Missouri Officials Apologize After White Students Turn Backs On Black Team

[Trillfate]

4 years of this....

 

[stringer bell]

http://www.dailystarjournal.com/opi...cle_4427056e-b3ca-52ac-a3b7-57107bf681d2.html

Context trumps racist perception

By Joe Warren

Context.

It’s not a hard word to understand or even a difficult word to spell, but it sure can be hard to find.

For instance, at the Warrensburg High School basketball game against Center High School on Monday there were a couple of instances that led to an issue being blown completely out of proportion.

News trucks came down from Kansas City – must have been a slow news day – and a community and school district officials were forced to defend themselves simply because someone was either unable or unwilling to understand context.

The student section during Monday’s game decided to turn around and face away from the court when the visiting team was announced. There was also a single Trump-Pence sign in the crowd.

Let’s address each of these points, because they unequivocally are not related.

First, it is common for student sections in high schools and colleges to take collective actions during the introduction of visiting players.

Back in my day students in the student section at basketball games used to hold up newspapers during visiting player introductions as a form of intimidation or disrespect. It is definitely not a respectful action and I’m not arguing that it’s necessarily the right thing to do. But it’s also a common practice for student sections to turn their backs toward the court during visiting player introductions.

It’s not meant as a racist act. Student sections have been showing disrespect to visiting players of all races for as long as I can remember.

There’s the proper context. The students turning their backs on Center High School was not an act of racism. I am confident saying that.

Now, again, context is everything.

There are real race issues in this world. Unfortunately, racism isn’t absent in this society.

If the student holding the Trump-Pence sign meant it as a statement about race, then it should be dealt with accordingly. I’m not going to even attempt to defend the (potentially) indefensible.

One thing to consider is that Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence did receive 64 percent of the vote in Johnson County. Trump did get elected and will be our next president. Likewise, Pence is going to be the vice president. Simply supporting them is not necessarily a measure of racism.

Now, it’s my guess that a visiting parent (maybe a couple parents, I don’t really know the details and it’s really not that pertinent) called the television stations in Kansas City, put it on their social media accounts and got quite a bit of attention. They also managed to cast a negative light on a good community simply because they failed to understand context.

The reason it was blown out of proportion wasn’t because racism isn’t a huge issue. It is. But for one person to call all of Warrensburg racist because of one sign held by one high school student is exactly the type of generalization that allows racism to foster in this society.

Calling a group of people racist because they support Donald Trump is borne of the same ignorance that allows racism to prosper.

Likewise, making a blanket statement about a group because of the actions of one person can be racially motivated in and of itself.

The problem with playing the race card isn’t that you get the attention that comes along with it. The problem is that the more you take issues out of context to apply the race card, the less value is applied. It’s like the little boy who cried wolf, or the story of Chicken Little.

To his credit, Superintendent Dr. Scott Patrick has issued an apology on behalf of the district for the collective actions of the students. It was the only logical thing he could do in this no-win situation. It’s too bad it got that far.

When you incorrectly take an issue out of context and make it about race, you cheapen the point. Folks with proper context start to dismiss all claims of racism and when there is real racism exposed, it could be ignored.

It doesn’t help anyone’s cause.

Misplaying the race card doesn’t promote social justice. But it can get a person a bunch of attention.

It’s possible that social justice wasn’t the end game in this case. Maybe getting attention was.

Whitey says there's nothing to see here everything is all white.. Also stop using the "race card" only the white man who invented it is allowed to use it & benefit from it...

 

[stringer bell]

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

 

[So ILL]

Don't apologize, they didn't learn their way of thinking from nowhere. They're just salty that they can't beat Center, they got dubbed in their first meeting and went on to lose the second game where this shit happened lol.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

http://www.dailystarjournal.com/opinion/context-trumps-racist-perception/article_4427056e-b3ca-52ac-a3b7-57107bf681d2.html

Context trumps racist perception

By Joe Warren

Context.

It’s not a hard word to understand or even a difficult word to spell, but it sure can be hard to find.

For instance, at the Warrensburg High School basketball game against Center High School on Monday there were a couple of instances that led to an issue being blown completely out of proportion.

News trucks came down from Kansas City – must have been a slow news day – and a community and school district officials were forced to defend themselves simply because someone was either unable or unwilling to understand context.

The student section during Monday’s game decided to turn around and face away from the court when the visiting team was announced. There was also a single Trump-Pence sign in the crowd.

Let’s address each of these points, because they unequivocally are not related.

First, it is common for student sections in high schools and colleges to take collective actions during the introduction of visiting players.

Back in my day students in the student section at basketball games used to hold up newspapers during visiting player introductions as a form of intimidation or disrespect. It is definitely not a respectful action and I’m not arguing that it’s necessarily the right thing to do. But it’s also a common practice for student sections to turn their backs toward the court during visiting player introductions.

