"Please Buy Me" Student Image On George Mason's 'Slave Day'
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Title
"Please Buy Me" Student Image On George Mason's 'Slave Day'
Subject
This is an image of a young white student of GMU on slave day holding up a sign as she is being 'auctioned off' as the 'slave ' she is.
Description
She did this to be 'sold' and bought in order to raise money for a cause, ridiculing and dismissing the trauma that comes with being a black student who has actually come from a line of ancestors who were once auctioned due to the color of their skin. This shows how insensitive and inhumane TKE's were to the black GMU community.
Creator
Hulaymatou Chongan History 390
Source
https://research.centerformasonslegacies.com/s/blnd/page/racial-ridicule-at-george-mason
Date
11-10-1971
Coverage
Fairfax,Virginia George Mason University
Files
Citation
Hulaymatou Chongan History 390, “"Please Buy Me" Student Image On George Mason's 'Slave Day',” Mason History, accessed July 27, 2025, https://masonhistory.gmu.edu/items/show/49.