Offensive prom invite involving George Floyd photo sparks outrage at California high school.
The Capistrano Unified School District said that the sign is “disgusting, lacks cultural sensitivity, is deeply offensive."Minyvonne Burke
The invitation allegedly read:"If you went to prom [with me], it would take my breath away" and included a picture of Floyd and a Black Lives Matter fist.obtained a photo of the invitation. It involved a student at Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo. "It had a Black Lives fist up on it and a picture of George Floyd and at that point and I was like, ‘Are you serious? They’re making this a joke?'"Mike told NBC Los Angeles.
"They’ve already been robbed of two years of high school through Covid, and so the excitement they had — literally the day before — for prom versus the excitement they had last night, or the defeat they had last night, was heartbreaking,” Angela told the station.
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