— karrington (@karrington_kk) November 1, 2019 Twitter user @karrington_kk uploaded the above video on Friday with the caption “Sooooooooo… one of our WHITE teachers at mhs yesterday decided to paint his face so look like common the rapper yesterday.” The unidentified teacher has since been suspended. According to a CNN report, the school district where he works issued a statement saying: It’s unclear at this time if the district intends to take further action. The issue of blackface, especially around Halloween, isn’t a new one. The opposition to blackface, due to its racist nature, derogatory origins, and dehumanizing overtones, is well-documented. Hardly a day goes by where a politician, teacher, or celebrity doesn’t get caught up in a whirlwind of trouble over some years-old image of them in blackface ending up on social media. And here you have an educator showing up to work in 2019, wearing blackface like it’s the 1950s, rapping about the future: You can’t make this stuff up.