It’s not meant as a racist act. Student sections have been showing disrespect to visiting players of all races for as long as I can remember.

There’s the proper context. The students turning their backs on Center High School was not an act of racism. I am confident saying that.

Now, again, context is everything.

There are real race issues in this world. Unfortunately, racism isn’t absent in this society.

If the student holding the Trump-Pence sign meant it as a statement about race, then it should be dealt with accordingly. I’m not going to even attempt to defend the (potentially) indefensible.

One thing to consider is that Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence did receive 64 percent of the vote in Johnson County. Trump did get elected and will be our next president. Likewise, Pence is going to be the vice president. Simply supporting them is not necessarily a measure of racism.

Now, it’s my guess that a visiting parent (maybe a couple parents, I don’t really know the details and it’s really not that pertinent) called the television stations in Kansas City, put it on their social media accounts and got quite a bit of attention. They also managed to cast a negative light on a good community simply because they failed to understand context.

The reason it was blown out of proportion wasn’t because racism isn’t a huge issue. It is. But for one person to call all of Warrensburg racist because of one sign held by one high school student is exactly the type of generalization that allows racism to foster in this society.

Calling a group of people racist because they support Donald Trump is borne of the same ignorance that allows racism to prosper.

Likewise, making a blanket statement about a group because of the actions of one person can be racially motivated in and of itself.

The problem with playing the race card isn’t that you get the attention that comes along with it. The problem is that the more you take issues out of context to apply the race card, the less value is applied. It’s like the little boy who cried wolf, or the story of Chicken Little.

To his credit, Superintendent Dr. Scott Patrick has issued an apology on behalf of the district for the collective actions of the students. It was the only logical thing he could do in this no-win situation. It’s too bad it got that far.

When you incorrectly take an issue out of context and make it about race, you cheapen the point. Folks with proper context start to dismiss all claims of racism and when there is real racism exposed, it could be ignored.

It doesn’t help anyone’s cause.

Misplaying the race card doesn’t promote social justice. But it can get a person a bunch of attention.

It’s possible that social justice wasn’t the end game in this case. Maybe getting attention was.

Whitey says there's nothing to see here everything is all white.. Also stop using the "race card" only the white man who invented it is allowed to use it & benefit from it...

Do they do that when they play other teams, particularly the ones that aren't mostly black? If not, this dude can shut his ass up.

 

[grYmes]

Gonna be a lot of stories coming out the mid west next year about civil unrest in these high schools.

 

[D0wn]

4 years of this....

This aint new...

 

[blackrain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

The whole panel was looking at Whitlock like "This dude can't be serious"

 

[blackamerica]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

The whole panel was looking at Whitlock like "This dude can't be serious"

You know it's bad when non black ppl respond to his coonery like "wtf"

 

[1CK1S]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

The whole panel was looking at Whitlock like "This dude can't be serious"

You know it's bad when non black ppl respond to his coonery like "wtf"

Actually I mess with Nick Wright. He was standing up for Kap when no other white person did.

 

[SneakDZA]

LMAO @ them dressed like they're in a damn rodeo.

 

[Will Munny]

8 years of this....

Fixed it for you

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

They turned their backs on the visiting team? Why is that a problem? Anyone who has played organized sports already knows the home crowd always use to do silly shit to try to get the opposing team off their game.

Nothing to see here.

 

[marc123]

White ppl smh

 

[gns]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

When negros coon like this do they get to be an honorary white person or something

U know like the "familiars" in blade wanted be vampires.

 

[5onblackhandside]

dem cacs turning dey back wouldnt have fazed me

bet the media wished a fight broke out because of this

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

Jason was actually on point for once, just watched this.

Ain't shit wrong with holding up a sign of the president-elect. If certain people are in their feelings, that's on them.

 

[Mister B.]

Yep. I think this is needed here.

 

[Ghostdenithegawd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

Jason was actually on point for once, just watched this.

Ain't shit wrong with holding up a sign of the president-elect. If certain people are in their feelings, that's on them.

They use the sign to openly say underhanded shit foh they use it as a fuck you mugger sign the fuck wrong with you

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jfl5QCpBg

Before any of you coons can come in here to tap.. Here's your Coon Gawd Jason Coonlock with some talking points for you to regurgitate...

Jason was actually on point for once, just watched this.

Ain't shit wrong with holding up a sign of the president-elect. If certain people are in their feelings, that's on them.

They use the sign to openly say underhanded shit foh they use it as a fuck you mugger sign the fuck wrong with you

I don't assume anything, I refuse to be led by the media and emotions. I'm not a pawn ass nigga and never will be. I don't have time to play their or your little games. I'm way above this cold war between the democrat slaves and republican slaves.

Trump is the new POTUS, so holding up his sign is perfectly acceptable. I see right through all you guys with your fake outrage narrative. Ol' gossip ass niggas, with no real action. Let me know when you're ready to stop complaining about your little nuances and ready to start building.