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High school basketball team forced to apologize after 'USA! USA!' chant is deemed racist
The Daily Mail ^
| 3/7/2012
Posted on 03/07/2012 3:19:18 PM PST by Beave Meister
A high school basketball team with mostly white players has been accused of racism for chanting 'USA! USA!' after winning against a rival school.
The players from Alamo Heights in San Antonio, Texas yelled the phrase after beating a team from Edison high school made up of minority players.
The winning team's coach immediately stopped the teenagers chanting the phrase - and now the local school district has been forced to apologize.
But many students and local residents have lambasted the response as 'an overreaction', taking to the players' Facebook page to vent their anger.
'As an outsider, and a Hispanic, I'm curious,' Donna Russell wrote. 'Would any of this be an issue if the opposing team chanted Viva Mexico?
'I mean, we ALL live in the USA so why was this a bad thing?
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: immigrants; liberals; mexicans; racism; texas; usa
To: Beave Meister
...this is what happens when you mass import voters....
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:20:56 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(this sucks)
To: Tzimisce
The only people who object to displays of patriotism are the ones who wish to undermine it.
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:28:44 PM PST
by
TheWriterTX
(All in now for Newt Gingrich)
To: Beave Meister
We're sorry but reader comments are currently unavailable.I don't guess they want to hear opposing views.
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:29:20 PM PST
by
WesternPacific
(Deafness has its Advantages)
To: Beave Meister
I mean, we ALL live in the USA so why was this a bad thing?
that would be my question, followed by, "Umm...USA wasn't a team involved, why not chant the school's name or something like that?"
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:31:14 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
To: Beave Meister
How did the white dudes win? White men can’t jump. I scene a whole movie about it!
Just kidding
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:31:25 PM PST
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Beave Meister
Sick flippin liberals...teaching kids tha its bad to say proud things about this country.
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:32:45 PM PST
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: Beave Meister
At least give Donna credit for being reasonable.
To: arderkrag
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:40:25 PM PST
by
Beave Meister
(Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
To: Beave Meister
Too bad this wasn’t football, you might have seen a flag for an “Illegal” formation.
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:40:52 PM PST
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: Beave Meister
I do not like you or what you are saying. I will have you silenced. Heil me.
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:46:14 PM PST
by
Blogatron
(Brought to you by The American Frog Council; 'Frog - The other green meat')
To: Beave Meister
Somehow I get the feeling there’s a history between these two schools
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:55:17 PM PST
by
YHAOS
(you betcha!)
To: Beave Meister
What ever happened to free speech in this country? Is there any such thing in this era of “political correctness”? No, I guess not.
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posted on
03/07/2012 3:59:55 PM PST
by
johnd201
To: Beave Meister
Obama’s America: Where chanting “USA” is a hate crime.
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posted on
03/07/2012 4:50:25 PM PST
by
radpolis
(Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)
To: Beave Meister
Edison high school made up of minority players.Midgets?
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posted on
03/07/2012 5:17:04 PM PST
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
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