Poll of the Day > 14 y/o White Kid was given PERMISSION by his TEACHER to wear a KKK Outfit!!!

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An anonymous white kid in California was given APPROVAL by his HISTORY TEACHER to wear his KKK OUTFIT to school as part of his "project"...but the kid wore it ALL DAY rather than just for class!!

Photos posted on social media had the 14 y/o freshman dressed head to toe in KKK regalia while walking around the school at Harbor Teacher Prepartion Academy in LA

He dressed as Hiram Wesley Evans, a dentist who became an imperial wizard of the national organization from 1922 to 1939 and oversaw a mob who branded KKK onto a black man's head forehead with ACID

Although other students dressed as historical figures, many felt the decision to appear as a violent white supremacist was out of line

Lance Dantignac, a senior said "He wore it like throughout the school, like nutrition, lunch things like that. I don't think that's appropriate"

Trinity Young also went toe to toe with the teacher who gave him permission as she said it rattled her to see someone be allowed to dress like that all day at school like a klansman.

The FEMALE TEACHER said that she compard the Klan to the BLACK PANTHER PARTY which Trinity said are 2 different things although no one dressed as a black panther.

The LA Unified School District said they are investigating the incident as they do not condone the incident

The student was seen giving the hitler pose and appearing around minority students while giving Trump's signature "thumbs up" as he tried to "hug" people as well.

Do you think this kid was purposely trying to piss people off?

The shocking pictures -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/16/15/4D4D8EA700000578-0-image-m-33_1529160250663.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/16/15/4D4D8ECA00000578-0-image-m-37_1529160273505.jpg

The Racist White Wizard he was trying to be -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/16/15/4D4D8F0300000578-0-Hiram_Wesley_Evans_who_was_Imperial_Wizard_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan_w-a-30_1529160233647.jpg
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Full Throttle posted...

Do you think this kid was purposely trying to piss people off?

Looks like he was being pretty cool with it.
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I understand keeping the kid anonymous, but why is the history teacher also being kept anonymous?
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Every time I see Daily Mail as a source here on this board, I take a shot. I get pretty hammered reading Brits' interpretations of foreign affairs and incidents. It's quite funny seeing how outraged people on this board then get over what they read, especially over irrelevant details. Seriously. I get it if you have a hate-boner for him, but you can't possibly justify believing that the president is the least bit relevant to this situation. I can only imagine how some of you would react to actual race-motivated violence.

The kid was given permission to dress as the figure for a class project. He instead chose to do so all day and is being punished for it. This is why in my school, when we had two guys playing buck-toothed, bowl-cut Chinese immigrants in the school play, they weren't even allowed to walk through the hallways of the school in costume and had to spend the entire showtime either in the green room or on the stage. Had they broken the rules, they would have been punished too.
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The outfit is very offensive, where did he get it tailored?

RoboXgp89 posted...

The outfit is very offensive, where did he get it tailored?

Someone like Chef from South Park. :P
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By chance a fellow Scout leader's son is a friend of this person and I was told he's not White, he's Chinese. As far as that student is concern, Evans is just a notable historical figure. I have mixed opinions about the censorship of infamous historical figures so have no stance as to whether or not the teacher or principle shoulda step in the moment they saw his costume. But as far as what I'm told from my fellow Scout leader, the student really did not mean any harm from this. Funny enough, I'm told that student is currently out of the country for summer break so might not even know about this fiasco.
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RoboXgp89 posted...

The outfit is very offensive, where did he get it tailored?

An outfit cannot be offensive.
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Notably absent are details surrounding the class project.

Full Throttle posted...

Trinity Young also went toe to toe with the teacher who gave him permission as she said it rattled her to see someone be allowed to dress like that all day at school like a klansman.

Well, if he took the hood off, everybody would know who he was. =p

Full Throttle posted...

The student was seen giving the hitler pose and appearing around minority students while giving Trump's signature "thumbs up"

I forgot that the thumbs-up was never used before Trump. He totally created that gesture and is its only user >_>

Full Throttle posted...

Do you think this kid was purposely trying to piss people off?

