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A Jury Of Their Peers.
A California jury awarded blackface-wearing teens one million dollars. It is beautiful in America when the accused can get an actual jury of their peers. If David Duke goes out and unjustly kills a bunch of Black people, David Duke would be happy to get a jury of his peers to sit in judgment.
David Duke could bet his bottom dollar his like-minded peers would set him free to kill again. The jury may even award David Duke an at-ta-boy million-dollar reward. During the George Floyd protests of 2020, America was deeply divided between those who celebrated George Floyd’s death and those who found it disturbing.
The streets were filled with those sympathetic to the family of George Floyd. Then there were the Fox News crowd and teenagers like Kyle Rittenhouse, who took up arms in defense of Floyd’s killing. Amid the summer of protests division, three California boys donned “blackface” on social media. Everyone had a statement to show their support for their prospective side. Naturally, the blackface-wearing teens went viral on social media.
Youthful Indiscretion? The Hulk
The twenty-one-year-old men whom the Court gave more than a million dollars for wearing blackface were fourteen years old when they donned it. One of the teens even painted his lips black.
When the private school they attended, Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California, suspended them, their parents cried foul. They hired an attorney who came up with a novel defense. Their defense states: Those weren’t black faces the boys wore. Those were green faces.
Thin Line Between Free Speech And Free Speech
Most people would argue that wearing blackface is not free speech. The dye on their faces was a green face mask that turned black when it stayed on their face over time. This green-face acne creme makeup is the Hulk’s defense. The Hulk is an average person until he gets upset, and then he turns into a green monster.
The Summer protests of 2020 turned many people, such as Kyle Rittenhouse, into monsters. While society should allow room for some youthful indiscretions, at the same time, society will have to make sure it is not fostering future bigots by rewarding them with substantial financial payouts for their behaviors.
After the Superior Court of California handed down the verdict, the attorney for the plaintiffs said,“The jury rightly confirmed that Saint Francis High School’s procedures were unfair to our clients and that the school is not above the law.”
Saint Francis High School spokesperson in Mountain View said the school plans to appeal the verdict.
Clinton Franklin is a formally trained Computer Scientist and a writer at heart. Clinton is an avid observer of nature and a lover of people and diverse cultures. He adheres to the adage, “Think globally, but act locally.”
It is crucial to be forward-thinking but not a forward person. “Be kind to everyone you meet because each carries his heavy burden…” Plato.
Embrace the three Constants: Change, Justice, and Rightness.
The thought police are busy at work trying to suppress free speech — if allowed their march to madness — they will arrest your very thoughts.
