• at_an_angle@lemmy.one
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    3 months ago

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tishomingo-cancels-homecoming-football-game-after-students-display-racial-slur-in-viral-image/ar-AA1qRmlj

    Some community members on social media said the students depicted are football players for Tishomingo High School and that the photo was taken as part of spirit week for the school. On Monday, students were encouraged to wear a black shirt to receive a random Scrabble tile to attach to themselves.

    So the school gave teenagers individual letters to wear, not thinking that they would spell out offensive words? Sounds like dumb kids being dumb kids.

    I’ll bet $100 right now that they also spelled every curse word under the sun as well.

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      You are apologizing for racists, I don’t care what age they are. They should be disciplined and told it’s wrong from everyone, not say that kids are being kids. This is not being excellent to each other and not quite crossing the line, but I am going to call it out. If you double down, I will remove the comments.

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        3 months ago

        Honest question: How am I apologizing for racists?

        All I said it it seemed to me like dumb teens being dumb.

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      Don’t minimize and normalize this shit. My teenager curses like a sailor but she would be horrified to say a racial slur like that. A swear word and bigotry are not the same thing

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      3 months ago

      Members of the football team? And that sport usually has the best and brightest of high school students. I’m shocked, I tell you.

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        3 months ago

        Yep, agreed, but these are teenagers. I did not have much foresight as a teenager, either.

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          Dumb as I was at that age, I can’t imagine agreeing to do something like that or making friends with anyone who would.

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          3 months ago

          Teenagers today do. I guarantee there are thousands of kids in that school who know better and would never do this. Being young doesn’t make you racist

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            3 months ago

            No, but it does make you less educated. It’s very possible they haven’t learned why that is so wrong.

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              3 months ago

              Well with the internet I’m sure they now will have an entire life of dealing with those consequences.

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          Right, the point is to let them be themselves & correct behaviors that society has decided are useless. Gotta give them the freedom to choose so that you can correct it, same as younger kids.