Of all the stories we did last week or will do in the week to come that spring from Fox News, we guarantee that this one won’t be beaten for sheer stupidity.

From Fox News:

Melissa Riley, a single mom from the Charlottesville area, told “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Monday that her son, whose father is African-American, never thought of himself as different from his peers until the Albemarle School District introduced an “anti-racism” policy. It was then that began developing “racial issues,” she said.

Good. Because he damn well will be different from his peers when he gets pulled over at 19 and he best learn that ASAP.

“We didn’t have issues before. He is in eighth grade. He’s seeing himself just as a Black man. He’s seeing things that don’t go his way as racism. And he is finding safety in numbers now.”

He was five years old just eight years ago. He is just beginning to see the world.

Riley said that her son began accusing her and others of “racism” as a way of shirking his responsibilities.

“I asked him to clean the house, [he said] ‘racism,’” she told Watters.

“You are kidding right? Or are you serious?” the host responded.

Oh, you idiot, Watters! Have you ever met a 13-year-old, they’ll be dancing to their music on their phones and when you get their attention to help clean up they will tell you they’re too tired and go back to dancing. Can I go on your show and get an “Are you Kidding?” Can I sue the school for having PE and tiring her out?

“No. I’m serious,” Riley said. “They have totally changed his perspective. They have put him in a box.”

OR, he became 13 and is sick of being told what to do, just like any other 13-year-old of any color, any gender, in any nation, and used an excuse that would get his mom mad at the school board, not him. Fcking genius. Get that kid in the accelerated Gifted Program.

Riley said her son is “using it as an excuse because they have told him that that’s how people see him, as a Black man, that the world is against and [he] sees it as a negative now.”

Is he entirely wrong? Be sure to ask Watters, Tucker, and George Floyd. It isn’t an excuse to get out of chores, but the world could be a little against him in that racism sure does exist.

That is the dumbest story of the week. And congrats to this kid’s school for teaching that, yes, actually, it is different to be black in America. The Fox News link above goes on to describe her lawsuit against the school district that seemed to think her son was actually learning something instead of pointing out to his mother that he was 13… oh, and they likely pointed that out, too.

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