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A man in South Dakota has been forced to apologize after sharing his Halloween costume on social media, showing him in blackface and holding a sign that reads “Will stand for money.”
The man identified himself on social media as Cole Paulson, a student at South Dakota State, The Argus Leader reported. The school did not confirm to the paper that he is enrolled there.
The picture showed him in blackface and a black wig, kneeling while holding a sign that read” “Will stand for money” – a reference to NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to protest a variety issues, including police brutality.
The Twitter post prompted swift condemnation on social media.
Paulson defend himself on Twitter insisting that the costume’s intentions “were not racist whatsoever” and suggested shaming him on social media is not the best way to “make a difference.”
“(I) didn’t know (blackface) was a big issue until someone sent me an article about it. I’ll agree I was (ignorant) to the fact I was being racist,” he wrote on Twitter, according to the…
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