Covington Catholic High School Motto - "They Have to be Carefully Taught"

[MineralMan]

Well, that's probably not the official motto, but the nice, white, Catholic boys who go there are certainly being taught something. They're being taught that they're better than others. They're being taught to have contempt for those without their privilege. They're being carefully taught that it's OK to mock people you consider to be inferior. They are being taught that women do not have the right to control their own reproductive lives.

All this stuff, they're learning at an exclusive Catholic high school, under the auspices of the Bishop of Covington and the Diocese of Covington. Oddly enough, that same Diocese had to pay out over $100 Million over child sexual abuse claims against priests in that Diocese. But, they're carefully teaching those Catholic boys a lot of things. One of the former students of that school is in prison now, for viciously raping and sodomizing a girl. Perhaps he learned about that there, too.



Above is a still from a video of the students of that exclusive Catholic School in blackface, taunting a black player from another school on the basketball court. I guess that's OK, because there were teachers from that school standing right there as they did that, carefully teaching them that people of color do not deserve respect.

Covington Catholic School is an exclusive school. It excludes the black and hispanic Catholic children who live in and near Covington, Kentucky. None of those can be found in photos of the Covington student body. Covington is for the well-to-do white Catholic boys in the area. It's truly exclusive in that regard.

"They Have to be Carefully Taught." So, Covington does just that, with the blessing of the Catholic Church. It's carefully teaching them the true traditions of White Christianity, as it sees them. Yes, indeed. Those boys are getting the best teaching available to them from the Diocese of Covington. They're privileged to learn that their privilege is real and deserved.

A lovely school for those boys. Yes, indeed. A good Catholic Christian school. It's a pity that Jesus probably wouldn't have been allowed to attend that school. Too swarthy, I'm thinking.

[hedda_foil]

1. What do you bet that school staff saw nothing wrong with kids in blackface taunting black players

[MineralMan]

2. Clearly, they did not. The older man in that photo

is wearing school clothing, and is probably a coach or teacher. He seems fine with the blackface makeup and yelling at the black player from the opposing team.

He is "carefully teaching," you see.

[tulipsandroses]

3. The Motto speaks for itself

Those young men are being let down by the adults in their lives.

Kudos to that young man for keeping his composure. The disrespect that people of color continue to endure in this country. React with anger, rightful anger in my opinion, and people go, oh, see I told you these people are animals.

[MineralMan]

4. I can't imagine how that opposing team's player stays composed.

He has dozens of people shouting behind him, some of them mocking his skin color with blackface makeup and worse. In most places, such behavior would lead to a forfeit of the game, due to the patent racism on display. Apparently, though, where they are, it's OK to do that. What a place!

Apparently it's OK with the church that sponsors that school, as well. I'm sure the Bishop of Covington has come to that school and perhaps even to a basketball game a time or two. He's probably proud of the school and the team.

[tulipsandroses]

8. The sad thing for him and so many other young black men, someone in his family or circle

Has probably had a talk with him about staying composed in these types of situations. Otherwise, you could be the one that ends up getting arrested. Solely based on your skin color.

We have so far to go. WWJD? I hope the Church is asking itself this question.

[MineralMan]

9. Yes. That is truly the sad thing.

The whole photo makes me very angry. I'm glad I wasn't there.

[MaryMagdaline]

5. Well said!

[The Genealogist]

6. This is vile. Just plain vile.

This is simply an unacceptable way to run a school. Adults who know better are teaching these kids to be little hatemongers. Wonder what Bishop Frank of Rome thinks about this crap.

[MineralMan]

7. I doubt Il Papa in Rome will hear of this.

So trivial, you know. He has more important things to consider, like what percentage of wheat flour is the minimum for the Host. Il Papa has a lot on his mind, so I doubt he'll pay much attention to a boys' high school in Kentucky.

[The Genealogist]

10. I'm sure he has to spend some time keeping up with all his vestments too

That's gotta be a full time job in itself. I mean, the hats alone.

[MineralMan]

11. He has toadies to take care of that - I mean Cardinals.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Well, he might - a "consultant to the Vatican's secretariat of communications" has noticed

"Cov Cath chaperones, where were you?" tweeted Amy Baskin.

Even an official with the Vatican is asking that question.

"Second, where were the chaperones?" wrote Father James Martin, consultant to the Vatican's secretariat of communications. "The idea that a group of Catholic high school students were placed, either wittingly or unwittingly, in such an incendiary situation, seems to indicate a lack of oversight."

https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/20/where-were-chaperones-question-lingers-amid-outrage-covington-catholic-students/2633337002/

A slap on the wrist from the Vatican is fairly easy and costless for them. Francis isn't one of those "fuck the natives" types.

[sprinkleeninow]

12. When they see Him face to face, they will be in utter denial that it is He.

"FAKE NEWS1!11"

"We should've built that wall11!1"

[Let them do their blackface routine for Him.]