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A California elementary school community is outraged after a newspaper clipping with racist language was published in the yearbook, per ABC 7 .

The racist article from the 1940s was recently printed and distributed in the 2024-2025 Montclair Elementary School yearbook.

One portion of the book features local newspaper articles about events previously held at the school. A report from October 1940 detailed the school’s annual carnival and activities that children could participate in, including “n—r babies.”

“Boy and Girl Scouts will have charge of booths and many attractions such as n—r babies, darts, fish pond, airplane game, fortune telling,” the article read.

In the late 19th to early 20th century, “Hit the N—r Baby,” or African Dodger, was a popular game at loca

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