Black Lives Matter: Student forced to take off BLM mask at graduation ceremony

In a shocking incident, a US student was forced to take off his Black Lives Matter face mask in order to graduate. As per reports, Dean Holmes, who is a student in York Catholic High School in Pennsylvania, had put on a BLM mask under his face shield at his graduation ceremony. However, while students lined up before ceremony, school’s principal pulled Dean away and asked him to take off mask, his family assets.

While taking to Facebook, Dean’s far, John, said that school stifled his freedom of expression and jeopardised his health. John informed that school did t issue any specific warnings about what was an 'unacceptable' mask or clothing etiquette. However, y did release a flowery letter that extolled virtues of York Catholic High’s commitment to diversity. 

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John wrote, "My son literally was discriminated against in plain sight based on his race and his prior civil rights activism, and this latest action is part of a pattern and practice of discrimination at York Catholic and it cant stand unchallenged”. 

He furr added, “ dissatisfaction that he felt by being pulled out of line and forced to remove his mask was both incalculable and traumatic and will follow him rest of his life”. 

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‘Standard decorum’ to t wear messs 

Meanwhile, school in a statement said that it was a standard decorum for students to t wear any messs. Arthur Full, who is chairman of York Catholic School Board, is reported to have said that any graduate student would have been asked to remove mask with a mess on it. chairman also added that two or students previously asked and were given permission to wear a solid colour mask under face shield, unlike Dean. 

As per reports, school, in  statement, re-emphasise that it believes in dignity of all human persons, and equal treatment of all people. Without referring to incident, school added that its students, faculty, and alumni were encourd to eng in personal conversations and grow as a supportive community.

(Im: JuneHolmes/Facebook) 

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