My Everything 23,397 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Parents are sounding off after an Ohio high school decorated for Black History Month with a “white entrance†and “colored entrance†poster. St. Bernard-Elmwood Place High School has removed the sign after complaints, but school officials are still defending the decoration, which superintendent Mimi Webb said has been “taken out of context.†The poster was part of an annual contest at the school in St. Bernard. “[it shows] how far we have come in society while acknowledging that we need to do more as a society,†she told news station WCPO on Friday. But parents are still shocked by the school’s approval of the poster and are demanding an apology. “My interpretation of Black History Month is that it’s a time to celebrate how far we have come as a nation, and this did not demonstrate how far we came,†said parent Jennifer Berry. “It demonstrated taking it back.†Berry, whose daughter is a student, said the decoration made her biracial daughter uncomfortable. “I feel like that door made her ashamed of who she is,†Berry said. “And she should never feel that way.†According to high school junior Cheran Sherman, who helped design the poster, it was intended to be about love and equality. “I started off with the black paper, which represents the colored entrance only, and then the white paper represents the white entrance only, and how they were separate; the Jim Crow laws—separate but equal—I had it in that state of mind,†Sherman said. Sherman said she never meant to offend other students. “It wasn’t meant to make people feel bad… and I guess people took it the wrong way,†she said. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mischo 7,462 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Idk why they did it lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,631 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 “It wasn’t meant to make people feel bad… and I guess people took it the wrong way,†Because there's no possible way children would take something like this the wrong way~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickwithsin 11,102 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 The person who approved that needs to rethink their life choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat 2,441 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeystan 10,291 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 oh lordt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb4 25,058 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 According to high school junior Cheran Sherman, who helped design the poster, it was intended to be about love and equality. how? “I started off with the black paper, which represents the colored entrance only, and then the white paper represents the white entrance only, and how they were separate; the Jim Crow laws—separate but equal—I had it in that state of mind,†Sherman said. what a genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeokdae 3,324 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 i don't think it's offensive though. it's just really crappy "art" that doesn't make a statement. it's literally just an exact copy of some shit that was real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorkyu 776 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 considering how notorious the jim crow laws were I would say having those laws in that state of mind isn't a good thing at all...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingDingDong. 61 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Air 1,135 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 What? Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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