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

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059534]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] nobody said he can't dress up like martin luther king jr he just can't wear blackface in the middle of fucking school. Wouldn't it be better if he just wore the regular getup and when people asked who we was he would answer "martin luther king jr?" You act like painting yourself in blackface is integral to honoring a black person.

He was trying to be accurate, not racist

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059521]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."[/QUOTE] no argument here

A 7 year old doesn't realize that painting your face to match your hero's race is racist

[QUOTE=Kopimi;36059540]is this a satire bot or something cmon seriously who is behind this hilarious account[/QUOTE] We need a satire bot.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059534]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] part of the joke about that was that it was incredibly fucking racist iirc thats joking about racism itself downey's character wasnt black it was some pretentious white australian actor wearing blackface [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059567]A 7 year old doesn't realize that painting your face to match your hero's race is racist[/QUOTE] yeah no shit but the parents should have if they had any damn sense whatsoever

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059557]He was trying to be accurate, not racist[/QUOTE] yeah no i'll grant that 8 year olds are fucking stupid but his parents can't have seen that and not once said to themselves "we shouldn't be ushering the return of vaudeville racism" And if they didn't, then the education system clearly failed them on a fundamental level.

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059543]poorly applied blackface is still blackface.[/QUOTE] i would agree with you more if he had done up the lips and the bright white eyes but idk what to think about this honestly i guess the parents are stupid for not expecting this but if you ignore the inability of the parents to predict this backlash and just look at the kid himself, i honestly don't see anything bad about this. i think there is a difference between "blackface" and an innocent attempt at accurately mimicking the skin color of a black person

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059534]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] uh that's because Tropic Thunder was mocking Hollywood method actors. this kid dressing up as an american hero could have dressed up as an american hero without invoking the horrible cultural symbolism that black-face presents. i mean if you think MLK would have approved of a white kid putting on some black-face to emulate him you'd be fucking insane.

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;36059571]part of the joke about that was that it was incredibly fucking racist iirc thats joking about racism itself[/QUOTE] The whole character was satirical of Hollywood in general. A fictional big-budget hollywood movie cast a white man to play a black man, and a method actor who was too dumb to realize he was portraying a racist caricature.

It's not blackface, I don't see huge ass lips, or even full coverage of his face with paint. I see a 7 year old trying to look like MLK

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059619]It's not blackface, I don't see huge ass lips, or even full coverage of his face with paint. I see a 7 year old trying to look like MLK[/QUOTE] what part of we aren't blaming the kid himself do you not fucking get holy shit

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059619]It's not blackface, I don't see huge ass lips, or even full coverage of his face with paint. I see a 7 year old trying to look like MLK[/QUOTE] first of all how many different ages are you going to throw out there second of all, for the fifth fucking time, the parents are the ones who should have been like "woah woah woah back the fuck up kiddo"

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059635] second of all, for the fifth fucking time, the parents are the ones who should have been like "woah woah woah back the fuck up kiddo"[/QUOTE] if anything it shows that there isn't enough political correctness.

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059635]first of all how many different ages are you going to throw out there second of all, for the fifth fucking time, the parents are the ones who should have been like "woah woah woah back the fuck up kiddo"[/QUOTE] Only one, I've only ever said he was 7. Grade 2 = 7 years old in Canada

he's 8 it's in the bloody title

Maybe I'm just not racist and I don't see how this was racist at all. He's dressing up as an African-American hero. It's America's fault for seeing this as racist, white people are too fucking scared of being racist.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059652]Only one, I've only ever said he was 7. Grade 2 = 7 years old in Canada[/QUOTE] dude did you even read the [I]title[/I]

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059597]i mean if you think MLK would have approved of a white kid putting on some black-face to emulate him you'd be fucking insane.[/QUOTE] i don't think you or anyone is in a position to guess what MLK would think of this. it's a silly thing to bring up. MLK was a civil rights leader half a century ago. how can you possibly speculate as to his feelings about an eight year old in 2012 darkening his face to look black?

[QUOTE=thisispain;36059661]he's 8 it's in the bloody title[/QUOTE] Oh man I'm so sorry egg lady, I read second grader and assumed he was 7, forgive me supreme leaders of Facepunch for making a mistake! Anything but that!

[QUOTE=Kalibos;36059671]i don't think you or anyone is in a position to guess what MLK would think of this. it's a silly thing to bring up. MLK was a civil rights leader half a century ago. how can you possibly speculate as to his feelings about an eight year old in 2012 darkening his face to look black?[/QUOTE] he was also raised in the era of vaudeville so take a while fucking guess what he thought of blackface

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059673]Oh man I'm so sorry egg lady, I read second grader and assumed he was 7, forgive me supreme leaders of Facepunch for making a mistake! Anything but that![/QUOTE] Egg lady? What the fuck kind of insult is that?

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059662]Maybe I'm just not racist and I don't see how this was racist at all. He's dressing up as an African-American hero. It's America's fault for seeing this as racist, white people are too fucking scared of being racist.[/QUOTE] so it's not racist but it's america's fault for seeing this as racist but they shouldn't be scared of being racist anyway if there was an award for the most useless sentence ever...

No, it's not racist. I didn't know being black was a stereotype of black people

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059673]Oh man I'm so sorry egg lady, I read second grader and assumed he was 7, forgive me supreme leaders of Facepunch for making a mistake! Anything but that![/QUOTE] "if we all just ignored everything then nothing would be wrong"

[QUOTE=Lankist;36059680]he was also raised in the era of vaudeville so take a while fucking guess what he thought of blackface[/QUOTE] i'm pretty sure MLK would be intelligent enough to distinguish between blackface and a kid's blackened face

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;36059699]No, it's not racist. I didn't know being black was a stereotype of black people[/QUOTE] oh my god right now paul mccartney what are you doing with the few years you have left

[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] They obviously didn't look and think, "we're racist as fuck". It's really easy to do something and completely forget to think what others will think of it. I honestly didn't understand what the deal was until it's mentioned that it could be considered racist.

[QUOTE=Kalibos;36059702]i'm pretty sure MLK would be intelligent enough to distinguish between blackface and a kid's blackened face[/QUOTE] yet again, nobody is mad at the fucking kid.

[QUOTE=Kalibos;36059702]i'm pretty sure MLK would be intelligent enough to distinguish between blackface and a kid's blackened face[/QUOTE] My entire fucking point [editline]22nd May 2012[/editline] You guys need to pull the sticks out of your asses, you're all wound up so tight you would explode if someone misspelled kat