Student Broadcaster’s Racial Slur Sparks NAACP Response in Indiana
Civil rights leaders say the episode exposed gaps in the district handbook and are pressing for discipline, reporting requirements and a bias task force.
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‘Appalling’: Student Calls Black Basketball Player at Rival High School In Indiana the ‘N-Word’ on Live Sports Broadcast, Prompting Calls for Boycott
After a student announcer at Penn High School in South Bend, Indiana, called a Black basketball player on the opposing team a racial slur multiple times during a live student broadcast of a playoff game, civil rights and community leaders are in an uproar and demanding bold corrective action from the school system.On March 6, during the live broadcast on YouTube of Penn High School’s game against Riley High School, when Kelin Webster, a 6-foot-4…
Student Broadcaster Makes Monkey Sounds & Says N-Word During High School Game
Source: Miroslaw Durma / Getty March Madness is top of mind for basketball fans at the moment, but there are even more controversial moments taking place at the high school level in South Bend, Indiana. According to the Atlanta Black Star, in early March, Penn High School was playing a basketball playoff game against Riley High School, when a broadcaster at Penn allegedly used racial slurs. It happened when Riley’s star player, Kelin Webster, wh…
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