KKK and Blackface: Former Callisburg ISD Teachers Accused of Racism
Yet another North Texas school district is fending off allegations of racism.
Last week, a years-old video emerged that appears to show a Callisburg ISD student dressed in a hooded mask resembling a Ku Klux Klan outfit. In it, he holds a cross and sports a DIY white hood and struts across the classroom as his peers — and a teacher — look on. Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” blares in the background.
North Texas anti-racism activist and community advocate Jessica Luther Rummel posted the video to social media. Shortly after, she published a damning follow-up: a photo of a former Callisburg volleyball coach in blackface.
“This is a culture of racism that is long outdated, and this kind of behavior has obviously been normalized,” Luther Rummel said. “One can tell that based on the comments of those defending it.”
Located about 80 miles north of Dallas, Callisburg is a small town in Cooke County. The nearby town of Gainesville has also come under fire in recent months because of a towering Confederate statue on its courthouse lawn. Last month, a Cooke County GOP precinct chair and his wife were arrested for their alleged participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/callisburg-isd-accused-of-racism-after-video-photo-emerged-dressed-in-blackface-as-kkk-12022378
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