One common theme in the community reaction to the recent blackface incident — four Homewood-Flossmoor High School students who posted a video online of themselves in blackface — was that this is a teachable moment.
It sure is. One thing I’m learning is why blackface is so offensive.
Almost everyone seems to understand that blackface has a racist history, but saying something is racist is not sufficient. That’s too abstract. It’s easy, especially for white…
