Parents have filed a lawsuit against a church school for falsely accusing their children of racism because of a photograph in which they are depicted with painted faces. The Daily Mail reports.
This is a shot taken in 2017, but the consequences of the shooting became known only now. The photo shows three 14-year-olds with dark green face paint.
In 2020, the California high school of St. Francis in Mountain View discovered the mentioned frame and demanded that students voluntarily drop out of school for insulting blacks – “blackface” (blackface – a cartoon image of blacks – approx. “Lenta.ru”).
The parents of the accused filed a libel lawsuit against the school in the Santa Clara County Supreme Court and demanded damages in the amount of $ 20 million (1.4 billion rubles). The statement states that one of the boys suffered from acne and had acne cream applied to the children’s faces.
“This lawsuit is an attempt to protect our honor and reputation, and to clarify what really happened. This innocent photograph has been taken out of context. Its meaning has been distorted in the midst of nationwide social unrest over George’s death. Floyd, “they explained.
Despite the fact that the students themselves tried to explain to the management of the educational institution that their photo does not carry any offensive connotations, the headmaster Katie Teekell called their parents and said that their children are no longer welcome guests at school. … She added that the reason is not in the boys’ true motives, but in the way their actions appear from the outside.
The incident negatively affected the reputation of the boys’ families, and they were forced to move to another area. At first, Tickell promised not to report the incident to other schools in the district, but later she changed her mind and said that she would only tell her colleagues the truth.
In December 2020, Russian models accused of racism spoke about the threats of foreigners. Krasnodar fashion models Alena Melnikova and Anastasia Semyonovyh posted on Instagram a photo in clothes from the collaboration of the singer Beyoncé’s brand Ivy Park with Adidas. At the same time, self-tanning was applied to the girl’s skin, one of them braided her hair into African braids, and the other made lush curls.