One Year Later

I write this as I am getting ready to leave for provo to shoot the Utes and cougars volleyball game. That might not get to many people excited I don’t know that I’m excited ether but it does make me think about the last time I was there for volleyball. I did a post then but I need to give an update. I took these two pictures the last time that I was in provo for volleyball.

A few weeks after taking them we decided we needed to run them in the Chronicle. They ran on the opinion page with a single cut line. When it ran it got the attention of Debra who deals with racial issues all the time and she wrote a letter to the byu Athletic department, Tom Holmoe and the LDS church among others. Looking for a apology
The photos then ran in the Navaho times and got a big response I was told from their readers. I have also sent them to a few other papers that have asked for copies. I also ran across a copy of it on facebook.
Long story short it is probably my most popular photo I have taken and it makes me feel good because it is exposing the racism that can exist today. I am all for smack talk in sports I do a good share of it but this is not stuff to joke about or bring up at a volleyball game. I have a strange feeling when I think about y volleyball now and I think it will be interesting shooting tonight for the first time since seeing this student with her dry erase board.