“For me, it was embarrassing to be a janitor at my own high school. … I was poor. My mom was working super hard. I did not feel empowered by serving my classmates. … Why not invest on these kids to work for a law firm?”
—Former Georgetown student and high school janitor Hector Cendejas to Newt Gingrich, regarding his suggestion that we repeal child labor laws and let poor kids be janitors at their own schools to teach them self-respect and the value of hard work. (via stfuconservatives)
March 2012
Shout out to the media
For doing all they can to make George Zimmerman look like the victim, and Trayvon Martin look like a juvenile delinquent with a drug problem.
Let’s continue blaming the young man who’s dead, for dying. That works.
That’s like me being murdered, and innocent—and all people talk about is the one and only time I stole bubblegum from the corner store.
Gum will justify my murder.
