So, a fourth grader dresses up as Colin Powell in celebration of black history month, to include blackface, and he's a racist.

Good God. If he'd have dressed up as Colin Powell and left his face white I'm sure that would have been racist too.

When can we stop with this shit? There simply is no making these fucking people happy.


http://www.miamiherald.com/new...rticle203838354.html
School posts photo of fourth-grader in blackface. It was deleted after complaints.
BY KYRA GURNEY
March 07, 2018 07:00 AM

A photo of a Miami Catholic school student wearing blackface sparked complaints from alumni after it was shared on the school’s website and on its social media accounts.

The photo was taken at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School in southwest Miami-Dade County during a February Black History Month celebration in which fourth-graders dressed up as famous African-Americans and gave presentations about their accomplishments. One student chose former Secretary of State Colin Powell and painted his face black as part of the costume.

On Monday, the Catholic school — which serves students from preschool through the eighth grade — shared a photo of the fourth-graders on Facebook and Twitter and on the school’s homepage. Some alumni contacted the school to complain.

“I was pretty taken aback that not only did a student come to school dressed that way,” said Victoria Freyre, an alumnus who attended St. Thomas the Apostle in the 1990s, “it didn’t occur to anybody that that’s offensive, and it got to the point where they posted on a public online platform and nobody saw any issue with that.”

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School in Miami-Dade posted a photo of a fourth-grader wearing blackface on social media.

Freyre said she feels the school missed an opportunity to educate students about the history of blackface, which is considered offensive because of its historical association with white actors creating racist portrayals of African-Americans.

“This is something that could have been addressed and opened up a broader conversation about why blackface is bad,” said Freyre. “They need to be teaching their students that that kind of stuff is not OK.”

Carolina Bacallao, another alumnus of the school, said she was “appalled” at the photo, which she sent to other alumni to encourage them to contact the school. As a teacher, Bacallao said she would have approached the incident differently and asked the child to wash his face. “Use it as a teaching moment,” she said.

Archdiocese of Miami spokeswoman Mary Ross Agosta said the child’s use of blackface was not intended to be offensive and that the school took down the photo after receiving complaints.

“This was a project not only to celebrate Black History Month but also to understand the diversity,” she said. “It was never the intention of a fourth-grade student to do anything other than be authentic in his presentation of the person he selected to research and imitate.”

Agosta said the student was trying to be “creative” and that she didn’t think the teacher or school administrators had raised any issues with his use of blackface. The principal of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School did not respond to a request for comment.

Freyre said she was disappointed with the school’s response. “I expected some kind of apology or explanation and they just thought they could get rid of it [the photo] and that would solve the problem,” she said. “It’s a broader problem but I feel like it was a missed opportunity to talk about racism and all of its forms.”

Hollywood has included white actors portraying any ethnic roles as racist. If you make a movie where the lead character in the novel is Asian then by goodness it better be an Asian actor. Not Scarlett Johansson in a tight skirt. Which actually ignores the whole reason you made the movie in the first place, which is to make a shit pot of money. Which any role with Scarlett Johansson in is a more likely money maker than some actress you never heard of who isn’t Scarlet but just happens to be the proper ethnicity. Stupid.

That being said, what rock were those people living under that they didn’t foresee the shitstorm that would accompany black face in 2018?

Just another shining example of the magnitude of mental illness in this country.

Just a couple years ago in Eugene Oregon, a female attorney in her own home had some kind of costume party in which she wore not only the clothing but the blackface makeup in the process. It seemed all in historical reality, yet IIRC she was hounded out of her job. And in the same town the U of O (along with other State Campus locations) is renaming buildings from 100 years ago, of the donor-citizen financiers of school budgets at the time, who are now determined to have some kind of political opinion on various racial issues, that is not now acceptable.

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Originally posted by signewt: And in the same town the U of O (along with other State Campus locations) is renaming buildings from 100 years ago, of the donor-citizen financiers of school budgets at the time, who are now determined to have some kind of political opinion on various racial issues, that is not now acceptable.
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Of course the school is returning the endowments that made these buildings possible? No doubt with the interest that's been accusing? There can be no way a progressive school would just keep such tainted mone! /sarcasm

Could you imagine Robert Downey jr. doing his role in Tropic Thunder now? Comedy or not,people would lose their minds.

He should have just dressed up as Jesus or Santa but omitted the blackface. I'm sure all the kids would "get it."

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Originally posted by patw:
Could you imagine Robert Downey jr. doing his role in Tropic Thunder now? Comedy or not,people would lose their minds.

They did lose their minds.

The “previews” are almost worth the movie. Downey and Toby McGuire in “Satan’s Alley”.

So basically they're saying white kids can't participate without it being racist. That'll solve society's racial problems.

As long as citizens drink the kool-aide from the drive-by media, this narrative will continue. As for me,they can perpetually kiss my white ass.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
So basically they're saying white kids can't participate without it being racist. That'll solve society's racial problems.

You know. That would not bother me at all (the white kids not participating in Black History Month--just give them all the day off).

flashguy

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Originally posted by patw:
Could you imagine Robert Downey jr. doing his role in Tropic Thunder now? Comedy or not,people would lose their minds.

Play the unedited version of "Blazing Saddles" for them and their heads would explode.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
So basically they're saying white kids can't participate without it being racist. That'll solve society's racial problems.

Soooooooooooooooo, let's see -

1. If they take part, it's racist.

2. But if they DON'T take part, then THAT's racist, too.

Riiiiiiight.

tac

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by patw:
Could you imagine Robert Downey jr. doing his role in Tropic Thunder now? Comedy or not,people would lose their minds.

Play the unedited version of "Blazing Saddles" for them and their heads would explode.

Over here in yUK we only have the 'unedited' version of 'Blazing Saddles'. What a great movie it is!

tac

Blazing Saddles is truly a work of comedic genius. Even some of the most liberal people I've known saw it for what it is, not complete butthurt. Which surprised me quite honestly.

Boy if Al Jolson was doing his bit today, he would be thrown in prison.

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Originally posted by blueye:
Boy if Al Jolson was doing his bit today, he would be thrown in prison.

Funny thing is, I've never seen protests outside of a Bojangles (that's a fast food fried chicken chain for those not in the know), which around here are all staffed by African American employees.

-Rob

I don't think this is mental illness

Mental illness is real and we shouldn't confuse the two

I am convinced that this behavior is a mental defect and a character flaw - a far more serious condition as there isn't a treatment

people who are truly mentally ill deserve help and compassion

these cretins deserve neither

Gustofer said it all: "There simply is no making these fucking people happy".
Rod