{"id":2241153,"date":"2024-05-09T17:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-removed-from-catholic-school-for-blackface-awarded-1m-by-jury-after-seeing-what-really-happened\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:18:40","slug":"students-removed-from-catholic-school-for-blackface-awarded-1m-by-jury-after-seeing-what-really-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-removed-from-catholic-school-for-blackface-awarded-1m-by-jury-after-seeing-what-really-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Students who were expelled from a Catholic school for a &#8216;Blackface&#8217; incident were awarded $1 million by a jury upon discovering the true details of the situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">54<\/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%2Fstudents-removed-from-catholic-school-for-blackface-awarded-1m-by-jury-after-seeing-what-really-happened%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=2241153&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--><p>Two former \u2064students \u200dexpelled from a California Catholic school over a &#8216;blackface&#8217;\u2063 misunderstanding were awarded $1 million by a \u200bjury. The image that led to their expulsion was misconstrued, resulting in a legal \u200dbattle that concluded \u200dwith a \u200csignificant settlement. The incident highlights the importance of fair treatment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-scales-back-bias-response-teams-after-legal-challenge\/\" title=\"College Scales Back \u2018Bias Response\u2019 Teams After Legal Challenge\">disciplinary actions<\/a> at private schools. The incident \u200binvolving two former students expelled from a California\u2063 Catholic school due to a &#8216;blackface&#8217; misunderstanding sheds light on the significance of fair treatment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-school-suspends-7-year-old-girl-36-days-for-not-wearing-mask\/\" title=\"Florida School Suspends 7-Year-Old Girl 36 Days for Not Wearing Mask\">school disciplinary actions<\/a>. A jury awarded them $1 million \u200dafter the misinterpreted image that triggered their expulsion was clarified through a legal battle, culminating in a substantial settlement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Students Removed from Catholic School for &#8216;Blackface&#8217; Awarded $1M by Jury After Seeing What Really Happened<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 9, 2024 at 12:45pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Two former California high school students who were expelled after being accused of wearing \u201cblackface\u201d seven years ago are walking away from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-grand-jury-seated-for-next-stage-of-trump-investigation\/\" title=\"New Grand Jury Seated for Next Stage of Trump Investigation\">lengthy legal battle<\/a> with plenty of cash to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>The families of the two students sued their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fentanyl-smoking-strip-used-bookmark-san-franciscos-main-library-taken-homeless-drug-addicts-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco<\/a>-area Catholic high school, which expelled them without hearing their side of the story in 2020 when an image posted online showed them donning dark coloring on their faces.<\/p>\n<p>The coloring ended up being a sediment mask for acne prevention and treatment, but that did not stop the teens from being hit with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/9-year-old-chiefs-fan-blackface-defamation-suit-woke-sports-site-attended-super-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blackface<\/a>\u201d allegations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-05-08\/two-expelled-bay-area-high-school-students-awarded-1-million-in-blackface-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>, the offending image was taken in 2017 but circulated online in May 2020 during the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/city-paying-millions-protesters-faced-police-george-floyd-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wave of racial unrest<\/a> after George Floyd died in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The former students, whose names were given as AH and HH in the lawsuit, were offered two options by St. Francis High School in Mountain View when the image sparked outrage on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/supreme-court-rules-social-media-case-gives-citizens-big-power-politicians-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The boys were told they could accept expulsion or they could voluntarily withdraw from the elite school. Both were ultimately kicked out of St. Francis.<\/p>\n<p>Their parents later sued, asking a court to award them $20 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later, a Santa Clara County jury agreed Monday that the boys did not receive due process and ordered the school to pay up.<\/p>\n<p>AH and HH will receive $500,000 apiece and will have a combined $70,000 in tuition refunded to them.<\/p>\n<p>The supposed \u201cblackface\u201d they were wearing was a light green face mask that turned a darker shade of green once it dried.<\/p>\n<p>Three teens were seen in one image that went viral and angered scores of people online.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Parents, students demand change at St. Francis High School after blackface Snapchat <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7T6Wdt8teg\">https:\/\/t.co\/7T6Wdt8teg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX40 News (@FOX40) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX40\/status\/1364750210057064450?\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Krista Baughman, an attorney for one of the former St. Francis High School students, celebrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-liberals-may-celebrating-now-verdict-trump-soon-backfire-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verdict<\/a> in a comment to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case is significant not only for our clients but for its groundbreaking effect on all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-31\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 31)\">private high schools<\/a> in California, which are now legally required to provide fair procedure to students before punishing or expelling them,\u201d Baughman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jury rightly confirmed that Saint Francis High School\u2019s procedures were unfair to our clients and that the school is not above the law,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The family of AH said in a statement, \u201cWe want to sincerely thank the jury and the court system for helping our boys and our families find justice, which now paves the way for their names to be cleared for things they never did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The families had asked for damages from alleged defamation, but the jury disagreed the school had damaged their reputations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is wokeism infecting schools?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A representative of St. Francis High School said administrators \u201crespectfully disagree with the jury\u2019s conclusion as to the lesser claim regarding the fairness of our disciplinary review process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school also hinted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/georgia-appeals-court-gives-trump-great-news-fight-fani-willis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an appeal<\/a> when it said it was \u201cexploring legal options\u201d following the jury\u2019s verdict.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. 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