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Posted: 5/23/2005 9:11:06 AM EDT

What a bunch of ignorant no good bastards.The girl is the only black girl in the photo ,everyone else (WHITE) are called by their name ,she is not ,she is known as the "black girl".Not many blacks at the school.

Thats like a white guy ,in a black school only known as the "WHITE BOY" in the picture of the year book.

VERY STUPID DECISION,HOPE ITS A COSTLY ONE!

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:14:49 AM EDT

[#1]

ok

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:16:13 AM EDT

[#2]

The school doesn't put those yearbooks together. The students do, if it is anything like my school was.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:16:29 AM EDT

[#3]

link?

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:17:23 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
ok

Ya well being from MO. ,I didn't think you would see a problem with that.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:18:27 AM EDT

[#5]

I remember when I went to parties where I was pretty much the only white guy.

Wanna guess how people there identified me?

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:19:02 AM EDT

[#6]

So what? Sounds like the most regonizable descriptive term to me.

Better than calling her a Coon.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:19:44 AM EDT

[#7]

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I remember when I went to parties where I was pretty much the only white guy.

Wanna guess how people there identified me?

"Hey White Boy!"

btdt. It's not a big fuckin deal.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:22:00 AM EDT

[#8]

I get called "white boy" everytime I walk in downtown Newport News...

There's nothing wrong with her being called the "black girl" (folks need to get over it)...If you had a highschool class with a genuine female Eskimo...you would refer to her as the eskimo girl, not "that cute girl with blubber-breath".

She needs to celebrate her induvidual ebony blackitude with pride.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:23:17 AM EDT

[#9]

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The school doesn't put those yearbooks together. The students do, if it is anything like my school was.

I thought they still had a teacher overseeing the yearbook and making sure everything is okay.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:23:30 AM EDT

[#10]

I'm sure had she been the only white girl in an all black high school, and someone labeled her a cracker, nothing would have been said.

Yeah, they should have put her name in there, but I'm not gonna get my shorts in a knot over it.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:23:38 AM EDT

[#11]

Blacktitude

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:24:26 AM EDT

[#12]

I have a friend of mexican descent . She and her son refer to one of his friends as Guero (pronounced wettle) which means white boy. His younger brother is called Guerito. But, in a yearbook, that is a little different. They should know the names of the students.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:24:26 AM EDT

[#13]

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ok
Ya well being from MO. ,I didn't think you would see a problem with that.

And being from AL you do right?

How about a link, some more info or background?

CH

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:25:40 AM EDT

[#14]

Usually the students working on the yearbook are a bunch of liberal hippies intent on getting a BA in Liberal Arts in college.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:26:31 AM EDT

[#15]

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So what? Sounds like the most regonizable descriptive term to me.

Better than calling her a Coon.

Man ,you guys are not right!

One thing moma never tought you ,two wrongs, dont make a right.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:27:51 AM EDT

[#16]

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I have a friend of mexican descent . She and her son refer to one of his friends as Guero (pronounced wettle) which means white boy. His younger brother is called Guerito. But, in a yearbook, that is a little different. They should know the names of the students.

yup I'm called that by my Mexican friends quite a bit.

Although they pronounce it wetto

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:29:09 AM EDT

[#17]

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I get called "white boy" everytime I walk in downtown Newport News...

There's nothing wrong with her being called the "black girl" (folks need to get over it)...If you had a highschool class with a genuine female Eskimo...you would refer to her as the eskimo girl, not "that cute girl with blubber-breath".

She needs to celebrate her induvidual ebony blackitude with pride.

Slow down , the thing is how come everyone else has a name but her.Well she does,BLACK GIRL.Why weren't the white people called white boys,and white girls?Nevermind you guys will never get it.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:30:47 AM EDT

[#18]

The term 'black girl' was used as a temporary name until the editors could find out her real name.

The oversight was never corrected.

End of story. A very tragic story, for the young girl and her family, but one that doesn't need to be settled in the Courts!.

