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Controversy erupted at a Colorado elementary school after a student arrived in blackface as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. costume for a class project.
Second-grader Sean King was asked to remove the makeup by officials at Meridian Ranch Elementary chool in Colorado Springs Wednesday, reported KRDO-TV.
"Each student in the class had been assigned a historical figure to dress up as for “wax museum day” at the school, the station reported."
"Sean's mother, Michelle King-Roca, told Denver’s 7News her son was really excited about the project."
"He said, 'Mom, I want to wear a black suit because that's what he wore, a black tie, a white shirt, and also I want to do my face black and wear a mustache,'" said King-Roca."
"After complaints from a faculty member that took issue with the blackface, the principal asked Sean to remove the face paint orleave the school."
Now, this baffles me. This child was asked to dress up as Martin Luther King, a black person, so when he carefully puts together a detailed costume including facial make up and mustache, he gets in trouble and told to wash it off or go home? What is going on? When my child was in kindergarten, they were given special light to dark "skintone" crayons and were required to color the skin of all people, which I thought was interesting. Now, when these kids are asked to dress up as a person of a different race, they are supposed to ignore the skintone? Poor kids today. We are passing on our own neurosis. I hope the parents don't send this little boy who was shamed for putting forth his best effort with absolutely no malice, back to the public schools. Too crazy.
What do others think? Anybody agree with the school's decision?
Maybe it's time to start moving back to Puerto Rico. At least 99% of us are the same down there and doesn't suffer from the race disease that plagues the 50 states. We finished our debates on race in the early 20th century, time for the mainlanders to move on already
Controversy erupted at a Colorado elementary school after a student arrived in blackface as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. costume for a class project.
Second-grader Sean King was asked to remove the makeup by officials at Meridian Ranch Elementary chool in Colorado Springs Wednesday, reported KRDO-TV.
"Each student in the class had been assigned a historical figure to dress up as for “wax museum day” at the school, the station reported."
"Sean's mother, Michelle King-Roca, told Denver’s 7News her son was really excited about the project."
"He said, 'Mom, I want to wear a black suit because that's what he wore, a black tie, a white shirt, and also I want to do my face black and wear a mustache,'" said King-Roca."
"After complaints from a faculty member that took issue with the blackface, the principal asked Sean to remove the face paint orleave the school."
Now, this baffles me. This child was asked to dress up as Martin Luther King, a black person, so when he carefully puts together a detailed costume including facial make up and mustache, he gets in trouble and told to wash it off or go home? What is going on? When my child was in kindergarten, they were given special light to dark "skintone" crayons and were required to color the skin of all people, which I thought was interesting. Now, when these kids are asked to dress up as a person of a different race, they are supposed to ignore the skintone? Poor kids today. We are passing on our own neurosis. I hope the parents don't send this little boy who was shamed for putting forth his best effort with absolutely no malice, back to the public schools. Too crazy.
What do others think? Anybody agree with the school's decision?
There's a big difference between coloring in a picture and putting on "black face?" I don't understand people's insistence on OTHER people not being offended by things that they know are offensive.
I'm not going to walk into a room, fart in someone's face, and then act surprised if someone gets offended by it. You have the freedom to express yourself however you want, but don't act like that makes your expression immune to being judged.
There's a big difference between coloring in a picture and putting on "black face?" I don't understand people's insistence on OTHER people not being offended by things that they know are offensive.
I'm not going to walk into a room, fart in someone's face, and then act surprised if someone gets offended by it. You have the freedom to express yourself however you want, but don't act like that makes your expression immune to being judged.
Didn't Dr. King say something about dreaming of a day when people were "judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"?
Back in the day, I did blackface as Hank Aaron for "dress like your hero day" in middle school. It was well received. That was before political correctness affirmed the pansiness of the masses.
Didn't Dr. King say something about dreaming of a day when people were "judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"?
Yes he did, but that nothing to do w/ what we're talking about. We're talking about people being surprised that a known offensive quantity offended some people.
It's the parents fault for letting the kid out in that make up, and rather than take the time to explain sympathy, those parents decided to shield their kid from reality.
The right wing has a new hero, and it's a 2nd grader, move over Zimmerman.
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What is going on? When my child was in kindergarten, they were given special light to dark "skintone" crayons and were required to color the skin of all people, which I thought was interesting. Now, when these kids are asked to dress up as a person of a different race, they are supposed to ignore the skintone? Poor kids today. We are passing on our own neurosis. I hope the parents don't send this little boy who was shamed for putting forth his best effort with absolutely no malice, back to the public schools. Too crazy. 
