A major faculty has slammed a P&C fundraiser held on its campus after a father wore blackface and a dreadlocked wig earlier than profitable the prize for finest dressed.
The person wore the offensive outfit to a 90s themed bingo evening organised by the P&C committee at North Woodvale Main College in Perth’s north.
The visitor is seen sporting brown face paint, a dreadlocked wig and a inexperienced, gold and black physique swimsuit in since-deleted images from the occasion on Could 25.
Friends had been invited to return as their favorite 90s character, with the person dressing up as a member of the Jamaican bobsleigh workforce from the comedy Cool Runnings.
The varsity’s P&C bingo committee has been pressured to apologise after the matter was delivered to the eye of North Woodvale’s principal.
A father who attended a faculty fundraiser sporting blackface and a dreadlocked wig received the most effective dressed prize, forcing the college to apologise (the dad is pictured in his costume)
The person wore the offensive outfit to a 90’s themed bingo evening organised by the P&C committee at North Woodvale Main College in Perth’s north (pictured)
In an announcement, the committee stated it had been ‘naive’ to the advanced historical past of blackface after they heralded the daddy as finest dressed on the evening.
‘North Woodvale Main College P&C bingo committee wish to personal and acknowledge our mistake and our personal private naivety in not understanding the advanced historical past of a sure costume, which we awarded finest dressed male costume on the evening of Could twenty fifth at our bingo fundraiser,’ it stated.
‘We sincerely apologise to the broader faculty and the Woodvale neighborhood for the harm it clearly prompted. We satisfaction ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming committee inside our faculty and can be taught from our errors.’
Schooling Division Director Basic Lisa Rodgers informed the West Australian the incident was ‘disappointing and unacceptable’.
Friends had been invited to return as their favorite 90s character, with the person dressing up as a member of the Jamaican bobsleigh workforce from Cool Runnings (pictured)
She added the bingo evening had been held off-site and with none employees current and didn’t replicate the college’s tradition and values.
‘As quickly as this matter was delivered to the eye of the college principal, he instantly contacted the president of the P&C affiliation to lift his considerations and specific his disappointment,’ Ms Rodgers stated.
Blackface routines had been widespread via a lot of the twentieth century however a white individual taking the stage with their pores and skin darkened, significantly for comedic functions, is now thought-about offensive in most contexts.
Each day Mail Australia has contacted North Woodvale Main College for remark.
