California middle-schooler banned from sports over 'black face' - but group says he was just wearing eye paint
Briefly

"As the First Amendment protects J.A.'s non-disruptive expression of team spirit via a style commonly used by athletes and fans - notwithstanding your inaccurate description of it as 'blackface' - FIRE calls on the school to remove the infraction from J.A.'s disciplinary record and lift the ban on his attendance at future athletic events," Aaron Terr, the group's director of public advocacy, wrote in the letter on Nov. 8.
Read at New York Post
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