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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tishomingo-cancels-homecoming-football-game-after-students-display-racial-slur-in-viral-image/ar-AA1qRmlj

Some community members on social media said the students depicted are football players for Tishomingo High School and that the photo was taken as part of spirit week for the school. On Monday, students were encouraged to wear a black shirt to receive a random Scrabble tile to attach to themselves.

So the school gave teenagers individual letters to wear, not thinking that they would spell out offensive words? Sounds like dumb kids being dumb kids.

I'll bet $100 right now that they also spelled every curse word under the sun as well.

[–] A7thStone 84 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is a huge difference between a curse word and a slur.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yep, agreed, but these are teenagers. I did not have much foresight as a teenager, either.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Teenagers today do. I guarantee there are thousands of kids in that school who know better and would never do this. Being young doesn't make you racist

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, but it does make some less educated. Not everyone is online a lot. Plenty of people just hang out with their friends without learning anything. It's very possible they haven't learned why that is so wrong.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Well with the internet I'm sure they now will have an entire life of dealing with those consequences.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Yeah, teenagers are often pretty fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dumb as I was at that age, I can’t imagine agreeing to do something like that or making friends with anyone who would.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because we are not the same type of people they are? They just didn't care as much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Exactly! They’re racist little bags of shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, if you grow up in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma, there isn't a lot of racial diversity. So this isn't something they likely have run into in any meaningful sense, so they wouldn't understand just how hurtful it can be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You get it. Thanks

[–] kemsat 4 points 1 month ago

Right, the point is to let them be themselves & correct behaviors that society has decided are useless. Gotta give them the freedom to choose so that you can correct it, same as younger kids.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't minimize and normalize this shit. My teenager curses like a sailor but she would be horrified to say a racial slur like that. A swear word and bigotry are not the same thing

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Members of the football team? And that sport usually has the best and brightest of high school students. I’m shocked, I tell you.

[–] TriflingToad 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

at my school at least football kids aren't really the brightest. They're just average folks but stronger and with less free time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the above comment was sarcastic

[–] TriflingToad 2 points 1 month ago