Pages Northam’s Medical School Recorded both Memories and Prejudices



Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/us/northam-yearbook.html
By: Gabby Mangano
Summary/Reaction:
This article written by John Eligon sheds light on old images showing the prejudice at the Northam Medical School during African Americans at the time. When I first read the article and saw the images, I thought it was inappropriate to include such racist images in a yearbook even though there was still segregation. However, when I realized this yearbook was published in 1984, 20 years after segregation was put to an end, I was astonished by how images like these were allowed to be put in the yearbook let alone taken without complaints. The article goes on to explain that after another form of prejudice was published in the school yearbook in 2013, Northam Medical discontinued its publication of yearbooks.

Historical Connection:
This article can be connected to so many historical events in the US because there have been countless incidents of prejudice and racism towards African Americans without attempt to end it until later. An example of this can be connected to the KKK-- although authorities knew how members were treating the African American community in the South, they turned a blind eye towards the issue even though the Civil War had already ended and African Americans were supposed to be treated with equality.
Question:

Why do you think the yearbook issue wasn’t addressed until another case of racism occured years later?

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2019 at 2:22 PM

    I think it was smart to discontinue the yearbooks, if this same incident came up twice, once after segregation was ended, and again in 2013, than it better to crush the source of the racist comments than to try to filter them out. I'm genuinely surprised that something like this happened in 2013, as yearbooks are usually proofread by school officials.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2019 at 8:43 AM

    I think that its good they stopped making yearbooks. Clearly the school does not know what is not appropriate to put in a book. SInce they don't know what is appropriate they should not be allowed to continue making content that is racist and prejudice against minorities. Yearbooks should be proofread and made sure that nothing falls under these sort of categories.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2019 at 1:25 PM

    I think it was a smart decision to stop making these yearbooks because the information/images they put in the yearbook was completely inappropriate. Yearbooks are usually proofread by multiple teachers as well as school officials, so it doesn't really make sense as to how this happened.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2019 at 9:19 PM

    Despite the racism displayed through this incident, the ending of the production of the yearbooks was a rightful decision. However, this outcome did not give an excuse for the on going international racism. It's easy for us to glance over these incidents and declare the absolute emancipation of racism in 2019. Evidently, small comments or actions as such won't result in big change. Racism is a highly controversial and complex topic to bring change upon due to the way each person grows up differently, and to be clear, I'm not justifying it; truthfully, words sometimes aren't enough.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2019 at 1:50 PM

    I think that it was good that they discontinued the yearbooks due to their racism. I don't think that these books justify racism or what happened. I don't think it was addressed because many people did not get the justice that they deserved because of racism many times throughout history.

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