US News ‘I Did Not State the Person Was White’ - They Wrongly Accuse An African-American DJ of Wearing Blackface

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‘I Did Not State the Person Was White’: One Scottsdale Diversity Expert Struggles to Face the Truth, Another Apologizes After They Wrongly Accuse An African-American DJ of Wearing Blackface

Two Arizona advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) called out the Scottsdale Unified school district PTA group, saying members hired a man in blackface during its recent charity event.

Both activists, a Black man and the other a white woman, took to social media to blast the occasion, unaware the person in question was actually a locally acclaimed African-American entertainer, naturally dark-skinned without makeup.

Stuart Rhoden, an Arizona State University instructor and Jill Lassen, a local librarian, sounded the alarm against Scottsdale Unified School District’s Hopi Elementary PTA for securing DJ Koko Kim Hunter to host their disco-themed fundraiser on Saturday, April 9, believing he’d painted his skin brown to mock Black people — through the racist practice of blackfacing.

'I Did Not State the Person Was White': One Scottsdale Diversity Expert Struggles to Face the Truth, Another Apologizes After They Wrongly Accuse An African-American DJ of Wearing Blackface

Two Arizona advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) called out the Scottsdale Unified school district PTA group, saying members hired a man

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