In the latest episode of “When Wokeism Goes Wrong,” two diversity advocates are in hot water after calling out a school district for doing a racism. There was much more, however.
Stuart Rhoden and Jill Lassen, who specialize in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), slammed Scottsdale Unified School District’s Hopi Elementary PTA for hiring a DJ for one of their charity events. The hiring of Kim Koko Hunter, who performed in blackface, was a matter for dispute.
It sounds awful, doesn’t it?
Hunter is also a black man.
Two wokeism followers who worked with the district realized what they did wrong later. You can read the entire article here Arizona Daily IndependentMegan Livengood, president of Hopi PTA, wrote a note to Lassen to rectify the error. “The DJ that the Hopi PTA hire[d] was, in fact a Black man,” she wrote. “It is insulting that you feel myself or PTA condone racist behavior or encourage it by posting on social media.”
Lassen, who works in librarianship, apologized for her answer.
You are right, we should’ve reached out and inquired before making such accusations. It is hard to imagine the pain, anger, and frustration that you experienced after volunteering so many hours for your event. Please accept my sincerest apologies.
However, Rhoden wasn’t quite so willing to consume the plate of crow on his table. A post he made on Facebook featuring a picture of Hunter and him side-by-side, in an attempt to demonstrate that he had changed his appearance even though Hunter is black.
“Let me be clear, a black man, apparently in black face is an entirely different discussion than a White person,” he wrote. “However… it seems at the very least he is in darker make-up if not ‘Black face’ or I am completely mistaken and it’s the lighting of the patio.”
Hunter stated that an organizer called Hunter to confirm that Hunter is melanated. “They thought that the DJ there or the person there was in a black face, and the person that they thought was in black face was me,” Hunter said.
“Wait a minute, in their defense,” he said to his friend who was broadcasting with him, “how many chips in the ice cream did you see?”
“They were probably thinking the same thing I am: wow there are no black people here,” he concluded while laughing.
“Was I not Black enough? How black do I got to be for people to know that I’m an actual Black person,” he quipped.
This moment is too embarrassing to be called cringeworthy. You can easily see the events that occurred here. These two individuals were so eager to call something racist that when they saw the picture, they didn’t even bother to consider that Hunter was actually a black person. They may have believed that they would be rewarded for exposing yet another instance of how racist America is. They ended up looking like complete fools. But this is what happens when wokeism is your religion, isn’t it? All zealots will go crazy, regardless of their faith. Unfortunately, these Zealots are not held to the same standards as those two.
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