Blackface Photo: Quinnipiac University

By Lindsay Pytel

See our full article about the 11 blackface selfies and videos posted this fall.

A Snapchat post of a Quinnipiac University student wearing a dark face mask emerged on Sept. 19, according to Quinnipiac’s student-run news program Q30. The caption of the photo read “Black Lives Matter,” which was taken by another student, according to The Quinnipiac Chronicle.

Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson responded to the incident the next day in an email to the students and staff condemning the actions of the students involved.

“I am deeply troubled to learn of a recent incident in which a racially offensive photo of one of our students was posted on social media,” Thompson wrote. “This incident is clearly not reflective of our values as a university community. Please know the university has acted swiftly to discipline the individual responsible for this action.”

It was later found that the young woman in the photo had no knowledge of the photo being posted or what the photo said. The student who took the photo, added the caption and posted it to Snapchat no longer attends Quinnipiac, according to a statement Sept. 21 to students and faculty from Thompson.

Read more here about how Quinnipiac students responded to the photo.

The girl in the photo, Sarah Goodrich, however, is still a student at Quinnipiac University.

In an interview with Quinnipiac’s student television organization Q30, Goodrich explained the events of that day.

“All of a sudden one of my roommates, she said ‘oh that’s so strange that someone screen-shotted my story of you in a mask.” My first thought was ‘Oh my god, that’s so embarrassing.’ Like it’s me in like a facial. Not flattering,” Goodrich said. “And then she showed me it…[then] I said ‘do you know what that means?’ I was so just upset by it obviously.”

Goodrich said she’s going to stay at Quinnipiac despite recent events and student outrage about the photo.

“[My parents] said all you can do is just build from it and people will eventually see the truth and that’s all that you can do is just be strong and just keep your chin up,” Goodrich said.