FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER!
White Student Wears Blackface For School Assignment!
The parents of a second-grader at Meridian
Ranch Elementary School in Peyton, Colo. should be stoned for sending their son
to school in black face. The boy, Sean King, was of course told to remove the
makeup, which he wore to portray Martin Luther King Jr. for a "Wax Museum Day"
project. According to his parents, Michelle and
Anthony, when they went to see their son's presentation they were informed that
the paint had to be removed. "It's embarrassing," Michelle said. "It's sad for
the kids and sad for Sean because he's a very good student. He really thinks of
school very highly." While he will not be disciplined for the act, his mother
believes that the school overreacted. "I think they took it farther than what it
had to be."
On the contrary, a representative for the
district which houses the school wrote the incident off as "offensive" and
"distracting."
The tension behind blackface remains a
sore spot in the black community, and while the boy is too young to understand
the impact of his actions, he's one of many people to wear the offensive look.
Earlier this year, a cast member on MTV's The Challenge: Battle Of The Exes
donned blackface as an attempted joke. Similarly, a Brigham Young University
student wore blackface around campus while quizzing other white students on
their knowledge of black people
No comments:
Post a Comment