The Volokh Conspiracy - "Boy Banned from Wearing Obama Mask in Skit":

From Oregon Live:

A mask similar to one President Barack Obama himself wore in a "Saturday Night Live" skit prompted a Portland school principal to ban a boy from performing while wearing it at his elementary school talent show after deciding the rubber likeness of the 44th president was "inappropriate and potentially offensive."

Dru Lechert-Kelly, 11, a fifth-grader at Llewellyn Elementary School in Southeast Portland, decided to dress up like his role model and dance to a popular YouTube song that features an Obama look-alike dancing to a parody called "I Can Do Whatever I Like." ...

When asked what was offensive about Dru's skit, Powell refused to discuss it.

Thanks to Don Surber and InstaPundit for the pointer.

	[Eugene Volokh, March 17, 2009 at 9:36am] Trackbacks "Boy Banned from Wearing Obama Mask in Skit": From Oregon Live: A mask similar to one President Barack Obama himself wore in a "Saturday Night Live" skit prompted a Portland school principal to ban a boy from performing while wearing it at his elementary school talent show after deciding the rubber likeness of the 44th president was "inappropriate and potentially offensive." Dru Lechert-Kelly, 11, a fifth-grader at Llewellyn Elementary School in Southeast Portland, decided to dress up like his role model and dance to a popular YouTube song that features an Obama look-alike dancing to a parody called "I Can Do Whatever I Like." ... When asked what was offensive about Dru's skit, Powell refused to discuss it. Thanks to Don Surber and InstaPundit for the pointer.