Graduate's father arrested for blocking Black superintendent from shaking daughter's hand
rawstory.com
The father of a Baraboo High School graduate blocked his daughter from shaking the hand of the Black superintendent as she graduated, video of the incident shows.
The school district, which has had repeated problems with racism and antisemitism, held its graduation Friday. The father was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, Wisconsin News reported.
The father, who has been identified as 49-year-old Matt Eddy, jumped on stage, grabbed the superintendent and began dragging him to the back of the stage.
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The article also mentions that it may have happened because the father was unhappy with how the superintendent had dealt with the daughter being bullied.
I mean, that's what he said.
But he didn't care about the white principal...
And he didn't just stop a handshake, he bullrushes the guy off the stage.
"Social media comments" = some redditors making shit up because they can't admit that racism exists.
It doesn't matter the source. Could be Facebook friends of the racist. A school superintendent does not handle bullying issues other than setting a general policy, being in the loop for expulsion/lawsuits, and firing negligent principals. It's horse shit however you slice it. I think I met a superintendent once or twice.
And of course every school district is identical.
Bottom line, we don't know shit about his motive. But ooh soo many people are so sure they somehow know.
I was leaning more towards social media comments = other racists doing damage control
-the father probably.
I guarantee you he did not say "black guy".
You're right, he probably said African American.
Gentleman of color
Urban citizenUrbanized American.Urban yoot, an older one.
If that was the case then he really hadn't thought of the optics of this.
If that's the case he picked a pretty bad time, place, and method of dealing with it.
Thank you for being one of the only people to show they actually read the article. You can remove black from the headline and this changes how everyone will react. It's hard to tell if it's racially motivated or he and this guy have had beef and he didn't want the guy in the video/picture they were gonna hang on the wall.
Yeah I was looking for someone to mention this.... Like, sure, the guy could be a frothing at the mouth racist, that's certainly possible. Or... There is some personal beef, without more information I dunno how everyone is so sure. He doesn't say anything overtly racist, we know what it looks like but that isn't the only possibility. Is there something I missed that justifies everyone's confidence here?