October 24. 2020

Brown County High School

The predominantly white Brown County High School in Nashville, Indiana is being slammed over a racist item in a recent yearbook. An African-American member of the basketball team had the words "black guy" printed under his photo in the yearbook, rather than his given name.

The school has apologized for the offensive incident, as has the Indiana school superintendent, Laura Hammack, who has launched an investigation. Hammack stated the incident, "has a truly incomprehensible statement included in it, and we are currently trying to better understand what that situation is all about."

She further stated, "This has been a hard day, but what is most important is that this has been a really hard day for a student and for a family, and we will work hard to make sure that a student and a family who are experiencing what they're experiencing today don't need to experience the same feelings moving forward. I just commit to our school community that we will be relentless in making this right and making this a moment that we can certainly look back on and one day say we're doing better."

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Indiana school superintendent apologizes after a student was listed as 'Black Guy' in the high school yearbook

October 21, 2020 - An Indiana school superintendent has apologized after a Black student was simply listed as "Black Guy" in a high school yearbook. Laura Hammack, superintendent of Brown County Schools in the town of Nashville, Indiana, posted a video to Facebook on Monday afternoon addressing the incident.

"(The 2020 Brown County High School yearbook) has a truly incomprehensible statement included in it, and we are currently trying to better understand what that situation is all about," Hammack said. She told CNN that the words appeared with a photo of a Black student. According to CNN affiliate WRTV, the description was in a caption beneath a photo of members of a school basketball team.