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Catholic School Deletes Photo of Student in Blackface After Backlash
http://www.newsweek.com/racist-blackface-miami-st-thomas-apostle-catholic-school-us-835438Angry complaints sparked after a Catholic school in Miami posted a photo of a student wearing blackface on its website and social media accounts.
The photo, which was taken during a February Black History month celebration, shows fourth-graders from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School dressed as famous African-Americans. One student, who portrayed former Secretary of State Colin Powell, painted his face black for the occasion, the Miami Herald originally reported.
The school posted the photo on Monday on its website and social media accounts, sparking outrage, and the photo has since been removed from all accounts due to the backlash.
...“I was pretty taken aback that not only did a student come to school dressed that way, it didn’t occur to anybody that that’s offensive," (former student Victoria) Freyre told the Herald. "It got to the point where they posted on a public online platform and nobody saw any issue with that.”
The photo, which was taken during a February Black History month celebration, shows fourth-graders from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School dressed as famous African-Americans. One student, who portrayed former Secretary of State Colin Powell, painted his face black for the occasion, the Miami Herald originally reported.
The school posted the photo on Monday on its website and social media accounts, sparking outrage, and the photo has since been removed from all accounts due to the backlash.
...“I was pretty taken aback that not only did a student come to school dressed that way, it didn’t occur to anybody that that’s offensive," (former student Victoria) Freyre told the Herald. "It got to the point where they posted on a public online platform and nobody saw any issue with that.”