re: Cali middle schooler banned from sports over 'blackface,' group says it was eye paint

Were they playing a predominant black school? Was he making comments about wearing “a black face” to other students before or during the game? Were other students wearing eyeblack at the game?

These things matter in the context of the situation. “Kid wears a bunch of eyeblack to a school sporting event, admin calls it blackface, kid gets suspended, national news” is not enough context.