VIDEO: N.J. students taunt player with racist chants

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Source: The Daily Record





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VIDEO: N.J. students taunt player with racist chants

By William Westhoven, The Daily Record February 3, 2017


The executive director of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, which oversees high school athletic competitions in the state, has instructed administrators at Jefferson and Dover high schools to address reports of racial slurs — along with a “build the wall” chant — allegedly shouted by Jefferson fans at Dover athletes during a varsity boys basketball game on Friday.

The video above, published by NJ.com, shows students clearly chanting “ashy knees” as an African-American Dover player shoots free throws.

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“The schools have been instructed to meet and come forward with appropriate action plans to satisfy both the letter and spirit of the NJSIAA sportsmanship policy,” Steven Timko said in a statement released to the media on Wednesday afternoon. “If they are unable to fulfill that obligation, the matter will go to the controversies committee of their own conference, the New Jersey Athletic Conference. If necessary, NJSIAA will convene its controversies committee, which will intercede as necessary.”

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Read more: http://usatodayhss.com/2017/video-n-j-students-taunt-player-with-racist-chants

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We have a bigot in the WH as president who encourages vile chants. Not good as role models for our students.

[heaven05]

1. with those bigots in the WH

president bannon as the head Kluxer, it will get worse.

[Demit]

2. I'm old. I had to look up what ashy knees meant.

And I'm still not sure, b/c Urban Dictionary seems to just publish any made up thing, usually sexual. Can somebody tell me what it's a reference to?

[McKim]

3. The Entire Team with Minority Members Needs to Walk Off the Court

Teams that are taunted should walk off the courts. No sports entertainment for fascists and racists. To play under these circumstances, is, I hope, beneath their dignity.