A North Texas school district has apologized to a student identified
Only as "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 distributed Friday.
The teen identified as "Black Girl" is the only black student in the
photo.
"I was embarrassed," said the student, Shadoyia Jones. "I was
disappointed that they didn't catch the error."
Waxahachie school district spokeswoman Candace Ahlfinger said the
District and the school board issued an immediate apology when the caption was reported.
She told the Waxahachie Daily Light that the label was a poor choice,
But it was not meant maliciously nor meant to be printed.
Ahlfinger said the caption apparently was intended as a placeholder
until the yearbook staff could identify the student.
"If it was a placeholder, why would you put that?" Jones asked.
"Anything else would have worked for me but that."
Ahlfinger said the district is having the four pages affected by the
mistake reprinted as soon as possible.
Okay, I have a few problems with the 'attempted' explanation provided by the spokeswoman of this school district. Let me know if you noticed the 'obvious' discrepancies. Oh, and another thing....how hard could it BE to find out the name of the ONLY African-American student selected to the school's National Honor Society??????????
They have more 'splaining' to do...if you ask me.
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