Brickbat: They Should Have Gone as the Swedish Bikini Team

California's Serra High School has suspended a coach, an assistant coach and a teacher after finding they attended a non-school Halloween event in blackface. The three were dressed as the Jamaican bobsled team of "Cool Runnings" fame.

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[Snark Plissken]

So the guy who dressed as a fat Canadian got a pass?

[Jaybirdmojo]

Huh. If I had to pick a state that still had teachers who would say "sure, let's go out in blackface!" in response to a coach's suggestion that they do so as a group, I'd pick a different state than California.

[Francisco d Anconia]

They didn't go as "blackface", they went as they guys from Cool Runnings.

"Let's find one more inane act to be outraged about."

God, I'm sick of PC. I wonder how much longer this bullshit can go on without backlash?

[JidaKida]

Sometimes man you jsut have to roll with it. WOw.

http://www.Got-Privacy.com

[Fist of Etiquette]

Marten said the employees' actions represented a "critical teachable moment," and would serve as a reminder of the importance of "appreciating multiple perspectives."

I don't think perspective can be found anywhere near this incident.

[Atanarjuat]

Hey, uptight humorless fuckfaces have a perspective too, it's just that their perspective is wrong.

[Night Elf Mohawk]

How about the perspectives of the guys from the actual bobsled team, who said it was flattering. Maybe Marten could stand to be taught about appreciating multiple perspectives.

[Rich]

Check your privilege, NEM.

The guys from the actual bobsled team are so oppressed they can't possibly realize they are being racially mocked.

[PM]

False consciousness!

[Doctor Whom]

And by "multiple perspectives" I mean "my perspective and no others."

[Bill Dalasio]

You know, that kind of smug blather just makes this story all the more galling. If you're going to be a self-important asshole who wants to dictate your employees' private lives, at least have the basic dignity to shut the hell up about it.

[Almanian!]

So this is a black mark on these people's work history. They're blackballed, blacklisted and black flagged. They walk around with a black cloud hanging over them. Their mood is probably black.

Hopefully they can black this from their minds and go on, hopefully having learned a most-valuable lesson: Americans are offended by black people doing "winter" sports.

[Lord Humungus]

omg, so racist!

[anarch]

That's white of you.

[The Late P Brooks]

they attended a non-school Halloween event in blackface.

SOCIAL JUSTICE has no boundaries.

[Rich]

"We found nothing funny when we saw that picture was posted," Wilson said

as she chewed on her lip to avoid giggling.

[creech]

In that getup they probably would have been enthusiastically invited to a school assembly to preach to the students if it had been Black History Week.

[Greg]

'Nuff people say!
You know they can't believe
California, we have a blackface team!

[Apple]

Is an Obama mask considered "blackface"?

If not, I can see a market for a generic, African featured mask that can be worn by members of other races on Halloween as a workaround. I'm too lazy to do the work myself, so whoever runs with this idea can just toss a royalty check my way every now and then. Thanks.