8 year old boy kicked out of class for dressing as Martin Luther King Jr. for school project - Polidicks

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;36058804]I did read the whole thread thank you very much..[/QUOTE] then there's no reason I can see for posting what you did

[QUOTE=Kalibos;36058905]then there's no reason I can see for posting what you did[/QUOTE] People that call what they did to the boy justified.

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;36058962]People that call what they did to the boy justified.[/QUOTE] who do you think I am and what do you think I'm arguing for?

Maybe let your kid wear blackface. Jesus fuck. [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] ITT white people saying POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD because they can't wear blackface in the year 2012. [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Kalibos;36057364]you doubt it can ever happen [I]because you won't let it.[/I] [/QUOTE] yeah bring back vaudeville end racism

No seriously, fuck you if you are offended by this. No matter what analogies and shit you draw, this is an 8 year old.He doesn't understand why someone might be offended, and he shouldn't have to. Maybe if people spent less time about not offending absolutely anyone, and maybe if people stopped feeling that they are entitled to never ever being offended by anything, this kind of shit would not happen. The kid wanted to look more like Martin Luther King, a man who wanted race to make no difference. He used blackface to resemble Martin Luther King. He also dressed up in a tuxedo. Should we find that offensive? It's very ironic that people would make a big deal out of this.

Wow that superintendent is the biggest racist prick I've ever heard of, what would happen if a [b]real[/b] black person were to try to get into that school? Probably burn him on a fiery cross. I thought this behavior died out in the 60's

[QUOTE=Croix;36059154]No matter what analogies and shit you draw, this is an 8 year old.[/QUOTE] And an 8 year old's parents who didn't think "maybe we shouldn't put our son in blackface"

yeah i dont really see how the parents could have possibly thought this was a good idea

the kid dressed in black face as a caricature of MLK if a school is there to teach you right and wrong how the fuck can a school let something like that go on? it's amazingly degrading, it's like if they wanted to portray a famous jew and decided to put on a giant nose and yarmulke. [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Protocol7;36054884] I think political correctness has gone too far.[/QUOTE] oh fucking piss off with that political correctness bullshit. it doesn't even mean anything anymore, it's just a buzzword now.

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059343]oh fucking piss off with that political correctness bullshit. it doesn't even mean anything anymore, it's just a buzzword now.[/QUOTE] It's just a phrase angry WASP males use when they're being dickheads about things.

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;36058204]No, he hasn't. You people are seeing things that don't exist because some whiny bitch had to whine about absolutely fucking nothing. The only reason this looks racist is because people are calling it racist.[/QUOTE] hello, i'm a white person and i'm here to tell you how you have to react. you're not even from the US, what possible right could you have to say how a "whiny bitch" (yeah if they don't agree with your views they are a whiny bitch, nice one) should react?

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059343]the kid dressed in black face as a caricature of MLK if a school is there to teach you right and wrong how the fuck can a school let something like that go on? it's amazingly degrading, it's like if they wanted to portray a famous jew and decided to put on a giant nose and yarmulke. [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] oh fucking piss off with that political correctness bullshit. it doesn't even mean anything anymore, it's just a buzzword now.[/QUOTE] 2 things: the kid is too young to know what a caricature is. presumably his thought process was something like me white > MLK black > make myself look black and afaik school isn't a place to teach morals, it's where they teach you like geometry and stuff

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059386]It's just a phrase angry WASP males use when they're being dickheads about things.[/QUOTE] it's all gone downhill lankist, it used to be that you could make disparaging comments about people's race and they'd just have to take it because they were marginalized in every single way. golden times bro

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059343]the kid dressed in black face as a caricature of MLK[/QUOTE] While I do think this was a pretty bad idea all around I don't think it was done from the 8 year old childs viewpoint to be caricature and overtly racist.

i doubt the kid knew what he was doing but surely the parents were helping him with this project? if so then they should have been the ones to nip this before it got anywhere near the classroom

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059417]it's all gone downhill lankist, it used to be that you could make disparaging comments about people's race and they'd just have to take it because they were marginalized in every single way. golden times bro[/QUOTE] Why do they have to be golden times? Why can't it be black, white, or purple times? Your color-based discrimination is offensive.

