Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School

Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes

care2.com 12 Feb '12, 4am

Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes

What on earth were they thinking? The Dallas Independent School District took about 5,700 fifth-grade boys on February 9 to see a new movie about African-American fighter pilots in World War II, but female students were excluded. Busloads of Dallas school children began arriving at the AMC Mesquite 30 theater around 10 a.m Thursday morning to watch “Red Tails” about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of black American male pilots who flew missions in World War II. But girls were kept from seeing the movie . A teacher at the theater this morning told Dallas Morning News photographer G.J. McCarthy that the movie was part of Black History Month instruction, and she was told it was something the boys would be interested in because it was about African-American men. From dallasnews.com : Dallas ISD spokesman Jon Dahlander earlier today told me that the boys-only field trip to see Red...

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@letat_lechat » 16 Feb '12, 1am
More #TX outrage. RT @BoulderDavid Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link]
@neuromusic » 15 Feb '12, 10pm
Appalling indeed. "Boys Get To Go On Expensive Field Trip; Girls Stay At School" [link] /via @mikethemadbiol
@suziemosson_org » 15 Feb '12, 9am
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@stephenksu » 13 Feb '12, 10pm
RT @bennettscience: BOYS! We're going on a field trip 2 the movies! Girls, hang w/ the sub; [link] HORRIBLE!”
@fancyohnancy » 13 Feb '12, 9pm
RT @BenCOGrimm: Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | #atheism | [link]
@knittiotsavant » 13 Feb '12, 9pm
This crap defies belief: Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link]
@clarkcox » 13 Feb '12, 6pm
Boys Get To Go On Expensive Field Trip; Girls Stay At School [link] #fb
@jayneflower » 13 Feb '12, 6pm
Tsk tsk tsk [link]
@BenCOGrimm » 13 Feb '12, 6pm
Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | #atheism | [link]
@JPaper » 13 Feb '12, 5pm
Segregation lives on: boys get to go on expensive field trip, girls have to stay at school [link]
@ConAudifonos » 13 Feb '12, 5pm
Dallas School District took 5,700 fifth-grade boys to see a WW II movie, but girls were excluded and left at school: [link]
@hammingweight » 13 Feb '12, 5pm
Texas. Boys go on a field trip, girls stay at school./v @aetiology /v @dELYSEious [link]
@shewolf1972 » 13 Feb '12, 5pm
Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link] R there muslims running the schools now?
@bennettscience » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
“@2footgiraffe: RT @dELYSEious: BOYS! We're going on a field trip 2 the movies! Girls, hang w/ the sub; [link] HORRIBLE!”
@veritasf6 » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
The unspoken part of this tragedy? The movie is less historically accurate than Raiders of the Lost Arc. [link] #k12 #texas
@jaciem » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
Budget crisis got you down? Try the DallasISD solution: a boys-only field trip. Great solution... NOT! [link]
@2footgiraffe » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
RT @dELYSEious: BOYS! We're going on a field trip 2 the movies! Girls, hang w/ the sub; [link] #hateideadon'thatetexas
@2footgiraffe » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
RT @dELYSEious: BOYS! We're going on a field trip 2 the movies! Girls, hang w/ the sub; #ihatetexas [link] HORRIBLE!
@PissySkepticMan » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
I don't see the problem. RT @dELYSEious: BOYS! We're going on a field trip to the movies! Girls, hang with the sub. [link]
@dELYSEious » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
BOYS! We're going on a field trip to the movies! Girls, hang with the sub; write some recipes or something. #ihatetexas [link]
@Catch10110 » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
@healthyaddict @dELYSEious Fixed link if you hadn't seen it. WTF were they thinking? Oh, probably weren't. #texas [link]
@Apneac » 13 Feb '12, 7am
RT @MissFLT: Boys go on field trip to see movie, but girls stay at school to watch Akeelah and the Bee [link] #gender #society via @Care2
@MissFLT » 13 Feb '12, 7am
Boys go on field trip to see movie, but girls stay at school to watch Akeelah and the Bee [link] #gender #society via @Care2
@precociouspenny » 13 Feb '12, 7am
Shame on you Texas. It makes me so angry when girls aren't alloted the same opportunities as boys. [link]
@Supovadea » 13 Feb '12, 6am
@denverpilot WOW! Idiotic. I must compose a response! #GirlsRULE @KarlenePetitt @girlswithwings [link] I'm too angry.
@KarlenePetitt » 13 Feb '12, 5am
RT @denverpilot: Female pilots! (@supovadea, @KarlenePetitt, @girlswithwings... Etc...) Sick 'em! [link] I'm too angry. #ygbfkm
@denverpilot » 13 Feb '12, 5am
Female pilots! (@supovadea, @KarlenePetitt, @girlswithwings... Etc...) Sick 'em! [link] I'm too angry. #ygbfkm
@sherihenz » 12 Feb '12, 9pm
RT @Donna_West: Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link] WHERE ELSE? TEXAS!!
@usgs00 » 12 Feb '12, 7pm
Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School. [link] //- In 2012, I still get to make this 'slap' up!
@pjrobar » 12 Feb '12, 7pm
In Texas boys get to go on expensive field trip, but girls have to say in school [link]
@tammycravit » 12 Feb '12, 5pm
Gobsmacked. RT @ShelbyKnox: Dallas school dist spends $60,000+ to take boys to Red Tails, girls forced to stay behind: [link]
@Donna_West » 12 Feb '12, 4pm
Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link] WHERE ELSE? TEXAS!!
@KristinLKendall » 12 Feb '12, 3pm
WTH?????? Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link] #sexist #TitleIX
@Battle_Damage » 12 Feb '12, 3pm
MRT @DCdebbie: WTF! MT @ShelbyKnox school district spends $60K+ to take 5th grade boys to Red Tails, girls left behind: [link]
@cShockENt » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
School field trip excludes female students [link]
@realgirlrunway » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
A Dallas school district spent more than $50K to take 5th grade boys to see Red Tails, girls weren't included! INSANE!: [link]
@ThomasRHart » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
Hey kids!! #Dallas spends 60,000 to show #RedTails to #boys. Girls left behind. I'd point out the irony here , but... [link]
@TheMadMan31686 » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
Wow what sexist assholes...Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link]
@DCdebbie » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
WTF! MT @ShelbyKnox school district spends $60,000+ to take 5th grade boys to Red Tails, girls forced to stay behind: [link]
@vgascon » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School; Care2 Causes [link] So much wrong with this! Wasteful, discriminatory!
@LuisaLucca » 12 Feb '12, 1pm
[link] Absurdo do dia.
@ShelbyKnox » 12 Feb '12, 1pm
Dallas school district spends $60,000+ to take 5th grade boys to Red Tails, girls forced to stay behind at school: [link]
@kimanne123 » 12 Feb '12, 12pm
Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link] //What in the world are these morons thinking
@Jeff_in_DFW » 12 Feb '12, 12pm
WTF??? | Boys Go On Expensive School Trip; Girls Stay At School | Care2 Causes [link]
@GranBoisGal » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
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