Photos, video of white Illinois high school students in blackface leads to outrage

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Photos and a video posted online that show several white Chicago-area high school students in blackface has led school officials to condemn the incident and caused outrage among classmates, who staged a walkout Tuesday.

In the photos posted over the weekend on Facebook, three Homewood-Flossmoor High School students are seen in a car with their faces painted black.

To protest the social media posts, roughly a thousand of students walked out Tuesday around 12 p.m. chanting"We want justice" and"No place for blackface," according to theIn a letter sent Sunday to parents and students, Homewood-Flossmoor High School said school officials had met with those involved in the"culturally insensitive" incident.

Based on information supplied by the school, there are almost 3,000 students at Homewood-Flossmoor and almost 70 percent of the student body is African American. Due to confidentiality laws, the school could not say whether disciplinary action will be taken against the teenagers.

 

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It has to be an obsession !

Poor misguided youths with nothing more to do than show their ignorance and how well they were raised. I'm sure their parents are proud of them.

Lol so sad the devil get so involved and them the ones y'all need to look out for that's all you see in the news the devil in all type of uniform sad

Kids are like “fuck yeah a reason to skip!”

“Chicago area”. Lmao Uh...yeah, I guess Indiana is also Chicago area? And, like, Winsconsin? Fuck it, just label every negative thing “CHICAGO AREA”. lol

Condemn? So they were not expelled?

THERE WAS LITERALLY A MOVIE CALLED WHITE CHICKS WHERE THE WAYANS BROTHERS DID WHITE FACE FOR 2 HOURS STRAIGHT. I'm white as snow - and that movie was fantastic.

Should Put s*** on they faces. Not black.

Its high school, There is time to fix stupid.

The leaders of tomorrow. What could go wrong?

Poor taste. But still free speech.

How many shot in Chicago? That is the news!!

Oh btw they walked out for something that didn't even happen in school the school system needs 2 stop wasting money trying 2 educate these mental deficients and try and teach them how 2 deal with life grow a thicker skin stop being babies before they end up like millennials.

Cool day off school ya know i used 2 get suspended when i did stuff like walking out of the school skipping class not listening 2 the teachers principal funny that must be some kind of new privilege these little prince's and princess's have 2 do this and not get in trouble

HENRY30126252 Trump needs to address the nation immediately and put a stop on this violence because of him, he must denounce all racists and homegrown terrorists

Because this is the largest of Chicago's issues.....

I’m incredibly thankful for technology and the images of these idiots and others for their deliberate racist acts that are documented for the world to see. For their communities, they’re harmless acts. For others, it’s an understanding of what POC have experienced for centuries.

Wait wait wait. They’re dressed up as Ralph Northam and Mark Herring getting ready to rape someone like Justin Fairfax. ThatsTwitterGoldBaby

these students should be left behind

Blackface isn’t racist, it’s mockery.

In Virginia they elect one of these students Gov.

RaceBaiting news orgs already have blood on their hands. Yet they continue the incitement.

Looks to me like you all need to grow up. If what a couple of kids do bothers you so much, you must have lived a very sheltered life.

These people are still employed by networks even today. Fake outrage!!

Ain’t nobody got time for that

They think its cute . And they will get away with it as well. You all seem to forget we are living in Trump twilight zone. The racist have been embolden.

Kids will be kids . I’ve seen black kids doing exactly the same things. Probably these kids watched this movie.

What all that is happening now in this country, right now these misguided kids are the least of our problems

I’m black and I’m not outraged. They are stupid kids. Unfortunately in today’s America adults are behaving like rats and squirrels

Maybe they are trying to help Jussie ?

This proves that maybe *some* bullying might not be a bad thing. Because in my day any kid who did that could have expected to, and rightfully so, get their ass beat. Bad.

Why is it the school being held responsible here instead of the parents? Was the act committed on school grounds or by school employees?

Although sad, Chicago has bigger problems.

If the governor of Virginia can do it, anyone can.

I blame tide pods and bath salts

Expel them. Done.

don't blur these pieces of shit

Will never learn

So what?

NOT ONE..NOT ONE GOD DAMN DAY WITHOUT WHITE FUCKERY

Get a life.

Were they going to attack Jussie?

MAGA heathens back at it again

Lmao are there no other things to be outraged about than a bunch of edgy boyz painting themselves

Who gives a crap ? Fake news

Anyone search them for winter clothing and bleach?

What are we crying about this time, a little Ralph Northam action? 😂😂😂

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