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But it's one person, it would be no different that if I take a random racist post from this board and created a thread generalizing people, it's self serving circular back patting, but sure knock yourself out.
A google search reveals that cr@p like this is far from isolated!
Just one of many ...
From The Huffington Post:
Quote:
I recently attended a varsity high school basketball game where the student section was dressed up in red, white and blue. “America” was the theme that night. Apparently in doing so, the visiting fans felt that students were being racist.
I’m not entirely sure how a bunch of kids dressed up in red, white and blue makes them racist.
One of the visiting fans felt that when the students chanted “U.S.A” they were offending the visiting players and fans, claiming that many of them, unbeknownst to me or anyone else sitting in the gym that night, are immigrants.
I'm not saying there is anything racist about wearing red, white, and blue, but I do have to wonder what is the point of chanting "USA, USA," at a sporting event where both teams are American. I can understand how students from a largely immigrant visiting school might feel a little put off by it.
I'm not saying there is anything racist about wearing red, white, and blue, but I do have to wonder what is the point of chanting "USA, USA," at a sporting event where both teams are American. I can understand how students from a largely immigrant visiting school might feel a little put off by it.
I'm curious whether the students wore those colors simply because they love the USA or whether they wore them to intimidate the other, largely minority, team. Too bad we will probably never know.
I'm curious whether the students wore those colors simply because they love the USA or whether they wore them to intimidate the other, largely minority, team. Too bad we will probably never know.
That's what I was wondering, too, as well as whether harsh words were exchanged. I have a funny feeling the story as provided in the link is not telling us everything. Somehow, I don't trust a website whose ads are primarily for bomb shelters, gas masks, and prepping to be terribly even-handed about this kind of thing.
Erin Ness Carter, a mother living in the Iowan district, remarked that “for the supporters of one team from a primarily white part of town to paint themselves as the ‘team of the USA’ it strongly implies that the other team, the less white team, is less American.”
I saw this on the am news. I just pi--ed me off. I hate that as American's we are supposed to change our traditions for immigrants. They are supposed to assimilate to our country.
I saw this on the am news. I just pi--ed me off. I hate that as American's we are supposed to change our traditions for immigrants. They are supposed to assimilate to our country.
So bass akwards.
I don't know about your school, but at mine, the tradition was to show school spirit by wearing the school's colors to games. Must be a weird lefty thing.
Erin Ness Carter, a mother living in the Iowan district, remarked that “for the supporters of one team from a primarily white part of town to paint themselves as the ‘team of the USA’ it strongly implies that the other team, the less white team, is less American.”
^ this
It was obvious there was more to this story. This is a recurring theme, fans of sports teams from majority White schools will shout things like "USA! USA!" or "Go back to your country!" at teams that come from mainly minority schools.
In this particular case, the other school has a considerable number of students that are refugees.
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