Is this appropriate? Male teacher moisturizing faces of kindergarten class.

[Westbama Heartthrob]

I don’t like anyone hands all over my face like that. He probably could’ve just had the kids put it on their own face,

Exactly. It's inappropriate for one but also unsanitary

All the germs on that nikka's hands going on their faces

 

[chineebai]

i think its unhygienic especially around flu season, I would be mad just cuz I don't want anyone touching my kids face so it's inappropiate from that standpoint. Other than that, I don't see it being inappropiate because he's a man or gay etc.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

For a few seconds:

Koala: "Ahh he's anointing the kids for class picture day...fake ne...

*30 entire seconds later*

Koala:

 

[Consigliere]

This is probably the guy who was putting the kids in those wayfair cabinets.

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

I'm 50/50 on this. It looks like he is prepping them for a photo. He's intentions seems genuine but I can understand if parents would get upset. I'm just hoping this vid won't be used to bury him. Still someone should pull him to the side and tell him to stop.

 

[kevm3]

The teacher may be 'intending well', but as a black man, and just as a man in general, you always have to be aware of optics and perception.

It's not his job to make sure the kids are well moisturized and you always have to be careful of how you are dealing with other peoples' kids. Take a hetero black man and have him putting lotion on the faces of young black girls and you're going to get the exact same reaction, it not worse.

 

[Studious one]

In March I will be.



How is a teacher, moisturising his student’s face inappropriate for picture day?

How do we even know it was just for maybe students who was looking crusty in the face?

Judging a man, a black man who is in a field where there are barely any in the first place on only 30 seconds is some crab shyt.

As a teacher( I’ve done middle school, and finally went to the younger kids because those kids are horrible!)I cannot tell you how many times I have to clean a student’s face. Sometimes it’s just easier to do it yourself. The man is not doing anything wrong. Kudos to him in wanting his students to be happy with their pictures, and themselves.

 

[saturn7]

Adult Black men are killing each other at an unacceptable rate. Often times we don't see the humanity in each other and have been pitted against each other. See each other as enemies and have little empathy or compassion for each other.

A brother (teacher no less), tries to show love, care and tenderness for his students and we automatically assume the worse.
Brothas are told we need to be more caring and loving. Bro tries to do that for his students and look how we do.



We don't know what the fukk we want as a "community". Just dysfunction, excuse making and fukkery is all we seem to want.

 

[Bmezy]

So 5-6 year old's cant moisturize their faces on their own, they need you to do that for them explicitly?

Some of them can.. a lot of them can’t or aren’t efficient in application.. from personal experience , they turn it into hand painting or a yogurt snack or smear it on their clothes.. It just depends on your student.

 

[Satsui no Hadou]

I think the problem is we are not used to seeing men in supportive, nurturing roles. On one hand, it’s actually nice to see such a simple gesture that could make the kids day.

On the other hand as a man I wouldn’t dare. Society looks at men as potential predators, so it’s always been difficult for me to even return a child’s hello or smile, even if it’s just the human thing to do.

 

[Bmezy]

Exactly. It's inappropriate for one but also unsanitary

All the germs on that nikka's hands going on their faces

In the video it showed him using baby wipes to clean his hands before and after applying the moisturizer.

 

[Bmezy]

The teacher may be 'intending well', but as a black man, and just as a man in general, you always have to be aware of optics and perception.

It's not his job to make sure the kids are well moisturized and you always have to be careful of how you are dealing with other peoples' kids. Take a hetero black man and have him putting lotion on the faces of young black girls and you're going to get the exact same reaction, it not worse.

From the comments I read and dialogue from the teacher, he received consent from the parent who he apparently has some rapport with..

 

[Ohene]

what ill say is this


if it was a blk woman doing the moisturizing, i doubt anybody would care; so its unfair
but the visual of homie doing that was just weird. he was doing too much

 

[Hannibal Fox]

Some of them can.. a lot of them can’t or aren’t efficient in application.. from personal experience , they turn it into hand painting or a yogurt snack or smear it on their clothes.. It just depends on your student.

I hear that, but It's not difficult for you to demonstrate and have the child follow along is it?

Disclosure: I work with vulnerable people, the overwhelming majority happen to be children from 4-18

 

[Bmezy]

I think the problem is we are not used to seeing men in supportive, nurturing roles. On one hand, it’s actually nice to see such a simple gesture that could make the kids day.

On the other hand as a man I wouldn’t dare. Society looks at men as potential predators, so it’s always been difficult for me to even return a child’s hello or smile, even if it’s just the human thing to do.

“so it’s always been difficult for me to even return a child’s hello or smile, even if it’s just the human thing to do.” - so how do you go about breaking down those negative tropes instead of perpetrating or feeding into the same stigmas that we as men fall victim to..

It’s a question I had to ask myself whenever I felt ‘shame’ for being with my daughter alone in public without a woman figure..