in response to some of his elementary school staff dressing up like stereotypical Mexicans and other staff dressing as a border wall with “Make America Great Again” written on it, Middleton, Idaho, school superintendent Josh Middleton acknowledged “poor judgement” but insisted there was no “malicious intent.”2 In response, writer Kaitlyn Greenidge tweeted, “Sometimes I think white people use the ‘I didn’t intend to be racist’ to really mean ‘I was hoping my racism would have no consequences.’”3

