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Ironknee

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Photo of the school superintendent dressed up in blackface circa 2002-2008 shows up. Should the superintendent be fired, should the superintendent resign, or should the superintendent apologize and power through? Should there be concern for the treatment of students of color? Should teachers of color be concerned? Should everyone just "get a grip" and let the superintendent move on with their agenda?

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The mob will make it's decision based on the superintendent's politics.

Jimmy Kimmel and Trudeau wore blackface but they are leftists so they got a pass.

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@Ironknee

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Ironknee

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@Booger
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/photo-emerges-of-paducah-public-schools-superintendent-with-blackface/article_8b968f80-137d-11eb-a9cd-578ba1756506.html

shavixmir
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I took my kid to the Tomofair in Rotterdam today. That’s a cosplay event.
So many people are dressed up as anime characters, Japanese people, my little ponies, etc. and nobody’s saying: “Yellow face!”

Or whatever.

If I love Jules in Pulp Fiction and I want to dress up as him for cosplay, Halloween, carnival or whatever, there is no way to pull it off without an afro wig, blacked up face and learning a bible passage off by heart.

And there is nothing wrong with that.

If I want to dress up as Nasuki (or however the hell it’s spelled) I’m not anime-facing, it’s not cultural appropriation and it’s not female-facing either.

Good grief. Everything is so bloody sensitive nowadays.

GET OVER IT!

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@shavixmir

Yes I agree.
Black people are too sensitive.

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@shavixmir said
I took my kid to the Tomofair in Rotterdam today. That’s a cosplay event.
So many people are dressed up as anime characters, Japanese people, my little ponies, etc. and nobody’s saying: “Yellow face!”

Or whatever.

If I love Jules in Pulp Fiction and I want to dress up as him for cosplay, Halloween, carnival or whatever, there is no way to pull it off without an afro ...[text shortened]... not female-facing either.

Good grief. Everything is so bloody sensitive nowadays.

GET OVER IT!
I may dress up as an Indian, a Cherokee. Would it make a diff if I am a brave, or if I am a chief? What are the parameters? Next week, I will dress up as someone else that I am not, maybe an Eskimo, an Inuit. Or an Aborigine. Or a Scot, replete with a kilt. Like Shav, I don't get it.

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It'd be a real hoot if we found out that the guy was black and has been wearing white-face all these years

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Anyone remember the Eddie Murphy skit where he does that?

shavixmir
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@booger said
@shavixmir

Yes I agree.
Black people are too sensitive.
You are the perfect example why people have become sensitive to the issue.

You are a racist scumbag and should be banned from this forum.

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@shavixmir said
You are the perfect example why people have become sensitive to the issue.

You are a racist scumbag and should be banned from this forum.
Would that accomplish anything?

AThousandYoung
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@booger said
Anyone remember the Eddie Murphy skit where he does that?
The blind Black Klansman who divorces his wife because she's a N* lover

shavixmir
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@booger said
Would that accomplish anything?
Yes. Happiness.

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@shavixmir said
You are the perfect example why people have become sensitive to the issue.

You are a racist scumbag and should be banned from this forum.
saying blacks are too sensitive is racist ? 😂
#GOODUN

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@ironknee said
Photo of the school superintendent dressed up in blackface circa 2002-2008 shows up. Should the superintendent be fired, should the superintendent resign, or should the superintendent apologize and power through? Should there be concern for the treatment of students of color? Should teachers of color be concerned? Should everyone just "get a grip" and let the superintendent move on with their agenda?
Even 10 years ago there wasn't the hysteria surrounding blackface that there is now. Context is everything, I suppose, but generally I'd say it is unjust to apply today's "standards" to an event that occurred when "standards" were different.

And I contend that it is still okay for a gringo to dress as a mariachi band member.

The PC Police accomplish nothing constructive aside from funneling votes to Republicans.

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