Boy Goes Black Face To Portray Martin Luther King But Elementary School Kicks Him Out!
"A second-grader at Meridian Ranch Elementary
school in Colorado Springs was pulled out of class
on Wednesday for painting his face black.
Sean King dressed up as Martin Luther King, Jr.
for a class project.
“It was wax museum day for the second-graders and
each one dressed up as a historical figure they
were assigned,” said Sean’s mother, Michelle King-
Roca.
King-Roca said Sean was so excited for the
project.
“He said, 'Mom, I want to wear a black suit
because that’s what he wore, a black tie, a white
shirt and also I want to do my face black and wear
a mustache,” said King-Roca.
Sean’s parents came with him to school, as did the
other second grade parents, to watch the
presentations.
“Right before it was time to come in (to the
classroom), the principal came up and stated he
(Sean) was to take the face mask off. There was a
person in the faculty that had an issue with it,”
said King-Roca.
King-Roca said she and her husband, Anthony, were
stunned and shocked." - KRDO