Soccer Team Taunts African Student with ‘Ebola’ Chant

[Cali_Democrat]

Is our children learning?

USA!



Students on a Pennsylvania soccer team are facing discipline for taunting a West African student on the opposing team with chants of “ebola!” The soccer teams for both Nazareth Area High School and Northampton Area High School faced off last week, and players on the latter decided to pick on this 16-year-old boy.

His legal guardian Edward Bachert told The Morning Call that these students also shouted racial epithets at him. The Northampton superintendent assured earlier this week that they would be conducting an investigation into the matter, and Nazareth was conducting its own investigation as well.

The unidentified 16-year-old is from Guinea and was taken in by Bachert two years ago. The paper received a letter from someone who claimed the other team shouted at this black student that they hope he contracts Ebola.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/school-soccer-team-taunts-african-student-with-ebola-chant-coaches-resign/

[uppityperson]

1. Good god. eom

[840high]

2. Disgusting.

[Brigid]

3. Soccer Team Is Full Of Idiots.

There, fixed the headline to make it more to the point.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Thank you!

Much appreciated.

[Brigid]

6. You shoulda seen what I wanted to change it to.

It woulda at least earned me some time in the penalty box.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Cruel little pieces of shit

That's what they are.

[lpbk2713]

7. Don't coaches explain anything about sportsmanship any more?

Apparently from what I have been reading lately all that matters is winning at any cost.

[PAProgressive28]

8. Northampton

Not surprising

[theHandpuppet]

9. Disgusting

So this is what they're learning about "sportsmanship"?

[VScott]

10. "Is" our children learning?

Say wut?

[Cali_Democrat]

11. ...

[VScott]

12. Okay

Points awarded.

Never saw or heard that one before.

[tk2kewl]

13. Fire the coach first

If he could not or would not shut that shit down immediately he has no place on the field

[etherealtruth]

15. without doubt!

[City Lights]

14. Sickening.

They should be ashamed of themselves.

[MineralMan]

16. That's disgusting.

The team that did that should be suspended from any further play for the entire season. In fact, the coach of that team should do it, and forfeit the rest of the games and kick offending players off the squat immediately.