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sullivan high school missouri

Stereotyping and Racism

High School Seniors Sport Blackface for Powder Puff and We. Just. Can’t.

On November 5, 2014, Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Missouri, held its annual powder puff football game. Like most powder puff teams, the girls decked themselves out in pink. Unlike most powder puff teams, these senior girls also painted their faces black. You heard right. Blackface. Not surprisingly, photos of the team in blackface were […]

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