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During slavery, many black women, often in a forcible union with a white man, bore mixedrace children. Based on their percentage of white blood, they were deemed “mulattos,” “quadroons,” “octoroons” or even “hexadecaroons.” Depending on skin color, they could pass as white and avoid the gross racial discrimination suffered by their darker skinned brothers and sisters. This was portrayed in a 1949 motion picture titled “Pinky” that highlighted “passing” for white.
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Across the country, parents have become alarmed by the increasing anti-Americanism of course materials taught in their children’s local schools.
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Brian Walter gave Kingfisher Lions Club members and guests an update on the progress of Unity Above Self when he addressed the civic group last week.
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Kingfisher took the lead this week in number of active coronavirus cases in the county.
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Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for September 2020.
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Theta Tau Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International met Monday, Sept. 21, in the Fellowship Hall of the First Christian Church in Kingfisher to begin its new year.
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In a letter to members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) has urged Congress to formally disestablish five tribal reservations to ensure fairness, certainty and unity for all Oklahomans. This ensures all Oklahomans are subject to the same laws and regulations in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which held that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation was never disestablished.
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A recent state special investigative audit of online K-12 provider EPIC Charter Schools said financial concerns are the result not only of alleged actions by EPIC officials, but a product of lax Oklahoma State Department of Education oversight of public-school finances.
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