First of all, let's understand one thing. I never said Covington Catholic was or is racist.
Now, based on your facts let's look at the reality. If CCHS was compatable to Kentucky as a whole in racial equality wouldn't the overall figures also be comparable? There's a huge difference between 95.4% and 87% and there's an even larger difference between 7% and 0.2%. If the equality ratio were more in line with the overall Kentucky ratio, rather than 1 African American student, there would be 42.
However, let's look at a couple of other notable private male Catholic schools in Kentucky for a comparison. St. Xavier has an overall student population of 1346. The breakdown is as follows:
White - 90.6%
Hispanic - 2.4%
Multiracial - 2.3%
African American - 1.7%
Asian - 1.5%
Native American - 1.1%
Pacific Islander - 0.4%
^^^ That's probably more in line with the population figures for Kentucky.
For comparison sake, let's look at another all male private Catholic school in Kentucky. The breakdown for Trinity High School is as follows:
Student Diversity
White - 86.5%
African American - 6.5%
Hispanic - 2.6%
Multiracial - 2.1%
Asian - 2%
Native American - 0.3%
Pacific Islander - 0.1%
Unknown - 0%
^^^ That's right in line with Kentucky statistics.
Just for comparison sake, I'll also note the tuition figures for all 3 schools are drastically different. While both St.X and Trinity have a tuition of $13,000+, CCHS only has a tuition of $8,060.
Now, let's be realistic. Blackout games and whiteout games have been around a long time. People dress in the corresponding colors, they wear wigs, and in some situations, they also use paint. It's not in any way intended to be racial oriented. It's merely a motivational tool to boost team spirit and designed to be fun, not critical of any particular race. However, painting one's face black has always been considered a racial or derogatory act towards people of color. You can flip that coin however you want but the fact remains, if any action can be interpretated as offensive it should not be done. That's true for CCHS and every school in the United States. If schools are going to have blackout games, they need to restrict the code so that face painting in that manner is excluded.
Personally, I don't know if CCHS is racist or not and to be perfectly honest, I really don't care.
Further, I don't care how you or anyone else looks at it, I feel those kids were acting disrespectful at that protest. That's my opinion. You'll not change it and I doubt anything I say will change your opinion. I happen to believe a difference of opinion gives us the opportunity to be individuals. Have a nice read. :)
I don't understand your point in mentioning other schools racial demographics, unless it's to prove my point that a place with less blacks will have less racial diversity within it's schools. Since both those schools you mentioned are in Louisville, Ky, a city that has a 32% black population. More blacks within an area would naturally equate to the probability that more blacks would be enrolled in a private Catholic school.
If we drop the percentages and look at the raw numbers (estimated 2016) Park Hills, Ky Has 238 blacks, compared with Louisville's 140,000. Finding more blacks who are/would send their kids to a private Catholic School in Louisville raises by order of magnitude given the population. And explains why there is a little more variance, but still in line, with the states racial demographic in Park Hills.
"However, painting one's face black has always been considered a racial or derogatory act towards people of color." --ICNO
You mean only when white people do it, right? That seems to be the ongoing MO of all the anti-white rhetoric. Saying whites shouldn't put black on their face for school colors and calling them racists- sorry, "offensive" if they do, amounts to nothing more than a grandstanding witch-hunt to fuel the radical left wing political base into a frenzy. We already see how dangerous this is with the kids being threatened physically... over wearing school colors. Talk about unhinged.
"if any action can be interpretated as offensive it should not be done." --ICNO
So, if a group of people come up to you and tells you that your breathing is "offending" them, are you going to stop, or does common sense and logic kick in that you are doing nothing wrong and continue to breathe? Just the same, those kids are doing nothing wrong.
Now that I pointed out the absurdity in your 'logic' with a little bit of humor, let's go one step further and see how much you really believe in what you say, or is it all just a bunch of virtue signaling. Can you hold yourself to the same standard as you want others to be held? I find you posting on this forum to be offensive, can you please stop? I'm going to make a guess and say you won't, and this just highlights the hypocrisy of it all. The old "Do as I say, not as I do" Jedi mind trick.
"Personally, I don't know if CCHS is racist or not and to be perfectly honest, I really don't care." --ICNO
Going to have to call this into question. Why else would you make a comment on CCHS subject, and say they shouldn't do it cause it's view as "racist", sorry, "offfensive" if you really didn't care? It's obvious you have some concern and cared enough to voice your opinion. No need to be shy - I don't bite.
To your last few comments. I'm not here to change anyone's opinions.That's on them, out of ignorance or knowledge they can come to their own conclusions. It's all in good fun and I've enjoyed everyone's opinions, posts, views, subject matter and cognitive dissonance! :)
Thank you or your response, ICNO.
Edit: Spelling Hard.