(Youth football) Fans apologize for Afro wigs, blackface

[deadparrot]

HUDSON, Ohio - The president of a youth football association has apologized for fans who wore Afro wigs and painted their faces black at a playoff game.

Shaker Heights coach Jeffrey Saffold said Hudson fans also used a racially offensive word during Sunday's game.

"I think this was a way of supporting the team by showing up in bigoted costumes to mock their minority opponent," Saffold said.

John Elffers, president of the Hudson Hawks Youth Football Association, sent Saffold a letter of apology on behalf of the fans.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15433672/

[AspenRose]

1. Outward Racism is in vogue

Gee, Thanks, Dubya, for setting the tone!

[Pithy Cherub]

2. Every parent who encouraged their kid in this

or did it themselves is beyond shameful and not worthy of being a parent!:nuke:

[Mrs. Overall]

3. But it seems ok to paint your face red, with war stripes and wear feathers

in your hair, waving a plastic tomahawk.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. This is just sad.

Their parents let their kids get away with this?