High school basketball team forced to apologise after 'USA! USA!'

[mandym]

A high school basketball team with mostly white players has been accused of racism for chanting 'USA! USA!' after winning against a rival school.

The players from Alamo Heights in San Antonio, Texas yelled the phrase after beating a team from Edison high school made up of minority players.

The winning team's coach immediately stopped the teenagers chanting the phrase - and now the local school district has been forced to apologise.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...SA-USA-chant-deemed-racist.html#ixzz1oT8GQsCV

 

[Sapper Woody]

Tough call. My first response is to say that they used this chant everywhere, so it obviously wasn't a racial thing. However, the other team didn't know this, so it could easily have been misconstrued that way.

All in all, I think that the team that chanted should apologize, but not that they did it, but that it was misconstrued. The offended team should accept the apology, and that should be the end of it.

 

[mandym]

There should have been no apology. People want to be offended by anything American even while benefiting from this great country. Their offense is not a matter of genuineness.

 

[carpro]

Tough call. My first response is to say that they used this chant everywhere, so it obviously wasn't a racial thing. However, the other team didn't know this, so it could easily have been misconstrued that way.

All in all, I think that the team that chanted should apologize, but not that they did it, but that it was misconstrued. The offended team should accept the apology, and that should be the end of it.

I'll go with your first response.

The other team can construe it any way they want, so long as they just get over themselves.

No apology necessary. IMO

 

[mont974x4]

Patriotism is not racism.

 

[webdog]

what's a "minority player", and how is the chant of usa racist?

 

[billwald]

Ignorance and stupidity is no excuse to claim an insult.

Why would a US high school playing a US high school inside the US even think of such a chant?

 

[webdog]

Ignorance and stupidity is no excuse to claim an insult.

Why would a US high school playing a US high school inside the US even think of such a chant?

Maybe the other team had many illegal immigrants? Again, how is it racist? It's a matter of citizenship, not race.

 

[JonC]

Why were they chanting “USA” if they were both from San Antonio high schools? Or am I missing something?

 

[Jon-Marc]

I, personally, would never apologize for loving and supporting my country.

 

[JonC]

I agree. I am not sure of their intentions, but maybe their patriotism was just overflowing.