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Medical students pose in front of Louisiana plantation's slave quarters for powerful photo



WALLACE, Louisiana -- A group of black medical students posed in front of the slave quarters of a Louisiana plantation for a powerful photo.

"Standing in front of the slave quarters of our ancestors, at The Whitney Plantation, with my medical school classmates. We are truly our ancestors' wildest dreams," Sydney Labat posted to Twitter.

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The photo, featuring Labat and 14 of her Tulane University classmates in their white coats, was posted to Twitter and liked more than 65,000 times.

"I think I speak for myself and my classmates that it was an extremely humbling experience, to say the least," Labat told Good Morning America. "We would not be here without the strength and determination of those enslaved and their strength to live and to press on."

She said she credits her ancestors' resilience for her ability to pursue an education.

The Whitney Plantation in Wallace is one of the only plantations in the state with an exclusive focus on enslaved people, according to its website.

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Did they all get their degrees from hbcu institutions?

I saw this posted a lot today and wasn't sure of the purpose or message they were tryna convey

I'm such a cynical asshole now

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Did they all get their degrees from hbcu institutions?

I saw this posted a lot today and wasn't sure of the purpose or message they were tryna convey

I'm such a cynical asshole now

maybe just the message that they are successful in the medical field but will always be humbled by their roots/ancestry
Or that their slave ancestors would be proud of how much they have accomplished
Something like that

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Did they all get their degrees from hbcu institutions?

I saw this posted a lot today and wasn't sure of the purpose or message they were tryna convey

I'm such a cynical asshole now

maybe just the message that they are successful in the medical field but will always be humbled by their roots/ancestry
Or that their slave ancestors would be proud of how much they have accomplished
Something like that

Yea, none of that makes sense.

And it's the "powerful" and "we are our ancestors wildest dreams" assertions that's got me like


Harriet and friends weren't sitting around in a pile of med school rejection letters, that wasn't their dream boy

But I get it! They're doing good, for their head on str8. And that's good.

But I'm not gonna clap any harder for them, than I am for a young black male or female that works at dollar tree, pays their bills, and may take 1 or 2 classes at the local community college to get where they need to get in this system that is so unfair to us. White accomplishments just don't equate to Black achievements to me anymore.

Now what would I clap hard for?

I would go BANANAS for them to caption this photo "Providing free medical care for all families and victims of slavery."

End of soapbox.

[RAY7]

Did they all get their degrees from hbcu institutions?

I saw this posted a lot today and wasn't sure of the purpose or message they were tryna convey

I'm such a cynical asshole now

maybe just the message that they are successful in the medical field but will always be humbled by their roots/ancestry
Or that their slave ancestors would be proud of how much they have accomplished
Something like that

Yea, none of that makes sense.

And it's the "powerful" and "we are our ancestors wildest dreams" assertions that's got me like


Harriet and friends weren't sitting around in a pile of med school rejection letters, that wasn't their dream boy

But I get it! They're doing good, for their head on str8. And that's good.

But I'm not gonna clap any harder for them, than I am for a young black male or female that works at dollar tree, pays their bills, and may take 1 or 2 classes at the local community college to get where they need to get in this system that is so unfair to us. White accomplishments just don't equate to Black achievements to me anymore.

Now what would I clap hard for?

I would go BANANAS for them to caption this photo "Providing free medical care for all families and victims of slavery."

End of soapbox.

how is being a doctor a "white accomplishment"? The point is it's a high
Paying salaried job where they can provide for themselves and their families, which is far from being a slave