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Renew Deal

(81,898 posts)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:52 PM Feb 2019

Some general questions about the Northam situation

I know that people here probably don't have these answers right now, but these are the questions I'd like answered.

Who is he in the picture? (not that it matters)
Who took the picture?
Who planned the costumes?
Why did he think it was OK to do this?
Are there other photos of him in racist outfits or using racist symbolism?
Who submitted the photo to the yearbook?
Who accepted the photo for the yearbook?
Why didn't the editor stop the photo from being included?
Why didn't the school stop the photo from being included or why didn't the school recall the yearbook?
Are there other symbols of hate in that yearbook or subsequent ones?
What was the culture of the school at the time?
Was there any discipline for the photo at the time?
Someone on DU today said they knew that school had racism in its past. Is this widely known?

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Some general questions about the Northam situation (Original Post) Renew Deal Feb 2019 OP
Excellent questions EffieBlack Feb 2019 #1
Excellent questions KayF Feb 2019 #2
I have one more: why was his nicname "Coonman"? nt Jarqui Feb 2019 #3
I'm curious about that, as well. Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #6
My question was rhetorical nt Jarqui Feb 2019 #7
Mine isn't - I want context. n/t Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #8
It was in his 1981 military year book Jarqui Feb 2019 #9
Why didn't Northram apologize for the photo before !? ALL Great questions ... uponit7771 Feb 2019 #4
These are good questions mcar Feb 2019 #5

KayF

(1,345 posts)
2. Excellent questions
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:58 PM
Feb 2019

regardless of whether he resigns, I'd like to know.

I'd like to hear from African-American classmates of his at that school.

Ms. Toad

(34,127 posts)
6. I'm curious about that, as well.
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:29 PM
Feb 2019

And was it a nickname he chose/assented to - or one imposed on him (my high school yearbook had all sorts of "cute" names for individuals that - as far as I know were never actual nicknames. Some were definitely intended to be derogatory.

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