California Coaches + Teacher Suspended for wearing blackface - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Two California high school football coaches and a teacher were suspended this week for wearing Halloween costumes that featured blackface, prompting criticism from parents and a leading civil rights organization after pictures of the event were posted on Facebook. The three San Diego educators, all white, wore dark-face makeup and stretch jumpsuits to portray Jamaican bobsledders at a weekend costume party at the home of one of the men. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]"African-Americans are very offended by blackface, and we found nothing funny when we saw that picture was posted," said Lei-Chala Wilson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's San Diego branch.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]"A lot of times, when they pretend (to be black), then they try to act black, and normally the type of behavior they show is very insensitive," Wilson said[/QUOTE] Source: [URL="http://news.msn.com/us/calif-coaches-teacher-suspended-for-donning-blackface-at-costume-party/"]MSN News[/URL]

People still do this in 2013?

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if you don't understand why this is offensive and racist, then you are a racist.

I'm glad they were suspended tbh Get mad all you want but other races aren't costumes and doing stuff like this only serves to alienate them as people

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;42734803]I'm glad they were suspended tbh Get mad all you want but other races aren't costumes and doing stuff like this only serves to alienate them as people[/QUOTE] Me, I think anything can become a costume. Including Race, to me if you get offended because someone painted their faces then you should also get mad when someone scares you during halloween.

The actions you commit while in blackface is what is racist, not the blackface itself. I don't possibly see how changing the tone of your skin is racist, for example Laurence Olivier in Othello was not racist.

[QUOTE=Charades;42734880]The actions you commit while in blackface is what is racist, not the blackface itself. I don't possibly see how changing the tone of your skin is racist, for example Laurence Olivier in Othello was not racist.[/QUOTE] I don't believe staff from a Californian high school were performing multi million dollar movie roles either. I'm sure they were walking around saying stereotypical "black people" phrases, or else had they been tastefully careful no one would have reported them.

Draconian as all hell and back

[QUOTE=ReFreshe;42734941]I don't believe staff from a Californian high school were performing multi million dollar movie roles either. I'm sure they were walking around saying stereotypical "black people" phrases, or else had they been tastefully careful no one would have reported them.[/QUOTE] [quote]after pictures of the event were posted on Facebook.[/quote] It was a private Halloween party, of which photos were posted on Facebook. Nothing else.

[QUOTE=andololol;42734847]Me, I think anything can become a costume. Including Race, to me if you get offended because someone painted their faces then you should also get mad when someone scares you during halloween.[/QUOTE] Okay you can think that but you're wrong

So does this mean Michael Jackson was racist because he bleached his skin white?

[QUOTE=Charades;42734880]The actions you commit while in blackface is what is racist, not the blackface itself. I don't possibly see how changing the tone of your skin is racist, for example Laurence Olivier in Othello was not racist.[/QUOTE] Within the lens of the time yeah it wasn't that racist because real black people weren't really allowed to be main characters in movies (an exception to this is "Night of the Living Dead" but it was heavily criticized for it) You can't really look at old movies with the context of modern times, or in a vacuum, you have to consider when it was made

I was going to say that blackface isn't really racist on its own, but then I read that they were portraying Jamaican bobsledders. It would be less racist if they were, like, zombie bobsled runners or something.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;42735147]I was going to say that blackface isn't really racist on its own, but then I read that they were portraying Jamaican bobsledders. It would be less racist if they were, like, zombie bobsled runners or something.[/QUOTE] So they were portraying the bobsledders from that one movie? What's wrong about that.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;42735184]So they were portraying the bobsledders from that one movie? What's wrong about that.[/QUOTE] The "bobsledders in that movie" were based on actual people lol [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_bobsleigh_team[/url] tbh I think it's perfectly okay to dress up as a historical figure of another race but if you can't get the point across that you're that figure without painting your face maybe they're not well known enough to make a costume

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;42735208]The "bobsledders in that movie" were based on actual people lol [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_bobsleigh_team[/url][/QUOTE] So they were portraying actual people, if anything it makes it even better.

