Posted on 05/08/2019 10:45:44 AM PDT by simpson96
A woman reported a blackface incident to police Saturday after she saw a group of young people at a Mokena gas station in black facial masks.
The white teens had applied black peel-off facial masks before going to the Speedway at 19724 Wolf Road about 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Mokena Police Chief Steve Vaccaro said.
“[The masks] had to dry for a certain period of time, so they went to the Speedway to get slushies,” Vaccaro said.
He said the Freeman-brand masks were made out of volcanic ash and were supposed to clear pores. Facial masks such as this one typically are applied as a gel or liquid on an individual’s face.
A young woman took offense to the masks and told police it appeared the teenagers were depicting blackface – the racist practice of a white person darkening his or her face.
Blackface stems from minstrel shows in the early 1800s, in which white performers with blackened faces depicted blacks as lazy, ignorant and prone to criminal acts, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Vaccaro said police determined there was “no criminality,” but a school resource officer from Lincoln-Way School District 210 did reach out to the department for information on the incident.
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Say those words slowly.
Unbelievable.
Oh the horror
OMG, a blackface incident!?
“He said the Freeman-brand masks were made out of volcanic ash and were supposed to clear pores.”
Zits are racist.
[ He said the Freeman-brand masks were made out of volcanic ash and were supposed to clear pores. Facial masks such as this one typically are applied as a gel or liquid on an individual’s face. ]
My goodness. This is the crime of the century.
Should be on Huff Po and Yahoo before long.
This is absolutely proof of RUSSIAN COLLUSION!!
-PJ
They should have gone to Walmart.
Those look like Jugaloo faces. Not a wonderful cultural phenomenon, but certainly not illegal. Just like being in blackface isn’t.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=juggalo
Someone needs to calmly ask this woman what she perceives to be the illegal act here. And video her response, and post it on the Internet.
Now we know what happened to Jussie!
Jussie was telling the truth! Or something.....
The problem arises in that those wearing the "blackface" acted in a lawful and peaceful manner.
Fight them off with a Subway sandwich!
It’s the only way!
You must understand, this could be a hate crime!!
This is like the Khymer Rouge killing all people wearing spectacles.
Except more stupid.
Are Mime’s gonna be turned in for “whiteface” racism now?
If only there were a crime, then they'd get it!
“The white teens had applied black peel-off facial masks before going to the Speedway ....”
White teens? Now I AM confused.
Sounds a bit like “historical smoking”
Why did they school district feel their need to reach out to the cops..
A sample of a Korean charcoal mask.
This package would be problematic to a SJW snowflake.
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