplomas. “Race had absolutely nothing to do with it whatsoever,” said the school’s principal. “It is the amount of disruption at the time of the incident.” Guess we can look forward to disruption after the incident too.
• An auction of Michael Jackson paraphernalia netted $1 million, much to the dismay of Jackson, who sought to stop the sale. The organizers plan to hold another auction and said, “We still have tens of thousands of additional smaller items that we think will be exciting.” Sounds like a thriller event.
• Robin Givens revealed that ex-hubby Mike Tyson raped her and threatened to commit suicide 48 hours before being interviewed by Barbara Walters in 1988. Of course, the revelation is part of Givens’ promotion of her new autobiography. Please refrain from wildly stampeding to your local bookseller to check it out.
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After seeing that Walters interview, I wanted to kill myself.
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