Midlothian, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Protestors will gather in Midlothian this evening to demand the resignation of a school board member who was photographed in 2012, dressed in blackface at a so called “ghetto party.”
Midlothian Texas School Board: Vote TAMI TOBEY out of Midlothian School Board – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/UqNtzzqHC3 via @Change
— CRYBABY (@laurenlinebach) June 4, 2020
(Midlothian ISD Board of Trustees member Tami Tobey, left, poses with two unidentified women at a Halloween party in 2012. Tobey, who is white, and another woman wore blackface as a part of their costumes – Dallas Observer-)
3,500 residents, and all other members of Midlothian’s school board have called for Tami Tobey’s resignation. she has so far refused to quit. A petition drive has collected over 3500 signatures..
Tobey says she has already apologized, and feels that because it happened before she was elected to the school board, she should not have to resign now. Tobey is running for re-election in November.
Tami Tobey is sworn in as MISD Trustee during the May board meeting. pic.twitter.com/1typguABct
— Midlothian ISD (@MidlothianISD) May 15, 2017
(Copyright 2020 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. This report contains material from the Dallas Observer)
