{"id":1443505,"date":"2022-04-18T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443505"},"modified":"2022-04-18T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:30:08","slug":"woke-diversity-advocates-accuse-dj-of-wearing-blackface-hes-actually-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-diversity-advocates-accuse-dj-of-wearing-blackface-hes-actually-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Diversity Advocates Accuse DJ Of Wearing Blackface. He\u2019s Actually Black."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-diversity-advocates-accuse-dj-of-wearing-blackface-hes-actually-black%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-97084057-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A pair of Arizona diversity advocates who accused a DJ at a disco-themed charity auction of wearing blackface were left with egg on their own faces when the man turned out to be African American.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Rhoden, an instructor in ASU\u2019s University College, and Jill Lassen, a librarian who serves as co-chair for the Scottsdale Parent Council (SPC), were quick to accuse the Hopi PTA in an undisclosed email of racism based on photos of the April 9 event. One picture showed DJ Koko Kim Hunter joined by other attendees, all of them dressed in 1970\u2019s themed attire, the <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonadailyindependent.com\/2022\/04\/14\/scottsdales-dei-gurus-accuse-black-dj-of-wearing-blackface\/\">Arizona Daily Independent<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Livengood, head of the Hopi PTA, responded to the pair with an angry email of her own, stating that she was \u201cdeeply offended\u201d by the \u201cfalse and hurtful\u201d accusation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scottsdale Parent Council is an organization that claims to encourage diversity and inclusion; accusing the Hopi PTA and myself a hiring a DJ that participated in racist behavior is absolutely against your mission,\u201d Livengood wrote. \u201cThe DJ that the Hopi PTA hire was, in fact a Black man. It is insulting that you feel myself or PTA condone racist behavior or encourage it by posting on social media. After such a successful event to support our school it\u2019s disheartening to to (sic) believe in organization we pay to be part of (SPC) would send out such an aggressive response without checking the facts first or simply picking up the phone to discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A contrite Lassen, a self-described \u201cally to the LGBTQ+ community\u201d\u00a0who serves as co-chair of the Scottsdale Parents Organization\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion committee,\u00a0and has referred to parents as \u201csuper rich White Karens,\u201d told Livengood she was sorry for jumping to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are right, we should\u2019ve reached out and inquired before making such accusations,\u201d Lassen wrote in an email to\u00a0Livengood. \u201cI cannot fathom the hurt, anger and frustration you felt after you and others volunteered countless hours on your event. Again I truly apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lassen\u2019s fellow accuser, Rhoden, \u201cis a member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottsdale.org\/city_news\/susd-rushed-to-form-equity-panel-emails-show\/article_1dbb242a-b7d0-11ea-9b64-b7d72df93dd0.html\">Scottsdale Unified\u2019s Equity and Inclusion Committee<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottsdaleaz.gov\/boards\/human-relations-commission\">Scottsdale Human Relations Commission<\/a>, which claims to \u2018promote all dimensions of diversity\u2019 as an advisory body to the mayor, city council and staff,\u201d the Independent reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kim Koko Hunter was hired to DJ the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottsdaleUSD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@scottsdaleUsd<\/a> PTA Disco Night. An amazing evening, raised $300k+ for Hopi. Monday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPC_AZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SPC_AZ<\/a> &#038; Dr. DEI himself, Stuart Rhoden and DEI Chairs Jill Lassen &#038; Brad Duell accuse Koko, a black man, of blackface. Racist see racism everywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TjKKM1FbAc\">pic.twitter.com\/TjKKM1FbAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amanda Wray (@AmandaWray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandaWray\/status\/1514080752471662598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rhoden wasn\u2019t apologetic, insisting improbably on Facebook that he never said Hunter was not black and that it was possible that Hunter was a black man wearing blackface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, a Black man, apparently in Black face is an entirely different discussion than a White person,\u201d Rhoden wrote. \u201cHowever, I did not state that the person was White. It was assumed that was my intent, and perhaps it was, but nonetheless, looking on his FB page (photos below), it seems at the very least he is in darker make-up if not \u201cBlack face\u201d or I am completely mistaken and it\u2019s the lighting of the patio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Wray, a Scottsdale Unified School District activist, blasted the SPC, of which Lassen and Rhoden are a part, for the baseless attack on the larger PTA which funds the smaller group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SPC is so intent on finding racism they will go so far as to accuse a member of one of the communities they claim to advocate for of reprehensible behavior,\u201d Wray said. \u201cThis hateful nonsense has to stop. This organization needs to be defunded by every Scottsdale PTA\/PTO\/APT. If you are an SUSD parent, I encourage you to contact your parent organization and ask that they stop funding this hate group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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