In an Illinois high school, a white high school coach cut 8 black students from a varsity basketball team. Some blacks in the area are plenty hot, with a couple church leaders calling for a boycott of classes and basketball games. (Although one of the ministers would “ask students to boycott in a rotation so that they don’t miss consecutive days and fall behind in their classes”, so kudos to him.)
The response by the school’s principal, however, was most telling: “But I don’t understand the racial (accusations). The entire team is African-American.”
I do have a feeling there’s more to the story than the article tells us. People can’t be this daft, right?
Source: Some in Danville cry foul over high school basketball cuts
: Most of the questions were tongue-in-cheek; the one I was really interested in was the chess content. Approximately half the readership comes from the chess blog world, and I’ve been wondering whether LEP’s been too light on chess. 68% wanting more is a pretty strong mandate, so we’ll work on it.
: I was shocked—SHOCKED—to find out 26% of you don’t even know who I am. We obviously have problems with brand awareness.
: It’s awesome you guys want to see Mr. E in action. But that means I gotta procure the tapes from Viacom HQ, ’cause they got ’em. So I’m gonna have to get the E-Team back together to pull it off. I pity the tools who stand in our way. Stay tuned.
