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Article: Black professionals outraged by 'racist' invite from Indiana medical group. (invitation for the Indiana State Medical Association's annual reception)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- January 10, 1994
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Black Indiana professionals were outraged by the Indiana State Medical Association's (ISMA) annual reception invitation which depicts Blacks as cannibals.
The ISMA distributed the "racist" invitations to its 7,000 physician-members and various guests, including the Indiana state legislature, for its annual reception. The theme this year was "Jungle Fever."
The invitation has three parts--each with an unflattering depiction of Blacks drawn on it. The outer envelope bore a drawing of a Black man in a grass skirt, a large bone protruding through his nose, just above his exaggerated lips. The man was also holding a machete.
The invitation card has ...