Make of it what you will.

Eric The(Sensible)Hun

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:31:12 AM EDT

[#19]

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ok
Ya well being from MO. ,I didn't think you would see a problem with that.

Suffering from white guilt or angry negro syndrome?

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:31:20 AM EDT

[#20]

this comes down to context.
i remember in highschool we use to do stuff like this just to torque the wrong people.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:34:12 AM EDT

[#21]

For those of you that are to stupid,I explain a little more.It's a little something called "RESPECT".Everyone deserves it, not just you.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:35:28 AM EDT

[#22]

Officials Apologize to Girl ID'ed as 'Black Girl' in Yearbook

WAXAHACHIE (AP) — A North Texas school district has apologized to a student who was listed under the name "Black Girl" in a high school yearbook photo of the school's National Honor Society.

All white students are identified by name in the photograph in the Waxahachie High School yearbook, which was distributed on Friday. The teen identified as "Black Girl" is the only black student in the photo.

The label apparently was meant to be a placeholder until the yearbook staff could track down the student's name, district spokeswoman Candace Ahlfinger said in Sunday's edition of the Waxahachie Daily Light.

She said using that label was a poor choice, but it was not meant maliciously and was not meant to be printed.

School board president Joe Langley said a student made the mistake. "I'm sure the student is very sorry," he said.

District administrators and high school faculty members were expected to meet on Monday to discuss the mistake, Ahlfinger said. She said the district probably would make adjustments to the yearbook and yearbook staff to avoid such incidents in the future.

From WBAP radio website - http://www.wbap.com/listingsEntry.asp?ID=191742&PT=morenews

Eric The(Informative)Hun

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:38:29 AM EDT

[#23]

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What a bunch of ignorant no good bastards.The girl is the only black girl in the photo ,everyone else (WHITE) are called by their name ,she is not ,she is known as the "black girl".Not many blacks at the school.

Thats like a white guy ,in a black school only known as the "WHITE BOY" in the picture of the year book.

VERY STUPID DECISION,HOPE ITS A COSTLY ONE!

Well I'm looking for a place to move and the demographics of that area sound very appealing...

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:38:31 AM EDT

[#24]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/052305dntexyearbook.d3dd9d03.html

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:40:21 AM EDT

[#25]

Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:41:47 AM EDT

[#26]

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For those of you that are to stupid,I explain a little more.It's a little something called "RESPECT".Everyone deserves it, not just you.

Absolutely!

Every student deserves just such respect, indeed!

But I can assure you that, had the pic been of the High School's track team or basketball team, and every student wasn't known, the sole 'white boy' would likely have been identified just so!

It's NOT disrespect, it's just 'place-keeping'!

Another method likely needs to be used, such as the photo number, or something....

Eric The(Idealistic)Hun

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:49:57 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
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For those of you that are to stupid,I explain a little more.It's a little something called "RESPECT".Everyone deserves it, not just you.

Absolutely!

Every student deserves just such respect, indeed!

But I can assure you that, had the pic been of the High School's track team or basketball team, and every student wasn't known, the sole 'white boy' would likely have been identified just so!

It's NOT disrespect, it's just 'place-keeping'!

Another method likely needs to be used, such as the photo number, or something....

Eric The(Idealistic)Hun

I suggest placeholders such as "Big Ears" or "Buck Tooth". These future changes to placeholder names should avoid help the yearbook to avoid any undue attention next year.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:50:52 AM EDT

[#28]

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For those of you that are to stupid,I explain a little more.It's a little something called "RESPECT".Everyone deserves it, not just you.

Absolutely!

Every student deserves just such respect, indeed!

But I can assure you that, had the pic been of the High School's track team or basketball team, and every student wasn't known, the sole 'white boy' would likely have been identified just so!

It's NOT disrespect, it's just 'place-keeping'!

Another method likely needs to be used, such as the photo number, or something....

Eric The(Idealistic)Hun

I suggest placeholders such as "Big Ears" or "Buck Tooth". These future changes to placeholder names should avoid help the yearbook to avoid any undue attention next year.

