Sean King dresses in black face to portray Martin Luther King, Jr. for "wax museum day" at his elementary school.
*The history of the U.S. has racist residuals that haunt today’s society.
Black face is one of those racist practices that dates back to the turn of the 20th century when whites would put black make-up on their face to debase and negatively stereotype the image of African Americans.
But these facts may not be known to many young people today including their young parents.
Sean King is a second grader attending Meridian Ranch Elementary School in Colorado Springs that wanted to portray Martin Luther King, Jr., for his school project “wax museum day.” (more…)
The parents are either uninformed or very ignorant!
It’s admirable that this fine young man wanted to portray Dr. King, but it is HORRENDOUS that he was born to such STUPID parents. That blackface business was THEIR idea.
Black kids choose to portray white people they admire every day, especially in school plays. Do their parents send them to school in whiteface???? I think NOT, the reason being that the emphasis is placed on what the hero or admired one DID, not the color of their skin.
I hope this young man’s teacher told him it is OK to “come as you are” when portraying a person of another race.
The poor kid is probably traumatized from all this nonsense!
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