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Sickening and stupid!

posted 18 years ago by hdacrow
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Those girls who went around saying Brandi was a witch were sick. To me it felt like we were back at the Salem Witch Trial era. A group of girls point and label a girl as a witch and people believe them. That was wrong how Brandi got suspended but, that group of girls didn't get in any trouble for harrassing a student. I found it sick and twisted what this school did to a young girl. Brandi was not a threat and she did not have a hit list. I don't understand why some schools today single some students out. I have a friend who was singled out. However, she was not suspended like Brandi. The girls just made fun of her because she was different. They found little things about her and made fun of her constantly.

[–] Lilibetp 18 years ago

They always find someone who's different.

I grew up in a small town in southern Oklahoma. I was interested in the arts and classical music and was tormented for that. One day, I was walking back from the cafeteria to the school and two kids started throwing rocks at me. I told the principal. When he questioned them, they said they did it because I listened to classical music and even liked that "opera crap". I worked in the office during the hour he called them in. The secretary and I listened in on the conversation, which went something like this:

Principal: Oh, so you don't think people should be allowed to listen to any music you don't like. Hmmm... Are you aware that before I became a principal that I was a music teacher?

Student: Uh, no.

Principal: Are you aware that *I* have always loved classical music?

Student: Uh, no.

Principal: Are you aware that *I* listen to the Metropolitan Opera broadcast every week, and that if my voice had been large enough *I* would have become an opera singer?

Student: Uh, no.

Amazingly enough, they were suspended. When they returned to school, they had to apologize to me and take a music appreciation class.

I think the point I'm trying to make is that *you* have to be the first person to make the complaint. If Brandi had mentioned to the principal or a teacher that those other girls were tormenting her, they might not have been believed she was practicing witchcraft.

[–] kmk727 16 years ago

I think the point I'm trying to make is that *you* have to be the first person to make the complaint. If Brandi had mentioned to the principal or a teacher that those other girls were tormenting her, they might not have been believed she was practicing witchcraft.

That's not always true. See, there's this little thing called 'favortism' that happens quite requently in high schools. Now, I'm all for standing up for yourself, but I'm saying this with first-hand experience; principals, teachers, etc. they'll believe who they WANT to believe, not necessarily who's right.

Kiera

[–] serendipitysue2 18 years ago

My big complaint is why didn't they have an indian actress play the role of Brandi? The actress is supposedly playing an american indian teenager, so why didn't they cast one???

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[–] BeeMull 18 years ago

True, but wasn't the son only supposed to be half-indian too? And you could tell that he had Indian in him, shouldn't the daughter of had at least *some* Indian characterics????

Brittany.

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[–] serendipitysue2 18 years ago

She's not american indian, check out her bio. It say's she is from irish, norweigan and middle eastern decent. She doesn't look indian at all but the actor who played her brother did.

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[–] evee700 17 years ago

what are you talking about? She looked half indian / half white. Her mom sort of had an Italian/Jewish/White look to her, mixed with her Dad's darkness... it made sense. There wasn't anything racist about it. Plus, they totally mis cast her brother because her brother looked 100% Indian (also he wasn't a good actor), and in reality he was half Indian like his sister.

So I really don't see the problem here.

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[–] karonhiakohes28 17 years ago

my mom is full native and my dad is half, so that makes me 3/4 i guess. and my cousin is only half and she has much darker skin than me. if you saw me anywhere, you probably wouldnt think i was native. and it probably depends on what tribe their from because natives from different tribes dont look similar. like navajo's(sp?) dont look like mohawks(iroquois). my half sister is full native and she has lighter skin and green eyes(my mom has brown hair and eyes and her dad does too). the point im trying to make is it depends on genetics. maybe brandi got her mother's skin color and her brother got the father's skin color. not all brothers and sisters have to look like twins

[–] FaydeToBlak 17 years ago

Ahh some siblings look more like one parent & another like the other parent.

[–] SpookiMonkey 16 years ago

A friend, half German, half N/A: "All the German went into my brother, and all the Native American into me. Funny though, I was a towhead when I was a little."

Stupidity has saved many a man from going mad.--AMoL&D

[–] MystMoonstruck 16 years ago

Our family is Irish and Native American (Illini). My sister has dark hair, nearly black eyes, and medium-toned skin; I have coppery/auburn hair, dark brown eyes and very fair skin. Coloration is mixed throughout both sides of our family.

What is the big fuss about this?! All of the time we have actors of various backgrounds playing characters of another. Louis Gossett, Jr., played Anwar Sadat! Anthony Quinn, whose father was Irish and mother was Mexican, portrayed various nationalities: Native American, Greek, Italian, Eskimo/Inuit, etc. Acting isn't restricted to race. Most of the roles Morgan Freeman has played originally were not written for a Black actor, but he made them his own. It's a little tiring to see this bigotry continue. I'm a Baby Boomer, born in 1951, and it seems that the racism is worse since "PC" started being thrown around. Where did the thinking go so wrong?

By the way: I take this story that I'm presently watching with a mega-grain of salt. Let's see: I glower at cameras, wear black, including having raccoon eyes, scowl at everyone, sulk and pout, then wonder why rumors start about me?! Now, she's claiming to do things! Of course the girl got in trouble! What an idiotic thing to do! Instead of denying and explaining, she's getting herself ostracized. That's stupidity on HER part!

I was a loner in school, from grade school through college, who read about mythology/folklore, including Wicca and the rest long before it was popularized. But, I was never branded as a witch or satanist or anything else. Attitude has a lot to do with it; be broody, pouty, "gothy" (which is just borrowed from the Beatniks!), and you reap what you sow! Heck! I've never made a secret of my studies, and I've never been pointed out as "not like everyone else". They just figured that I was "doing my own thing" (a popular Sixties phrase). She does a lot of this to herself, if this film is true to the real story. When you are accused, you don't take responsibility for disasters and misfortunes! A popular expression is appropriate here: DUH! Add to that, she has an idiot friend making his own claims!

MystMoonstruck

"Don't let any houses fall on you!"~My "The Wizard of Oz" Theory strikes again! Whoopee! A day without a reference to the '39 classic~well~doesn't happen! It's so engrained in our minds that allusions are inevitable!

[–] karsultimate 14 years ago

The judge was the most dispicable character in the movie, more than those girls, or anyone else.

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