San Diego, CA
San Diego family suing after student is accused of wearing blackface
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A family in San Diego just filed a lawsuit against two San Diego Unified School District employees after their son was accused of wearing blackface at a football game.
The 13-year-old, being referred to as J.A., is an eighth-grader at Muirlands Middle School.
According to the lawsuit against the middle school’s principal and the district’s superintendent, J.A. attended a La Jolla High School football game on Oct. 13.
The document explains that “J.A. did not have eye black on his face when he arrived at the Game.”
The lawsuit says other people in the stands were “wearing eye black or other face paint” and “sharing it with one another and helping one another create styles on their faces.”
According to the complaint, roughly an hour and a half after kickoff, J.A. also painted his face, covering most of his cheeks and chin.
The complaint says the following Wednesday, J.A. was called into the principal’s office at Muirlands Middle, where the principal “told J.A. that the high school had received complaints that someone matching his description had worn blackface at the La Jolla football game on Friday night.”
The lawsuit goes on to say there had been complaints that a group had been yelling “racial stuff.”
J.A. was suspended from school for two days and banned from attending any of the district’s sporting events.
“For him to have this on his record and to have teachers potentially believing this about him, administrators believing this about him, is heartbreaking to him,” Karin Sweigart, the attorney representing J.A.’s case. “You know, he’s been in counseling because of it.”
According to the complaint, “J.A.’s intent in having his friend paint Warrior eye black on his face was to show spirit for the football team along with the many other fans in attendance. He was not familiar with the concept of “blackface.”
Sweigart says J.A.’s family wants the suspension wiped from his record and his ban from sporting events in the district to be lifted.
ABC 10News reached out to the principal and superintendent for comment but has not received a response.
San Diego taxpayers are subsidizing the short-term rental industry’s trash collection under the People’s Ordinance. The 2017 letter from the city attorney to Councilmember Zapf is crystal clear: transient occupancy (rentals under 30 days) generates “nonresidential refuse.”
The city is prohibited from providing free weekly collection to these units. Yet, thousands of whole-home STRs continue to receive curbside service at taxpayer expense. Measure B (2022) modernized funding but left the core definition intact — transient rentals remain ineligible for city residential service.
Requiring owners to arrange and pay for private hauling would shift the full cost off the general fund. With roughly 7,954 active licenses, and residential collection costing about $520 per unit annually, the city could save approximately $4.1 million a year. That money could repair streets, fund public safety or lower taxes for actual residents. Enforce the ordinance as written.
— Gary Wonacott, San Diego
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — As the Muslim community prepares to celebrate Eid al-Adha next month, a San Diego teenager is working to bring comfort and joy to children impacted by the recent tragedy at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
Seventeen-year-old Sarah Abdin spent the past week fundraising, shopping and assembling nearly 100 Eid goodie bags for students at the mosque’s elementary school.
While many teenagers are focused on final exams, Abdin said she spent some nights working until 2 a.m. to make sure every bag was ready in time for the school’s upcoming graduation celebration.
The project was inspired by the recent shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, where children were present during the incident. Abdin, who attended the mosque as a child, said hearing about what students experienced motivated her to take action.
Each bag contains a variety of treats, activities and gifts intended to help children celebrate Eid, one of the most important holidays in Islam.
Abdin said community members quickly rallied behind the effort, helping raise funds and support the project. After days of shopping and preparation, she and her sister spent several hours assembling the bags ahead of delivery.
The goodie bags are expected to be distributed during the elementary school’s graduation festivities in early June.
Abdin said she hopes the gesture serves as a reminder that the children are surrounded by a community that cares about them and stands beside them during difficult times.
The fundraising effort received widespread support, helping cover the cost of the goodie bags and allowing organizers to expand their reach to more students.
How interesting that Donald Trump is deporting Brown people who pay taxes and contribute to our economy (though they will never reap any benefits from those taxes) and instead is using our tax money to import and set up South Africans (none of whom are anything but White) who have never contributed to our economy. Could skin color perhaps have something to do with this policy?
— Nita Herpolsheimer, San Diego
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