Years ago I was a teacher/counselor at a continuation high school. We were mostly white, a few Mexicans, but no blacks at our school. The school was small-maybe 25 students max. The kids were 15-18 going on 30. We were hardasses from the suburbs. The kids all had more tatoos than your average professional wrestler.
Somebody’s stupid idea was to start a continuation flag football league amongst other continuation high schools. Our girls practiced some cheers for the players. The usual stuff, you know.
So we headed into the hood with an uneasy feeling. Our opponents were all black. Everything started out ok, but then the opposing cheerleaders started in with, “kill the honky mfers!” And of course our cheerleaders retaliated with some racist crap. Well, when it got to the n word all hell broke lose, stones started flying, numerous fights broke out all over the place. People yelled run for the bus! We got out of there with a broken window and some fat lips, so I guess we were lucky.
These posts reminded me of this day...how things can escalate quickly when emotions run high. When cultural feelings that are usually held tight to the vest around your own culture, get aired out in public, it can lead to trouble fast.
Sorry for 2nd post, but wanted to point out in your story how the Black started out with the “kill the honky mfers!” but it wasn’t until the N word was used that the violence broke out. So, it was ok for Blacks to say anything and offend, but how dare the honkies say something that offends them.