So what would clean_cut's placeholder be?

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:52:40 AM EDT

[#29]

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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.

I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:55:31 AM EDT

[#30]

So, like what WAS the black girl's name?

Are we trying for to add insult to injury by further failure to publish her name?

Is her name not revealed because she's a minor?

Hope the outcome is she's a big success, as that's the only answer to the issue.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:55:56 AM EDT

[#31]

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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.
I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

I'm not quite certain how focusing national attention on this 'honest' mistake is going to make life in the US better for anyone's kids.

Unless, 'keeping score' and 'settling old grudges' can somehow make for a more 'color-blind' society?

If you have any information that this mistake was deliberate...please advise.

Eric The(Honest)Hun

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:59:27 AM EDT

[#32]

40 years from now ,she will bring out the year book to show her grand kids her high school years.The grand kids will see Greta ,Tyler,and THE BLACK GIRL.Do you get it now?

I thought calling a person out of their name was disrespectful,I guess it only is for the privledged.

Posted: 5/23/2005 9:59:42 AM EDT

[#33]

The label apparently was meant to be a placeholder until the yearbook staff could track down the student's name, district spokeswoman Candace Ahlfinger said in Sunday's edition of the Waxahachie Daily Light.

I doubt it. There's one black girl in the class and nobody knew her name? Did anyone walk into the hallway and ask "What's the black girls name?". You learn the names of the unique people first. I don't believe they didn't know her name. Unless she was one of those students that inexplicably appear and dissappear. There were plenty of those in my high school.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:01:26 AM EDT

[#34]

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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.
I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

Race Relations is way down my important shit list just over putting out the cockroach traps and just below making sure I wear suntan lotion.

I make the world I live in a better place by not making a big deal about stupid shit.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:03:23 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

The label apparently was meant to be a placeholder until the yearbook staff could track down the student's name, district spokeswoman Candace Ahlfinger said in Sunday's edition of the Waxahachie Daily Light.

I doubt it. There's one black girl in the class and nobody knew her name? Did anyone walk into the hallway and ask "What's the black girls name?". You learn the names of the unique people first. I don't believe they didn't know her name. Unless she was one of those students that inexplicably appear and dissappear. There were plenty of those in my high school.

Only black girl in the picture, not only black girl in the school.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:05:12 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
I remember when I went to parties where I was pretty much the only white guy.

Wanna guess how people there identified me?

Kung-fu Boy?

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:05:48 AM EDT

[#37]

Well, that was certainly worth getting your panties in a wad!

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:10:05 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.
I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

I'm not quite certain how focusing national attention on this 'honest' mistake is going to make life in the US better for anyone's kids.

Unless, 'keeping score' and 'settling old grudges' can somehow make for a more 'color-blind' society?

If you have any information that this mistake was deliberate...please advise.

Eric The(Honest)Hun

See hun,my problem is know one took the time to go back and fix it.It was important to know one!Thats my problem.It was ok to let it go as the black girl.We've all been called out of are name,I wouldn't want to show my kids a year book where I was only known as THE MEXICAN.Even though you guys dont have a problem labeling me that.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:12:15 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Quoted:
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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.
I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

I'm not quite certain how focusing national attention on this 'honest' mistake is going to make life in the US better for anyone's kids.

Unless, 'keeping score' and 'settling old grudges' can somehow make for a more 'color-blind' society?

If you have any information that this mistake was deliberate...please advise.

Eric The(Honest)Hun

"Keeping score" and "settling old grudges" sounds like one of your civil war revisionist posts.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:13:43 AM EDT

[#40]

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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.
I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

You're right about that buddy, I don't have time for hand wringing over that. I have plenty of real world problems to keep my time occupied. Pass your guilt onto someone who has a need fot it, as I do not.
Have a nice day now.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:16:36 AM EDT

[#41]

Please please you can call me "white boy".. but dont call me "honkie boy".. I just couldnt take that.

