Racist Yearbook Names

When will the racism and ignorance end...? Back in high school, yearbooks were all the rage for most seniors. I admit, I hooked my page up pretty nicely, and in the creation process your page and picture take meaning. For some Cali students at Charter Oak Unified School, the 5% African American population got screwed. A bunch of ignorant fools defaced BSU student pictures. Read below:

"Phony “ghetto” names were printed under a yearbook photo of Black Student Union members at a high school, leaving some angry students and parents calling for a reprint.

“Tay Tay Shaniqua,” “Crisphy Nanos” and “Laquan White” were among the nine names placed next to the club’s photo in Charter Oak High School’s yearbook, said Clint Harwick, superintendent of the Charter Oak Unified School District.

“A yearbook is very significant and something you always hold on to,” said Toi Jackson, whose daughter, Evanne, is a BSU member at the school. “When she shows it to her kids she will have to explain why she has the name Crisphy.”

Authorities said the names were discovered only after the yearbooks were handed out.

“Someone was just trying to be funny, but it’s not funny,” said Jordan Smith, a BSU member.

The district office and the school were closed Friday. Joseph M. Probst, the school board’s president, called the incident “atrocious” in an interview with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune."

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