'I Am Truly Sorry': ‘Monkey’ Taunts, N-Word Slurs, and Unjust Suspensions Aren’t Enough—Superintendent Rejects Plea from Black Parents to End Games Against Rival School Responsible

'I Am Truly Sorry': ‘Monkey’ Taunts, N-Word Slurs, and Unjust Suspensions Aren’t Enough—Superintendent Rejects Plea from Black Parents to End Games Against Rival School Responsible

Parents in a predominantly Black school district in suburban New York waited nearly a month to learn the decision on their pleas for a Long Island high school to cancel all future athletic competitions with their crosstown rivals, citing ongoing racial abuse from white spectators. ​In response to parents’ demands to cease athletic competitions with the Bellmore-Merrick School District due to alleged racist incidents, Sewanhaka Central Superinten…