RM> MS>Racial tensions that began over a student's swastika tattoo
RM> MS>grew later in the morning (6/4) as a result of an 
RM> "African-American
RM> MS>heritage assembly" in which black students were encouraged to
RM> MS>participate in the exclusion of white students.
RM> 
RM> If it was a "black only" assembly, it's a tough call; is it
RM> better to drag white students to an assembly for which they
RM> may have little interest, or to divide the school community
RM> arbitrarily, or does it even make any sense to set a 
RM> precedent for white-only, black-only, asian-only, jewish-
RM> only, etc, assemblies?
    The _encouraged_ division was a big mistake.
    Public schools just cannot afford to run separate feelgood days for each 
ethnic group in town in a city like Pittsburgh that is full of different 
groups...even if no trouble results.
RM> MS>The official school-district press statement made no mention
RM> MS>of racial tensions as a cause of the riot, but students did.
RM> 
RM> This suggests that at least SOME of this is not from a news
RM> article?
    The post was citing the statements made by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
and a smaller paper there.
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