hell anyone who's taken a basic american history class knows what blackface is and how fucked up it is

[QUOTE=Kalibos;36059402]2 things: the kid is too young to know what a caricature is. presumably his thought process was something like me white > MLK black > make myself look black[/QUOTE] yes but it's not political correctness to tell you that's wrong. maybe the way the school went about it was wrong, but i don't really care about that. [QUOTE=Kalibos;36059402]and afaik school isn't a place to teach morals, it's where they teach you like geometry and stuff[/QUOTE] when you are 8 years old, you're learning social interaction and basic learning skills, not geometry.

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;36059424]i doubt the kid knew what he was doing but surely the parents were helping him with this project? if so then they should have been the ones to nip this before it got anywhere near the classroom[/QUOTE] i do agree with this

Only in today's society can a 7 year old dressing up as Martin Luther King be interpreted as racist What next, a black kid dressing up as Obama will be racist too? "Hey! That kid is black! And the president is black! He's clearly dressing up as him because he is black too, that's racial favoritism!" [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] If anything, a white person dressing up as a black person, one they themselves call a hero, is nice

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059475]Only in today's society can a 7 year old dressing up as Martin Luther King be interpreted as racist What next, a black kid dressing up as Obama will be racist too? "Hey! That kid is black! And the president is black! He's clearly dressing up as him because he is black too, that's racial favoritism!" [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] If anything, a white person dressing up as a black person, one they themselves call a hero, is nice[/QUOTE] um do you want to review your comparison and see how it doesn't really work at all or are you just gonna stick with that

was expecting cute picture of the little kid, 0/10 thread.

Kid looks more like a coal miner than a caricature.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059475]Only in today's society can a 7 year old dressing up as Martin Luther King be interpreted as racist What next, a black kid dressing up as Obama will be racist too? "Hey! That kid is black! And the president is black! He's clearly dressing up as him because he is black too, that's racial favoritism!" [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] If anything, a white person dressing up as a black person, one they themselves call a hero, is nice[/QUOTE] again, i would ask: why do you think you have the right to say how people should react to things? apparently we're more tolerant when it comes to music or movie opinions than opinions about stuff that actually has a wider effect on society.

[QUOTE=Kalibos;36059402]2 things: the kid is too young to know what a caricature is. presumably his thought process was something like me white > MLK black > make myself look black[/QUOTE] The parents weren't. Not only did they help, they were [I]there[/I], at the school on that very day, watching. Even if it was all the kid's idea and they had no clue, on the day of the fucking thing neither of them went "holy shit our son is wearing blackface." [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059475]Only in today's society can a 7 year old dressing up as Martin Luther King be interpreted as racist What next, a black kid dressing up as Obama will be racist too? "Hey! That kid is black! And the president is black! He's clearly dressing up as him because he is black too, that's racial favoritism!" [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] If anything, a white person dressing up as a black person, one they themselves call a hero, is nice[/QUOTE] paul mcartney i thought you were dead

[QUOTE=areyoublack;36059501]was expecting cute picture of the little kid, 0/10 thread.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Protocol7;36055505] [IMG]http://puu.sh/wb83[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059517]again, i would ask: why do you think you have the right to say how people should react to things? apparently we're more tolerant when it comes to music or movie opinions than opinions about stuff that actually has a wider effect on society.[/QUOTE] Robert Downy Jr. Got to play an African-American in Tropic Thunder and it wasn't racist, but this kid can't dress up like an American hero?

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059475]Only in today's society can a 7 year old dressing up as Martin Luther King be interpreted as racist [B]What next, a black kid dressing up as Obama will be racist too? "Hey! That kid is black! And the president is black! He's clearly dressing up as him because he is black too, that's racial favoritism!"[/B] [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] If anything, a white person dressing up as a black person, one they themselves call a hero, is nice[/QUOTE] is this a satire bot or something cmon seriously who is behind this hilarious account

[QUOTE=Raidyr;36059533]picture[/QUOTE] poorly applied blackface is still blackface.

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059521]paul mcartney i thought you were dead[/QUOTE] Shh I'm Faul remember