White people aren't allowed to be African

[sspadowsky]

We discussed this in my Black Culture class today. I work literally right down the street from the school where this is happening.

The kid is supposedly running for the award based on the claim that he is African-American, which is bullshit in all but the most technical sense. This kid is no more African-American than I am the Queen of Armenia. It's bullshit, and it is insulting. It's an award to recognize an outstanding black student in the school, and it's awarded in February, during Black History Month.

Omaha is a pretty racially divided city, so of course some whit parents are all in an uproar over this. This shithead grew up with a privileged life in a segregated society. To try and call himself African-American in any way other than jokingly, is an insult to real African-American people who have been through a hell of a lot worse than he. This kid is a prick. Fuck him.