The actions described don't sound antagonistic, just goofy kid shit (and the primary people offended by a person in a KKK outfit hugging a black man would probably be actual KKK members). So it comes down to why he was wearing he was wearing the outfit in the first place, which requires additional context. That said, it's a kinda stupid thing to do in this day and age regardless of any legitimacy.

Golden Road posted...

I understand keeping the kid anonymous, but why is the history teacher also being kept anonymous?

Among other issues, knowing the teacher could make it easier to identify the student. It's the same reason why places avoid mentioning a parent's name when their child is accused of something.

Gunsandredroses posted...

It's quite funny seeing how outraged people on this board then get over what they read, especially over irrelevant details. Seriously. I get it if you have a hate-boner for him, but you can't possibly justify believing that the president is the least bit relevant to this situation.

Americans are kinda used to the president being awkwardly shoehorned into everything since it's a trick that the media uses to cultivate animus. And, of course, if you call out nonsense like this, you get people like Chewy insisting you must be a Trump supporter.
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The class project looks to be mentioned in the article and the reasoning was shit. I can't imagine a 14 year old didn't think about how a whole would feel about them wearing that, so that part about meaning no harm is just hilarious. The teacher is dumb as fuck.
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wtf duckbear? Trump did not invent the thumbs up. are you insane? this is the worst thing maybe you ever said

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

RoboXgp89 posted...

The outfit is very offensive, where did he get it tailored?

An outfit cannot be offensive.

Do you understand how symbols work? An outfit can most definitely be considered offensive.

JTekashiro posted...

Do you understand how symbols work? An outfit can most definitely be considered offensive.

Why, yes, I do understand how symbols work. In fact the letters we're using to communicate now are symbols. As are numbers. Do you think any letters or numbers are offensive? I'm going to conclude "no" on the assumption that I'm communicating with a rational person.

Symbols themselves are not offensive. It's how a symbol is used or how others are lead to perceive it that makes something offensive. In this case it does not appear that the outfit was being used in an offensive manner and thus not leading anyone to perceive it as offensive.

Anyone taking offense at the outfit are doing so of their own volition.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

JTekashiro posted...

Do you understand how symbols work? An outfit can most definitely be considered offensive.

Why, yes, I do understand how symbols work. In fact the letters we're using to communicate now are symbols. As are numbers. Do you think any letters or numbers are offensive? I'm going to conclude "no" on the assumption that I'm communicating with a rational person.

Symbols themselves are not offensive. It's how a symbol is used or how others are lead to perceive it that makes something offensive. In this case it does not appear that the outfit was being used in an offensive manner and thus not leading anyone to perceive it as offensive.

Anyone taking offense at the outfit are doing so of their own volition.

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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

In fact the letters we're using to communicate now are symbols. As are numbers. Do you think any letters or numbers are offensive?

Just because some symbols arent offensive doesnt mean all of them arent.
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It could've just been satire.

And depending on how popular he is, some kids may have taken it in stride. Either way, it's obviously not appropriate for school, but teenagers will be teenagers.
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Zangulus posted...

You may be content living in a bubble of 24 hours, but the world doesnt. Symbols can be inherently offensive due to historical reasons.

Very well, what are the reasons for an outfit to be offensive.
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Zeus posted...

Golden Road posted...

I understand keeping the kid anonymous, but why is the history teacher also being kept anonymous?

Among other issues, knowing the teacher could make it easier to identify the student. It's the same reason why places avoid mentioning a parent's name when their child is accused of something.

I would agree, except that they named another student and another teacher at the school. If the Internet wanted to make an example of this kid, they already have enough information without knowing the name of the specific history teacher.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Zangulus posted...

You may be content living in a bubble of 24 hours, but the world doesnt. Symbols can be inherently offensive due to historical reasons.

Very well, what are the reasons for an outfit to be offensive?

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Golden Road posted...

Zeus posted...

Golden Road posted...

I understand keeping the kid anonymous, but why is the history teacher also being kept anonymous?

Among other issues, knowing the teacher could make it easier to identify the student. It's the same reason why places avoid mentioning a parent's name when their child is accused of something.

I would agree, except that they named another student and another teacher at the school. If the Internet wanted to make an example of this kid, they already have enough information without knowing the name of the specific history teacher.

