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>>I’m embarassed for you Ksat, and “disturbed”(can I use your word?) that you would produce such a horribly biased report as the Heights vs Edison basketball game incident.
They didn’t cover any of the insulting being done by Edison, there were posters, people saying Alamo Whites, etc. Then they go and report about “USA!” Which would have to be thought about in a very weird way to become insulting.

>> If Edison was also making racially insensitive comments, then yes, it should be reported, and shame on KSAT for not doing so. However, two wrongs don’t make a right. Shouting “USA” is of course not insulting, but consider the context. Why else would a team (or more specifically, its fans) chant that when playing a team from the same country? I know only a handful of students can ruin the reputation of a school, but those students deserve to be punished.

>>I sent this to your reporter who reported about Alamo Heights being “racist”

Hello,

I am a current student at Alamo Heights, and I would like to discuss the story on how Alamo Heights chanting “USA” is racist. If you haven’t already checked your video comments on the KSAT12 page, most comments, if not mainly, said that this is not racist at all. Yes, our school consists of mainly of whites, but that does not make us racist. What is wrong with being proud of our country? We have shouted it out at other games against WHITE teams and at pep rallies, and it is in not being racist towards anyone. I am white and my best friend happens to be a Hispanic. We are all Americans are we not? We should not be calling the whole community of Alamo Heights racist, when it was only three students starting the chant, and one of them being Hispanic. You also forgot to explain in your news story that Edison chanted Alamo Whites. It seems odd that you only told half of the story of what actually happened. Edison also made a rude remark about one of our paralyzed students, Eddie Moreno, calling him “retarded.” We are not the only ones guilty in the matter of racism. I think you need to air another story showing the other half of the story. It would be much appreciated by the Alamo Heights community and school system.

Sincerely,
Sage Novosad-Talley