Voted "Most Whipped" in his High School Class
 

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localne...book_0518.html

hmm. Sophomoric humour rarely stands up to scrutiny.

I think that the most positive thing that can be said about this is that it appears that none of the students involved in preparing the yearbook (including the subjects of the photo) even thought once about lynchings. I think that shows progress in race relations.

EDIT: I just read the linked article, which says the same thing.

Reminds me of that South Park episode about changing the town flag. The kids didn't see a problem with it because they didn't notice it was a black man being hanged by whites.

I just think it would be funnier were it a black woman with a white man. I wonder if people would have complained then?

the evergrowing swamp of Politically Correct Thoughts and Deeds has sucked another happy group of people into it's tenacious grasp, leaving a stench and a smear. This is just plain sad.

yeah, I didn't even think of that when I saw the picture...I thought it was kinda cute...except isn't is supposed to be a guy and a girl who are voted in? so, she should be the "Most Whipped" too...In which case the picture wouldn't make sense...
You would think the yearbook advisor would have caught the possible interpretation...

Since the full term is pussy whipped, I don't think it belongs in a year book period.

That's really funny... It didn't even occur to me that Most Whipped would be connected with slavery... and I even saw that he was black in the picture...

Some people have issues and they like to impose them on others... while I *can* see how someone might be offended I really feel they need to ask themselves what was intended by the photo, realize the context has nothing do with their interpretation and move on... Find something else upon which to grind their axe.

When I saw the topic of this thread, I thought "most pussy whipped" as well.. The picture did recall a whole Kunta-Kinte thing for me though. Not that I'm saying it should be taken away... I think it's pretty funny. It's the students' yearbook. They chose it.. the guy in the picture thought up the scene.. parents/the school needs to move on and let it go.

I just browsed through my yearbook, including the popularity contests dominated by people who deserved the awards about as much as I liked them (or was willing ot tolerate them.) It reminds me of how immature everyone was back then (a whole three years ago, and they still are,) and how glad I am that I'll never see most of them again.

If it makes you feel better, in a few more years you won't recognize any of them either. I was just talking about this at work today, and odds are I wouldn't know a single one of my highschool friends or enemies on the street.

I can understand the mother's point but...
The boy felt comfortable when the picture was taken.
No one else seems uncomfortable yet.
The group of students seem to ignore the color of the individuals involved.

I wonder if the school could simply write a disclaimer stating that the possible interpretation of the photo could be negative but that the participants were completely at ease with their situation and did not intend any racial slurs in the taking of the photo. Then there wouldn't be the expense of reprinting the books, and time spent to handle it all. Stickers stuck in the front of the book would be simple, cost-effective, and pre-empt further problems from the picture.

Otherwise I'd personally have no problem with the picture.

Just more bigorty, nothing new in this country.

Hurray to the kids for not taking race as an issue, AND for having a sense of humor about a controlling relationship. it is nothing new that standards of humor differ from one generation to the next.

i agree that a disclaimer might be a logical/reasonable fix to this. but it should not be recalled. that is outright censorship.

I read this and was thinking "oh why is the mother butting in 'whipped' isn't worth recalling the books" Then I noticed read over the race thing and said "oh shit, one of these things."

I think all these people crying wolf about racism are going to make everyone become deaf to it. When a real issue comes up, maybe no one will want to hear it anymore.

Did you actually read the article? None of the students, inluding the one in the photo, were offended by it. It's not exactly bigoted if the intent is innocuous.

I agree with Redlemon, I think this means our country might actually be making progress in its younger generations.

I read the article and i know what i said.

I don't think it should be recalled, either. But if it is, it still isn't censorship.

I find it funny that the mother was making such a big deal out of something that was her son's idea. I agree with him, though: if it would've been a black girl, no one would've batted an eye.

The girl in the photo is his girlfriend... if there was also a girl who was voted most whipped, she must have been in a separate picture. However,
...Ustwo makes an excellent point, and I agree with him on that element of this issue.

The point is, the yearbook is made by the students, with the faculty overseeing it.
So far, the only person that has a problem with this is the guy's mom, when it was the guy's idea in the first place.
Not everything is racist, or anti-semitic, or demoralizing to women....people need to lay off!

It seems to me that an issue is being made where none was in the first place.

The people who put the book together seemed to have no ill-intentions, they're just having a bit of fun. If it was two black people, two white people, or a black girl and white boy no-one would have given a flying hoot. It's only the fact that the guys black and the girls white that some people have decided to create a problem.

To me, i think it's funny, the picture reflects a changing society and it's humor. I don't see racism, but an older generation does...

Just another blown out of portion reaction by today's society.

It's kinda stupid that the society still thinks small things such as this particular photo is connected to racism.

But no worries, for there is a new kind of generation emerging, kids with humour!