{"id":1443593,"date":"2022-04-18T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443593"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:17:26","slug":"woke-crazies-falsely-accuse-dark-dj-of-wearing-blackface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-crazies-falsely-accuse-dark-dj-of-wearing-blackface\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Crazies Falsely Accuse Dark DJ of Wearing Blackface"},"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\">18<\/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-crazies-falsely-accuse-dark-dj-of-wearing-blackface%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=1443593&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Two local diversity advocates in Arizona are taking heat after calling a school district racist for hiring a DJ to perform in blackface \u2014 but it turns out the DJ was black.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Rhoden and Jill Lassen \u2014 who specialize in diversity, equity and inclusion \u2014 lambasted the Scottsdale Unified School District\u2019s Hopi Elementary PTA for its decision to hire Kim Koko Hunter, 56, a local black DJ, at a charity event.<\/p>\n<p>Both Rhoden and Lassen, who are involved in diversity work in the school district, slammed the school after seeing a picture of Hunter, only to later learn his race, <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonadailyindependent.com\/2022\/04\/14\/scottsdales-dei-gurus-accuse-black-dj-of-wearing-blackface\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Arizona Daily Independent<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DJ that the Hopi PTA hire[d] was, in fact a Black man,\u201d Hopi PTA president Megan Livengood wrote in response to Lassen in a message obtained by the outlet. \u201cIt is insulting that you feel myself or PTA condone racist behavior or encourage it by posting on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>The school district hired Kim Koko Hunter for a charity event in Arizona. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@AmandaWray\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Independent, Lassen, a librarian, responded by saying: \u201cYou are right, we should\u2019ve reached out and inquired before making such accusations. I 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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg\" alt=\"The DJ who was accused of doing blackface\" class=\"wp-image-21936280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=899 900w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=600 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The school district hired Kim Koko Hunter for a charity event in Arizona. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@kimkokohunter\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-5.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Koko Hunter\" class=\"wp-image-21936313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hunter played at the Hopi Elementary PTA\u2019s \u201cHopi Night Fever\u201d fundraiser on April 9. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@kimkokohunter\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Rhoden, who is an instructor at Arizona State University, did not appear particularly apologetic and posted a side-by-side image of Hunter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sarhoden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Facebook<\/a> to try to show that the DJ darkened his face even if he is black.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, a black man, apparently in black face is an entirely different discussion than a White person,\u201d he wrote on Facebook. \u201cHowever\u2026 it seems at the very least he is in darker make-up if not \u2018Black face\u2019 or I am completely mistaken and it\u2019s the lighting of the patio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden is a member of the district\u2019s Equity and Inclusion Committee and Lassen is a co-chair of the Scottsdale Parent Council diversity, equity and inclusion committee.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hunter\u2019s Facebook Live, an organizer called someone he works with following the event and asked if he was black.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-4.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Lassen\" class=\"wp-image-21936350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jill Lassen was one of the diversity advocates to speak out regarding Hunter\u2019s appearance. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-3.jpg\" alt=\"Stuart Rhoden\" class=\"wp-image-21936347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/woke-blackface-3.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Stuart Rhoden posted on Facebook noting that he believed Hunter had darkened his skin. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stuart Rhoden\/LinkedIn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey thought that the DJ there or the person there was in a black face, and the person that they thought was in black face was me,\u201d Hunter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait a minute, in their defense,\u201d he said to his friend on the Facebook Live with him, \u201chow many chips in the ice cream did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were probably thinking the same thing I am: Wow, there are no black people here,\u201d he said, laughing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hunter then ridiculed the accusation that he was a black man doing blackface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas I not Black enough? How black do I got to be for people to know that I\u2019m an actual Black person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden and the Scottsdale school district did not return requests for comment. 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