Posted by Eugene Volokh:
"Boy Banned from Wearing Obama Mask in Skit":
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_03_15-2009_03_21.shtml#1237296984
From [1]Oregon Live:
A mask similar to one President Barack Obama himself wore in a
"Saturday Night Live" skit prompted a Portland school principal to
ban a boy from performing while wearing it at his elementary school
talent show after deciding the rubber likeness of the 44th
president was "inappropriate and potentially offensive."
Dru Lechert-Kelly, 11, a fifth-grader at Llewellyn Elementary
School in Southeast Portland, decided to dress up like his role
model and dance to a popular YouTube song that features an Obama
look-alike dancing to a parody called "I Can Do Whatever I Like."
...
When asked what was offensive about Dru's skit, Powell refused to
discuss it.
Thanks to [2]Don Surber and [3]InstaPundit for the pointer.
References
1.
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/03/obama_portland_student_talent.html
2. http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2009/03/15/nowecant/
3. http://instapundit.com/
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