The stupidity deepens.

Zitat

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EAST HAMPTON, CT (WFSB) -
A high school cheer that has been around for years is being scrutinized for the use of the word "white." This is happening at East Hampton High, where the colors are blue and white.

Outraged students quickly took to social media after they were told the cheer was being suspended, ahead of the winter sports season.

The cheer is very common at the school, and with their colors being blue and white, it’s not uncommon to see “white-outs” at games at the school, and at schools across the country.

A note was written earlier this week by Principal John Fidler, and said that because of the current social climate across the country, the use of the “white” cheer is under suspension.

“It's kind of outgrown just being done in our gym and at pep rallies and there's a time and a place where the cheer is appropriate and a time when it may appear insensitive,” said school Superintendent Paul Smith.

“It's not really that big of a deal to me or to any of our sophomore class. I don't understand why it's a problem now,” said East Hampton student Kylie O’Brien.
Many students agree with her.

The note sparked an online firestorm, with students posting on Facebook.

Jordan Michnowicz wrote: “...this stuff has me outraged they are trying to take a simple chant that our school has done for years and years. They are trying to make it about race.”

Brandon Kochuk posted “when the seniors cheer all they say is white. they don't say white power or anything involving race they are just saying white.”

School officials said they saw how misinformation was being spread online and met with the senior class to clear the air.

“In road games, we're dressed in blue, and even though it's still the senior tradition to say white, white, white, over and over, I think the context is not understood by everybody,” Smith said.

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http://www.wfsb.com/story/34068442/lette...-among-students

I note this article doesn't mention what the offending cheer actually. So at the risk of being outed as the Klan's Grand Kleagle, "The cheerleaders yell out one of the school’s colors, the crowd yells back another one. It goes like this: “When we say blue, you say white!”

Oh, the horror!

Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #2

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Do you ever wonder how these people get dressed in the morning ?

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