Institutional memory, blackface and Grinnell: interrogating our past in yearbook photos
Language Log 2019-03-01
Summary:
By Zoe Fruchter & Eva Hill fruchter@grinnell.edu & hilleva@grinnell.edu In 1990, Grinnell College student Guy Potter ’92 and his fellow residents of “Green House,” an environmental co-op house on East Street, dressed up for a party. They covered their bodies in green body paint and wore green clothing. They also took several photos to commemorate...