Idaho School Teachers Dress as Mexican Stereotypes, Border Wall

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Probably depends on the context, but then again I don’t know what eating watermelon and fried chicken has to do with black people, so I must be missing something.
 
If it’s meant to hurt and ridicule, it would not be ok. In this case though, it’s pretty clear, at least to me, that this was not the intention, it was just to depict a current issue that happens to involve Mexicans - it is not a statement about Mexicans being somehow inferior, which is what racism would be. I wish people wouldn’t take themselves so seriously sometimes.
 
But don’t you see how that distinction might be lost on a middle schooler? Teachers need to remember that they’re dealing with children. I know the kids weren’t there, but it’s pretty easy to foresee it getting out there.

And to be clear, I’m not saying they’re like the worst people ever and they need to be fired. But I do think a “what were you idiots thinking” reprimand is appropriate.
 
mwigs said:
Are they being punished for violating a school guideline? If not the school district is in violation of their 1st Amendment rights.
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Free speech is about the ability to freely express your ideas. The reaction of society is your responsibility. Yes, this was very offensive and likely done on school time or certainly with people knowing they all worked at the same school. It makes you wonder who is teaching our children.
Salmonslayer said:
As the father of a son with Mexican grandparents, I find this pretty hilarious
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Your one opinion does not make it funny, and really, you aren’t Mexican anyway.
 
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semper_catholicus said:
When I consider the definition of racism, I don’t see how what these teachers are doing is racist.
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Call it racism or not, but stereotyping people is not charitable.
mwigs said:
People may want to learn the background and facts before so blindly following the media and making judgements.
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I don’t see how your background information makes this any better.
mwigs said:
Their antics? Apparently (according to the teachers) this was a costume contest and team building meeting.
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It’s not the activity that’s the problem. It is how they approached it.
mwigs said:
It took place after school hours with teachers only present.
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The last time I checked, doing something behind closed doors does not make it OK. Also, the last time I checked, posting a picture means that it is no longer behind closed doors.
mwigs said:
These type of team building events happen all the time
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And they generally don’t include stereotyping people.
 
Kids are smarter than we give them credit for. If a kid misunderstands something or is confused or offended, the job of a parent is to explain what the consume means, instead of expecting adults to dumb down their activities to children’s level just because they work with kids and kids might see the pictures. I’m pretty sure the reason a kid might be offended to begin with is that he hears from parents and the leftist media that the wall is somehow anti-Mexican.
 
Okay, but I don’t see how what these teachers did was racist.
 
It’s not racist in the sense that jumping someone in an alley and beating them because of their race is racist, of course. It’s much milder than that. But it’s still something we can acknowledge as inappropriate and in poor taste.
 
Okay, but that doesn’t explain how it’s racist. I mean this in the kindest way possible.
 
The word racist is overused. Is American a race?People of all races live in Mexico…
 
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