School Pulls White Boy out of class for "Blackface" MLK costume

[Deberg_1990]

Is it still wrong even though the kid had the best intentions?

It doesnt appear there was any mockery involved.




A white Colorado second-grade student who wore black face paint as part of a Martin Luther King costume has drawn criticism from school officials.

Sean King was pulled out of class Wednesday for the costume, which was for a project requiring dressing up as a historical figure.

The Colorado Springs boy says he was trying to honor the slain civil rights leader. His parents knew about his costume and came to watch the presentations.

Blackface was common in minstrel shows in the 19th century and featured white performers playing stereotyped black characters.

Steve Klein of The King Center in Atlanta tells KRDO-TV ( http://bit.ly/KqIxqM ) the youth apparently had good intentions.

But he says Sean and his family need to understand some people are still offended by white people wearing black face.


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/s...stume-16377499

[McWickedson]

I function pretty well. I can work with them because it's something that I have to do, but that's as far as the relationship between myself and them will go.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by McMillan

As a matter of fact I was. They were both insensitive and stupid, but continue on generalizing a race of people you have nothing in common with.

Please continue with your knowledge of me. It is in fact you are that are generalizing. How do you know that I have nothing in common with this race?

You don't. You assume.

Your racebaiting and hatemongering is hilarious. Get whitey!!!

Please tell me exactly what I or society has done to "keep you down."

Please tell me why there is a black Miss America but not a white Miss America?

I thought you guys opposed segregation?

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by McMillan

Hate's a strong word. I've said this multiple times: I don't, I just don't trust and have no use for them.

No use for them, eh? So everything you own and use on a daily basis was developed, produced and transported to you strictly by black people?

I know you won't answer this because it doesn't fit your racist agenda.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by McMillan

I function pretty well. I can work with them because it's something that I have to do, but that's as far as the relationship between myself and them will go.

They all know you are the worst racist since Hitler, and they are planning your downfall as we speak. That has to be the case right? Since they aren't black? You hate latinos and asians too man? You don't trust them either?

[McWickedson]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

I thought you guys opposed segregation?

No, some of us oppose violence and intimidation. Integration clearly hasn't worked out to our benefit. Take a look at our communities for example. For all the evils Jim Crow brought on us, at least then we had, for lack of better words, our shit together. The Ville in St. Louis and Black Wall Street in Tulsa are examples.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by McMillan

Hate's a strong word. I've said this multiple times: I don't, I just don't trust and have no use for them.

Why do you choose to do the very things that you claim white people do to you? Why lower yourself like that? Senseless.

[McWickedson]

Originally Posted by Setsuna

They all know you are the worst racist since Hitler, and they are planning your downfall as we speak. That has to be the case right? Since they aren't black? You hate latinos and asians too man? You don't trust them either?

again, hate is a strong word. I'm being cautious. I have neither the time nor the inclination to go through a swath of non-blacks in order to find the "good ones".

[McWickedson]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Why do you choose to do the very things that you claim white people do to you? Why lower yourself like that? Senseless.

I used to have this mentality, but I finally woke up.

[Donger]

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.

So, McMillan (if that is your real name), is the above person an "Uncle Tom"?

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by McMillan

No, some of us oppose violence and intimidation. Integration clearly hasn't worked out to our benefit. Take a look at our communities for example. For all the evils Jim Crow brought on us, at least then we had, for lack of better words, our shit together. The Ville in St. Louis and Black Wall Street in Tulsa are examples.

So your mad at the white race because "you don't have your shit together?" How exactly is it that we are to help you achieve that? There are education grants specifically for minorities (even wealthy ones), that I as a white guy am not eligible for. We have affirmative action. What more do you want? Do you want us to mail you a monthly check because you are black?


http://www.blackloveandmarriage.com/...-attention-to/
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “The racial composition of the US prison and jail population as of 2008 was 60.21% (African American (non-Hispanic), 20.29% Hispanic, 13.44% White American (non-Hispanic) , and 6.06% Other (American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander American, and Multiracial American).”

Relative to black on black crime, the most recent government statistics indicated that “43% of all murder victims in 2007 were African American, 93.1% of whom were killed were African Americans.”

[Bwana]

Hey McMillan: you should be spending less time on here and more time working on your resume, it needs some serious help.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by McMillan

I used to have this mentality, but I finally woke up.

God forbid you have any children and one of them want to marry a white person. You might as well kill yourself. Maybe this scenario should happen...

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Hey McMillan: you should be spending less time on here and more time working on your resume, it needs some serious help.

Qualifications: I am a black man. I am superior to whitey.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

So your mad at the white race because "you don't have your shit together?" How exactly is it that we are to help you achieve that? There are education grants specifically for minorities (even wealthy ones), that I as a white guy am not eligible for. We have affirmative action. What more do you want? Do you want us to mail you a monthly check because you are black?


http://www.blackloveandmarriage.com/...-attention-to/
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “The racial composition of the US prison and jail population as of 2008 was 60.21% (African American (non-Hispanic), 20.29% Hispanic, 13.44% White American (non-Hispanic) , and 6.06% Other (American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander American, and Multiracial American).”

Relative to black on black crime, the most recent government statistics indicated that “43% of all murder victims in 2007 were African American, 93.1% of whom were killed were African Americans.”

Dude I know right? Even I don't qualify for that shit. I finally caved and looked at the schollys on UNCF and I had to be dirt poor to get anything. I was like "Wtf why do I have to be discriminated against by my own race?" Unity my eye.

[McWickedson]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

So your mad at the white race because "you don't have your shit together?" How exactly is it that we are to help you achieve that? There are education grants specifically for minorities (even wealthy ones), that I as a white guy am not eligible for. We have affirmative action. What more do you want? Do you want us to mail you a monthly check because you are black?

We wouldn't be having this discussion if non-blacks didn't bring the drug trade to
the black communities.