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Educate yourself on the topic first and then get back to us some with intelligent questions. We would be happy to discuss and engage in an intelligent conversation on the issue.
Feel free to start anytime, that's what we've been trying to do. Who is we? You are black, tell us how a 2nd grader with black makeup honoring MLK offends you. Do you really think Luther would have been offended or felt mocked?
Couldn't the school have avoided the entire "problem" - such as it is - by assigning the Dr. King character to a black student, or if one was not available, to not assign a Dr. King character at all? C'mon folks, this is not the kids fault - nor his parents. The blame falls squarely on the school for not foreseeing such a possible outcome.
Couldn't the school have avoided the entire "problem" - such as it is - by assigning the Dr. King character to a black student, or if one was not available, to not assign a Dr. King character at all? C'mon folks, this is not the kids fault - nor his parents. The blame falls squarely on the school for not foreseeing such a possible outcome.
To assume this kind of absurd response, would make them just as racist as those that look to be offended at every turn. Anybody that is insulted by this has some serious psychological problems, akin to paranoid schizophrenia.
How do they effectively pull that off without having to tell everybody, "hey, I'm Marilyn Monroe"?
Google images wasn't to helpful with this one.
I can't imagine a black skinned or frizzy red headed white girl pulling off something like this without making some serious accommodations:
Blonde wig, red lipstick and the instantly recognizable white dress she wore in 'the seven year itch' or the pink one that she wore in 'gentlemen prefer blondes'. There you have your classic Marilyn Monroe getup.
You're being silly here, it's not a challenge at all because even guys dress up like her and they don't have to wear a sign or anything.
I don't know why this was offensive. He was portraying a historical figure. I think it's quite commendable that the kid had the guts to wear that to school, probably didn't have any idea that putting face paint on was going to cause so much furor I don't think it was done with any racist intent.
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?
The only ignorant person in this situation was the faculty member who was "offended".
Actually, it would be stupid to let a child (who is innocent and does not know that blackface is offensive) go out into the world in that manner. His parents are to blame for being ignorant, not the child.
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intelligent discussion huh?
