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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsnews is confirming... the Covington Catholics in blackface... here if video
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Trumps MAGAmob youth!
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,126 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)You have to see the whole thing in context!
Squinch
(51,090 posts)yardwork
(61,793 posts)I'm not sure why they chose this particular hill to die on, but there it is.
Most of us are not surprised.
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,026 posts)Both sides, both sides, both sides
Also
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)I can't believe there are people here defending them.
Beartracks
(12,838 posts)========
MaryMagdaline
(6,859 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)Also, a school in Georgia had a kid who did blackface.
So that means these white kids doing black face is fine.
MaryMagdaline
(6,859 posts)hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,128 posts)Look at the clips after the quality increases dramatically.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,362 posts)@:15
You can tell its the same guy from the still photos. Blonde hair and black face. The guy next to him jumps in the air.
When the video zooms in at :30 you can see 4 or 5 of them in black face.
hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)There are a few of them. Look closer.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,126 posts)aeromanKC
(3,331 posts)hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)yardwork
(61,793 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)Can't find anyone in blackface with their lips painted.
Squinch
(51,090 posts)is uncharacteristically clumsy.
yardwork
(61,793 posts)Smirk Boy is not an ideal client by any means.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Sorry.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)MineralMan
(146,351 posts)Nope.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Maybe you (and other folks) should read this article from Sports Illustrated
Superfans: Blackout vs. White Out
https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2008/09/29-0superfans-blackout-vs.-white-out
Here are a couple of photos from the article:
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)But, you go right on, oberliner. Please proceed.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But it's been a tradition at a number of schools for a very long time.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)Feh!
ismnotwasm
(42,026 posts)Lets us google
2008 I believe. At least someone noticed the change from black clothes to racist face painting was unacceptable. And here it is 10 years later, you still think this is okey doke?
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/breaking/2015/10/05/asu-fans-face-paint-blackout-blackface-football/73424936/
yardwork
(61,793 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)Or is that another simple question you are unable to or unwilling to answer?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's posted above (with some photos from the article).
Squinch
(51,090 posts)Do you approve of blackface as entertainment?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What specifically leads you to believe the paint is in regards to viewership rather than any other potential reason?
Is there objective evidence which supports your premise at the expense of all other premises? Or is this merely another unsupported opinion?
Did you in fact read the article in full, or simply the sections which assist your narrative?
ismnotwasm
(42,026 posts)Damn
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)is racist and offensive? If not, what misconception is it that you think you are clearing up?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)Do you deny that? Is that just another of our misconceptions?
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,026 posts)What Im finding is not supporting your opinion
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I could even see black paint on the torso, but I've never seen one with blackface, and my college colors are gold and black.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)and tell me the difference between what that kid did and what they did in that pic and how it relates to how people wear blackface.
yardwork
(61,793 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)racist, and Covington Hitler Youth are racist. So what is the point our Covington Hitler Youth School graduate is trying to make? It is a mystery to me.
yardwork
(61,793 posts)meadowlander
(4,413 posts)It all looks pretty stupid and offensive to me.
salin
(48,955 posts)Seeing this video, and that this was a school sponsored "theme", and no adult - no administrator - no-one said... "hmmmm - let's put limits. All black clothes = the theme. Black face/black body paint = bad idea.
We had theme days and a spirit week, but put limits. Kids who crossed lines, had to change their outfits to comply (in this case - wash off the paint.)
For decades there has been backlash against students/schools around the issue of the inappropriateness of black face at parties and themes. Yes, I saw the pictures you posted earlier from Arizona State (playing, I think Missou - black and gold school), and U of Col (black and gold school) - and university enforcement is much less tenuous than what happens at a high school. I don't buy those as examples as an excuse for this high school. And I say that as one who sometimes had to call parents about infractions that needed to be corrected - and deal with all of the headaches that accompanied doing so.
To me, this says there is an atmosphere which is at best incredibly racially insensitive, at worst is inherently racist. And it is condoned, heck perhaps even encouraged as "school spirit."
Progressive Law
(617 posts)...which aren't part of innocent "blackout" sports rallies.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)This not not a blackout game.
Im old enough and Southern enough to remember when this was done when predominantly black schools visited all white ones.
The meaning is clear.
Even if kids in ignorance attempted it today, their parents and administration would instantly know it is a problem and stop it in its tracks. Obviously this has the adults approval.
It would not be allowed nor attended in public schools in the south. But of course, this is not a public school.
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)womanofthehills
(8,818 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)kid on the right. He has the white paint for the mouth and eyes.
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)womanofthehills
(8,818 posts)yardwork
(61,793 posts)That is stone cold racism. That is Klan level racism.
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)5 if you count the black balaclava and ski mask.
Kingofalldems
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Squinch
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