'Most Whipped' Yearbook Title Irks Mom

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) The mother of a high school senior elected “Most Whipped” by his classmates has asked for a recall of Boynton Beach High’s 2005 yearbooks over a photograph of her son wearing a collar and leash.

Robert Richards, 19, was photographed with then-girlfriend Melissa Finley, who is holding the leash. Richards is black and Finley is white.

Richards’ mother, Jacqueline Nobles, said the picture reminded her of the poster for the 1970s miniseries Roots, which featured a manacled slave.

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