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Nye Bevan

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6. Poor kid. The teacher told him to impersonate Martin Luther King

Reply to ohiosmith (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 12:25 AM

May 2012

and he was probably proud of the job he did. If there are really people who would be truly offended by a second-grader, so pleased with himself at how he was honoring Martin Luther King, they are the ones with the problem, not the child.

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Second Grader Dresses as MLK Jr. Including Black Face [View all] ohiosmith May 2012 OP

I doubt the kid really knows anything the history of black face, but the mom should ZombieHorde May 2012 #1

i blame the parents here , there is a history with the "black face" thing JI7 May 2012 #2

Agreed 100%. Hopefully they all learned a lesson from this. =) nt AverageJoe90 May 2012 #8

The kid could have gone just fine with only the suit, the tie and the 'stache MrScorpio May 2012 #3

I think they are using the term incorrectly. Arctic Dave May 2012 #4

I agree. This reaction looks like stereotypical disregard for a person. patrice May 2012 #5

Poor kid. The teacher told him to impersonate Martin Luther King Nye Bevan May 2012 #6

+1 JoeyT May 2012 #7

Right. No absurd white lips. And if I insist that I have a right to say a certain word is "axe" patrice May 2012 #14

Poor kid. Why did they have to call the news media on this? Quantess May 2012 #9

Plus, it appears to be the parents who alerted the media. Quantess May 2012 #12

I don't think MLKJr. should be a costume. vaberella May 2012 #10

How do you feel if you don't understand something, or make a mistake, and others call you stupid? patrice May 2012 #13

the school tried to educate my child: alert the media! Enrique May 2012 #11

Sometimes the heckler's veto needs to be ignored Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #15

I did a blackface Halloween costume one year. A black pirate. I did such a good job on makeup... slackmaster May 2012 #16