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;42735208]The "bobsledders in that movie" were based on actual people lol [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_bobsleigh_team[/url] tbh I think it's perfectly okay to dress up as a historical figure of another race but if you can't get the point across that you're that figure without painting your face maybe they're not well known enough to make a costume[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.buzzfeed.com/tracyclayton/14-times-people-dressed-as-people-of-other-races-for-hallowe[/url] it's not even that hard to dress up as a person of another race.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;42735281][url]http://www.buzzfeed.com/tracyclayton/14-times-people-dressed-as-people-of-other-races-for-hallowe[/url] it's not even that hard to dress up as a person of another race.[/QUOTE] none of them used race as part of the costume though

[QUOTE=yawmwen;42735281][url]http://www.buzzfeed.com/tracyclayton/14-times-people-dressed-as-people-of-other-races-for-hallowe[/url] it's not even that hard to dress up as a person of another race.[/QUOTE] [img]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr02/26/14/enhanced-buzz-16728-1382813091-4.jpg[/img] That fucking owns.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;42735308]none of them used race as part of the costume though[/QUOTE] that's the point you're supposed to be the character, not the race

[QUOTE=NoDachi;42735308]none of them used race as part of the costume though[/QUOTE] I thought that was kind of the point he was making. [editline]2nd November 2013[/editline] Damn you taco.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;42735308]none of them used race as part of the costume though[/QUOTE] if you are using race as part of the costume you might be a racist.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;42735359]if you are using race as part of the costume you might be a racist.[/QUOTE] It depends on the context and the portrayal, TBH. There's a huge difference between this [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqwXVDOVWJo/TbEr6OTgAfI/AAAAAAAAAh4/JWDLEcwSuaY/s1600/50767-robert_downey_jr_blackface_tropic_thunder_is.jpg[/IMG] and this [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YjAfjfg3h0o/TsgfKVDCtMI/AAAAAAAAAIo/AZk-XKvLb5I/s1600/black_face1-243x300.jpeg[/IMG] The guys mentioned in the OP were probably doing the latter.

[QUOTE=Aphtonites;42735854]It depends on the context and the portrayal, TBH. There's a huge difference between this [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqwXVDOVWJo/TbEr6OTgAfI/AAAAAAAAAh4/JWDLEcwSuaY/s1600/50767-robert_downey_jr_blackface_tropic_thunder_is.jpg[/IMG] and this [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YjAfjfg3h0o/TsgfKVDCtMI/AAAAAAAAAIo/AZk-XKvLb5I/s1600/black_face1-243x300.jpeg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Man makeup technology has really improved since then.

[QUOTE=andololol;42734847]Me, I think anything can become a costume. Including Race, to me if you get offended because someone painted their faces then you should also get mad when someone scares you during halloween.[/QUOTE] yes truly the spookiest costume is racial tolerance

[QUOTE=andololol;42734847]Me, I think anything can become a costume. Including Race, to me if you get offended because someone painted their faces then you should also get mad when someone scares you during halloween.[/QUOTE] I'm not terribly offended by racial costumes, but that doesn't even make sense.

I don't really care if it was offensive, they didn't hurt anyone and it was at a private party on a saturday. Sure they can be called insensitive but being suspended from work is a big deal, and totally out of line IMO. That would be like being fired for posting something on facebook that some oversensitive douche saw as offensive.

[QUOTE=frozensoda;42736091]I don't really care if it was offensive, they didn't hurt anyone and it was at a private party on a saturday. Sure they can be called insensitive but being suspended from work is a big deal, and totally out of line IMO. That would be like being fired for posting something on facebook that some oversensitive douche saw as offensive.[/QUOTE] They're teachers. Being suspended for that was only just. And if they can't understand why the whole blackface thing was out of line, given that racism isn't dead and gone in society yet, they probably deserve it.