The ‘Great College-Yearbook Reckoning’: Why Scholars Say Blackface Images Aren’t Outliers

The ‘Great College-Yearbook Reckoning’: Why Scholars Say Blackface Images Aren’t Outliers

At the University of Mississippi, Chi Omega sorority sisters performed in blackface at the 1969 “Christmas Sing Song.” Fraternity Row, Perry wrote, is the most segregated area on many campuses, so “we shouldn’t be shocked” by its racist traditions. Because white people, and white college students, c...

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Published in:The Chronicle of Higher Education 2019-02
Main Authors: Pettit, Emma, Osei, Zipporah
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
College campuses
College Students
Fraternities
Fraternities & sororities
Racism
Social networks
Yearbooks
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Summary:At the University of Mississippi, Chi Omega sorority sisters performed in blackface at the 1969 “Christmas Sing Song.” Fraternity Row, Perry wrote, is the most segregated area on many campuses, so “we shouldn’t be shocked” by its racist traditions. Because white people, and white college students, constantly adjust how they perform in blackface, Baldwin said, they’re able to claim “racial innocence” while perpetuating harm.
ISSN:0009-5982
1931-1362