Activists who accused a primary school of racism for hiring a DJ “wearing blackface” have had to backtrack after finding the musician was in fact a Black man.
Stuart Rhoden and Jill Lassen, the two diversity advocates from Arizona, lambasted the Scottsdale Unified School District’s Hopi Elementary PTA for its decision to hire 56-year–old local DJ Kim Koko Hunter for a charity event.
Both Mr Rhoden and Ms Lassen, who are involved in diversity work in the school district, were informed after their attack that Mr Hunter is, in fact, a Black man, and was not wearing blackface.
