Yulee High School Football team showed solidarity for several teammates, who were suspended after a controversial video spread on social media before Friday night’s homecoming game.
An inappropriate video on the web is surfing these days where two white students are spewing racial slurs while one of them is wearing a KKK-style white sheet.
Well, it is pretty sad to see such a thing surfing on the web coming this far. Also, the more painful thing is it came from such young lads who must not support such racist things.
Let’s know more about the incident in the article below.
Yulee High School Football Controversy Amid Racial Slurs
According to the article published on News4jax, the video shows two young white boys using racial slurs where one of them is wearing a white cloth hood.
Though the video was filmed over the summer: Surprisingly, it was uploaded this week and sent over Snapchat to various students from Yulee High School in Nassau County.
Well, from the initial investigation, one thing is clear that the person who sent this video over Snapchat of various black students was not one of the two students who were part of that video as per a spokesperson for the Nassau County School District.
Additionally, after the video was all over the web to show solidarity, the players of Yulee High School were planning on kneeling, some wanting to sit out of Friday night’s game. In the end, the game got suspended.
Coach And Players Reaction
As mentioned above, after the video went viral, all the players and coach gave their full support to the innocent player, and they were planning on kneeling in their respect.
However, in the end, football players did take the field in a way to acknowledge what was going on. Also, their coach backed them up and gave his full support.
We must say the Yulee High school football team has gained full respect from all the parents and people around the world for this great gesture.
What Action Is Taken Against The Guilty Student?
The news is students involved in the altercation and their classmates who sent out the clip were suspended.
Also, parents told them they were defending themselves after being bullied and targeted because of their race.
They also said no one deserves this, and this should be stopped as soon as possible.