Two recent racist incidents involving a mock slave auction and violence against Black people have sidelined two Sacramento-area high schools for the remainder of the varsity football season.
The Sacramento Bee reported Monday that Amador High School canceled the rest of its season because of a Snapchat group named"Kill the Blacks" and that River Valley High School in Yuba City forfeited its Friday game afterRiver Valley also forfeited the remainder of its season. With varsity players out after the video of them acting out a slave auction surfaced, the team doesn't have enough players.
The incidents in September follow one in March where an El Dorado Hills' Oak Ridge football player heckled a Black high school soccer player with ape sounds, according to The Bee. "Re-enacting a slave sale as a prank tells us that we have a great deal of work to do with our students so they can distinguish between intent and impact," the Yuba City Unified School District said in a release.
The three schools are in different school districts all outside of Sacramento, which is California's capital city. All the schools have small percentages of Black students, the news outlet reported.© 2022 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.Please enter email address to continue
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