Uh, what? They already named the school. The fact that they named others *at* the school which they already named is pointless because all that does is help them identify the school. The name of the actual teacher is more significant. It's like identifying a town where somebody lives vs identifying the street they live on.
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Zeus posted...

Golden Road posted...

Zeus posted...

Golden Road posted...

I understand keeping the kid anonymous, but why is the history teacher also being kept anonymous?

Among other issues, knowing the teacher could make it easier to identify the student. It's the same reason why places avoid mentioning a parent's name when their child is accused of something.

I would agree, except that they named another student and another teacher at the school. If the Internet wanted to make an example of this kid, they already have enough information without knowing the name of the specific history teacher.

Uh, what? They already named the school. The fact that they named others *at* the school which they already named is pointless because all that does is help them identify the school. The name of the actual teacher is more significant. It's like identifying a town where somebody lives vs identifying the street they live on.

...dunno' how I missed that. That's on me.

I don't see how naming the teacher would make it any easier or harder to figure out the kid's identity, still. It's less like your example, and more like identifying a town where somebody lives vs. identifying where they buy groceries. If you know the town where someone lives, knowing where they buy their groceries doesn't really add much useful information. If you know what school someone attends, knowing which teachers they have isn't very helpful in figuring out who they are.
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Golden Road posted...

I don't see how naming the teacher would make it any easier or harder to figure out the kid's identity, still. It's less like your example, and more like identifying a town where somebody lives vs. identifying where they buy groceries. If you know the town where someone lives, knowing where they buy their groceries doesn't really add much useful information. If you know what school someone attends, knowing which teachers they have isn't very helpful in figuring out who they are.

A teacher only has so many students per class and so many classes per day. As such, that narrows things down immensely. Meanwhile a grocery store can have tens of thousands of unique customers across the span of a month, some of whom might only pop in for a few minutes.

The school only has 443 students. We know that the kid is a freshman, so that narrows it down to probably under 150 students. Figure half are female and that brings us to fewer than 75 students. If you add one more tag to that, you can narrow the pool down to maybe 30 or fewer students. With the teacher's name, there are probably several posters here who could have his identity by the end of tonight if they wanted.
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Zeus posted...

Golden Road posted...

I don't see how naming the teacher would make it any easier or harder to figure out the kid's identity, still. It's less like your example, and more like identifying a town where somebody lives vs. identifying where they buy groceries. If you know the town where someone lives, knowing where they buy their groceries doesn't really add much useful information. If you know what school someone attends, knowing which teachers they have isn't very helpful in figuring out who they are.

A teacher only has so many students per class and so many classes per day. As such, that narrows things down immensely. Meanwhile a grocery store can have tens of thousands of unique customers across the span of a month, some of whom might only pop in for a few minutes.

The school only has 443 students. We know that the kid is a freshman, so that narrows it down to probably under 150 students. Figure half are female and that brings us to fewer than 75 students. If you add one more tag to that, you can narrow the pool down to maybe 30 or fewer students. With the teacher's name, there are probably several posters here who could have his identity by the end of tonight if they wanted.

Can you just get that info, though...
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LinkPizza posted...

Zeus posted...

Golden Road posted...

I don't see how naming the teacher would make it any easier or harder to figure out the kid's identity, still. It's less like your example, and more like identifying a town where somebody lives vs. identifying where they buy groceries. If you know the town where someone lives, knowing where they buy their groceries doesn't really add much useful information. If you know what school someone attends, knowing which teachers they have isn't very helpful in figuring out who they are.

A teacher only has so many students per class and so many classes per day. As such, that narrows things down immensely. Meanwhile a grocery store can have tens of thousands of unique customers across the span of a month, some of whom might only pop in for a few minutes.

The school only has 443 students. We know that the kid is a freshman, so that narrows it down to probably under 150 students. Figure half are female and that brings us to fewer than 75 students. If you add one more tag to that, you can narrow the pool down to maybe 30 or fewer students. With the teacher's name, there are probably several posters here who could have his identity by the end of tonight if they wanted.

Can you just get that info, though...

Some info is easier than others, but a lot of it is publicly available in some form. If you're asking if I could personally do it myself, I'm not sure. The school's website seems to cover a lot of information, though, and other stuff you could probably get off social.
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