Welcome to Acirema, where chanting “USA, USA” is insensitive and possibly racist. God help us, even though we’ve passed the tipping point.
Only in Obama’s America could chanting ‘USA, USA’ be considered racist.
INCORRECT.
This is still America.
If you are living in America,if you are going to school in America, you can only have one interpretation of USA USA....
I'd sure like to know what his definition of patriotism is......
how pray tell is chanting USA racist? Oh were there a lot of Mexican nationals there? Sheesh, last I heard they wanted to be in the USA. They should be thrilled to have confirmation they are in the USA!
“We wanted to make sure (the chant) wasn’t racially motivated, and I told the kids I just want to be sensitive to the feelings of everybody,” Lipman said. “If we’re doing it for patriotism, that’s fine. But if we’re doing it for something else that’s racially motivated, I’m not going to allow that.”
This man thinks chanting USA is racially motivated. How disgusting.
Hooray for those 4 Americans.
Comments disabled at the source. Well, that’s totally surprising...not. The fishwrap obviously can’t let out that the majority of local LEGAL residents probably back these kids to the hilt.
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It would have been OK for the other side to chant “Mehico” though.
This is stupid as “Valenzeula” is an Hispanic surname. The pointing was probably about something else. My daughter graduated from this school.
“USA” is not a race
Actually my sympathies lie with the principal, who seemed to have done everything right. First some background.
1) The students intended to agitate and create trouble, even violence. Patriotism had nothing to do with this. They could have been yelling “Donuts!”, and if the other team saw that as offensive enough to get angry about it, it would be a problem.
2) The principal warned them beforehand that he did not want them to agitate. Supporting your team is one thing, attacking the opposing team is something else. But after appearing to comply, they disrupted the halftime with their demonstration.
3) Despite their efforts, the disruptive students did not accomplish their goal, and subsequently, the principal saw no need to punish them for it. Also a wise move on his part.
4) The leader of the students is *still* trying to agitate, using social media to do so. I’ve got no sympathy for him or his attempt to create trouble, as the purpose of a *game* is to play a *game*, not start fights.
The fact that the principal thought the USA chant was provocative proves that he thought the other team was “too Mexican”. He’s the true racist.
sensitive to the feeeelings of all
Good God.. spew alert!
Huh?