Proud to be:
White
Honkie
Cracker

call me anything.. just dont call me late for dinner.

stick and stones...

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:16:41 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
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Bigger problems in this world. No need to create more by making an issue out of an honest mistake.
Unless you profit from such attention that is.
I guess race relations is not high on your list of major problems.No I do not profit from it ,just want to make the "world" I live in (United States)a better place for MY kids.

Race Relations is way down my important shit list just over putting out the cockroach traps and just below making sure I wear suntan lotion.

I make the world I live in a better place by not making a big deal about stupid shit.

Race Realation ( extreme example), Rodney King riots,minorities went out looking for white people to kill.That one poor white guy got the shit kicked out of him ,then the black guy slammed a brick against his head.Thats not a problem to you ?What a fool.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:18:32 AM EDT

[#43]

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Race Realation ( extreme example), Rodney King riots,minorities went out looking for white people to kill.That one poor white guy got the shit kicked out of him ,then the black guy slammed a brick against his head.Thats not a problem to you ?What a fool.

The problem isn't race relations, the problem is they are a bunch of fucking animals.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:24:09 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
For those of you that are to stupid,I explain a little more.It's a little something called "RESPECT".Everyone deserves it, not just you.

Except people in Missouri though huh?

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:30:22 AM EDT

[#45]

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See hun,my problem is know one took the time to go back and fix it.

I understand that completely!

It was irresponsible in the extreme for the student whose task it was to properly identify everyone in the photograph NOT to go back and change the 'place-holder' name given to this student with her proper name.

It was important to know one!

Nonsense.

As a Father and a Grandfather, I understand just how important it would be for the young girl, AND her family, to see her proper name in print in such a prestigious position as the 'Honor Society.'

Everyone suffers from this tragic mistake.

Even the other students whose names were properly credited must cringe when they realize that the celebrity that they should be sharing for this honor is being trashed by the national focus on this tragic mistake!

Frankly, I cannot imagine why the Waxahachie High School Administration didn't withhold distribution of these yearbooks until they could be corrected WHATEVER THE ULTIMATE COST of that might be!

It was ok to let it go as the black girl.

No, it wasn't OK.

We've all been called out of are name,I wouldn't want to show my kids a year book where I was only known as THE MEXICAN.

Nor would I wish to be identified as a Cracker in my yearbook, either.

Even though you guys dont have a problem labeling me that.

I surely don't call you that.

I doubt the fellow students of this young lady didn't call her the 'black girl', either.

Eric The(Sensible,AsAlways,IHope)Hun

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:32:23 AM EDT

[#46]

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Thats like a white guy ,in a black school only known as the "WHITE BOY" in the picture of the year book.

REALLY?!?!?!

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:43:52 AM EDT

[#47]

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"Keeping score" and "settling old grudges" sounds like one of your civil war revisionist posts.

<sigh>

Actually, ryann, if you had actually attended your high school history classes, or at least stayed wake during them, you would know that my understanding of the War Between the States was THE correct understanding of that War from about the End of Reconstruction until sometime around the beginning of the Great Society!

Your views are the 'revisionist' views!

But thanks for injecting this issue into a thread on another subject altogether!

Eric The(Sensible,AsAlways)Hun

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:53:06 AM EDT

[#48]

Several of my high school yearbooks have errors. Mistakes are a fact of life. My last name is mispelled and mispronounced all the time. Shit happens. The mistake in the yearbook should have been caught in the proofing. You expect a high school popularity contest to be perfect? It's not worth blowing a vein over something like this.

Posted: 5/23/2005 10:55:58 AM EDT

[#49]

SO WHAT!

Posted: 5/23/2005 11:00:13 AM EDT

[#50]

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So what? Sounds like the most regonizable descriptive term to me.

Better than calling her a Coon.
Man ,you guys are not right!

One thing moma never tought you ,two wrongs, dont make a right.

One thing YOUR momma never taught you:

How to spell.

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