Just heard this on the news:
Student in yearbook identified only as 'Black Girl'Associated Press
May. 23, 2005 11:42 AMWAXAHACHIE, Texas - A Texas school district has apologized to a student identified only as "Black Girl" in a high school yearbook photo.
All the White students are identified by name in a photograph of the Waxahachie High School National Honor Society. The teen identified as "Black Girl" is the only Black student in the photo.
A schools spokeswoman says the caption apparently was intended as a placeholder until the yearbook staff could identify the student. She tells a newspaper, the Waxahachie Daily Light, the label was a poor choice, but wasn't malicious.
The spokeswoman says the school district will reprint the yearbook pages affected by the mistake.
But let's be serious, is there really any way to correct that kind of mistake?
....I'm thinkin'...nope.
Posted by: Cupie at May 25, 2005 01:25 AMracism is so sick. if you really want to piss me off that is a good subject to start with.
Posted by: geeekgirl at May 25, 2005 03:32 PMI just think it's incredible how racism manifests itself in so many ways. These people accidentally exposed themselves without even realizing it. What kills me the most is that some assholes like to argue that racism no longer exists in America's mainstream. Well it's more like a shitstream, and it's still chockfull of racism. Every once in awhile the monster just leaps out of the shitstream and rears its ugly head.
Posted by: Maria at May 25, 2005 08:16 PMi think that its disturbing that not only were the year book editors racist, but the fact that they most probably didn't even realise they were being discriminatory. They claimed that they put 'black girl' only because they didn't know her name and with no vicious intent. However, this is almost as bad as being vicious, in my opinion. Are people that stupid that they don't realise anymore they are being discriminatory and hurtful?
Posted by: amanda at May 26, 2005 06:15 AM