A Pearl-Clutching Liberal?
Um... was the writer schizophrenic? And before you say it was based on true events, I'll own it was "inspired by" true events, but it's clear that the teacher was meant to be an amalgam of all white people, from the champagne socialist, to the civil-rights marching liberal, to the pearl-clutching conservative (hint: pearl-clutching was code for "Republican" back in the 60s... did the writer not know this?) who dressed like Nancy Reagan and couldn't pronounce Tupac's name... this is just incoherent. I watched until after the shooting at the convenience store when the kids are all yelling at her for being white and I thought, you know, I don't really have to sit through someone else's confused, White Guilt Angst. It's just silly.
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