This Is How Racial Bigotry Should Be Handled

[MineralMan]

Haddonfield High School, Camden Co., PA. In a recent incident, just days ago, a student from a different school was called a racial slur word by a member of the Haddonfield Lacrosse team. What the school did in response is a model that others should follow:

[Wellstone ruled]

1. The Young Lady in the the Clip

deserves a major Way to Go.

[MineralMan]

2. I agree. She spoke up. Action was taken.

[oasis]

3. Crawl back under your rocks and play video lacrosse, assholes.

[MineralMan]

4. Yes, basically.

What is remarkable here, is that the school administration took immediate steps, and strong ones, to demonstrate that such behavior has consequences. That's not how things usually happen. A lot of credit goes to the principal or administrator who acted swiftly in dealing with the incident. Also to the student who reported it and continued to report it until something was done.

Good job on everyone's part. The lacrosse team? Dumbasses.

[oasis]

5. The lacrosse coach and members of the team who did not

immediately correct the knuckleheaded offenders, have learned a life lesson.

[MineralMan]

6. Yes. An important one.

Tolerating or ignoring bigotry without speaking out against it can be seen as support for it. There's a lot of that out there. The coach of that team is particularly wrong for not dealing with the situation. Instead, he ignored it. Now, there's no lacrosse team to coach this season. I suspect he took a lesson from that, too.

[rainin]

7. I was waiting to hear that the coach was disciplined. I didn't hear that.

Cancelling the season for the entire team is unfortunate unless every member of the team is guilty. That's just punishing all for the actions of a few. The offenders should be removed from the team and the coach fired.

[MineralMan]

8. I only have what information was in the video.

Beyond that, I'm not assuming anything at all.

[rainin]

9. I appreciate the strong stance the school has taken. We need to hit hard

when we witness racism. Good for them for taking action.

[MineralMan]

10. I looked at a couple of local news stories.

Apparently, there was an investigation by the school and other problems turned up that led to canceling the season. No details were given in the stories.

One issue was that other members of the team said nothing about what happened, nor spoke out about it. But more details are not available. I will leave the decision to the school's administrators as to what action they took.

[sarge43]

13. Every member of the team is guilty of inaction, just like the couch.

Minimum, they could have said something to the girl, like apologize. To the bigot, like we don't that here creep. To the couch, do something sir. Bigotry thrives because too many people won't call it out. They're old enough to start learning that lesson.

[oberliner]

14. Not sure it's fair to blame the couch

[brush]

17. Canceling the season was direct punishment of the coach who did nothing.

The other uninvolved students unfortunately paid a price but they also learned a valuable life lesson.

My hate is off to all. That took courage to act so swiftly, decisively and justly.

[malaise]

11. Excellent

Rec

[Pepsidog]

12. Haddonfield is a high income town known for great schools. It's a shame this happened.

Haddonfield is known for its great schools and upper income community. The kids who attend Haddonfield for the most part are white upper class, privledged kids. Haddonfield consistently out performs most schools in souther NJ. However, these kids who come from wealthy families have also had their share of controversy. Coming from families with high income the there has been problems with drugs and other mischief. About 8 years ago some of the kids attended a party at another kids house and totally destroyed it. I mean million dollar homes and some kids defecated on a piano located in the home. It’s good to see the administration take swift action in this case. These kids come from one of the the highest income areas in the State and have every advantage money can buy. But I guess money cannot buy class.

[Glorfindel]

15. Sounds like the rich-kids-destroying-house scenes in "Risky Business" and

"Sixteen Candles." I guess life does imitate art sometimes. But their affluence gives them no excuse to use a racial slur or other hurtful speech. The school did right in cancelling the lacrosse season.

[Pepsidog]

19. Shameful conduct from kids who have every advantage.

[SCVDem]

16. I am leaving a fraternal.

Two different lodges with the same anti Latino BS from white people . The separation of parents and children is all right to too many.

I am out! I am also white and 63. I'm getting too old for hate!

I find most of my aquaintences to be other than white. That is great. I already know about white people. It's more interesting learning of others.

I may never travel again, but the world is all around me.

Hello!

[mountain grammy]

18. it is a model all districts should follow.

the coach should have reacted immediately and it would have ended there. Yes, Haddonfield is setting a standard, and that's good.

[lunasun]

20. The most privileged of the privileged will have some free time to think about thier actions

Good on this school they could of stalled and hawed and rode thier reputation to avoidance but instead confronted the issue and executed swift punishment