>> And we will be right back here live after the national anthem,
ladies and gentlemen. >>
Well looks like these two announcers forgot to mute
their mics. >>
The broadcasters swear when seeing high school women's b-ball players take a knee.
>> They're gonna kneel like that? >>
Yep, he said it.
Calling high schoolers the N word because of a silent gesture.
>> Guess somebody else heard it. Mm-hm. >>
We are back here. >> And yes we are
back here in the booth sponsored by the KKK, enjoy the broadcast. Utterly, unequivocally
racist from this announcer. A network announcer called members of Norman High's girl's basketball
team N words during a game against Midwest City Thursday night, wrote the Black Wall Street times.
The quote, once again, printed by TMZ, of course with asterisks,
because of how freaking vile and bigoted it was. And the whole reason we know about this, Frankie
Parks, a coach for Norman High School tweeted it out. Myka Perry, a University of Florida commit,
tweeted two photos side by side with the caption, this is why we kneel.
Senior Chantae Embry, a commit to Texas Tech University, tweeted every knee shall bow and
every tongue shall confess. Disgusting, and people wanna know why we kneel. Here's a prime
example of why we do it. I'm proud of my team and I for using our voices and being heard.
I love my girls and let's finish hashtag more than an athlete as in Lebron's company motto.
Kenny Stills, a wide receiver in the NFL who followed Colin Kaepernick pro stand,
was one of the first to take a knee tweeted
the video to his more than 136,000 plus followers, writing one word Amerikkka.
Following in the footsteps of Brooklyn Zone, Joey Bada$$, off his must listen
album All-Amerikkkan Bada$$. And fellow defensive lineman Gerald McCoy wrote above the racist video,
see why we do it? They still think it's about the flag? Norman Public Schools
Superintendent released a statement Friday morning condemning the racist comments.
We condemn and will not tolerate the disgusting words and attitudes of these announcers.
This type of hate speech has no place in our society and we are outraged that
it would be directed at any human being, and particularly at our students. We fully support
our students' right to freedom of expression and our immediate focus is to support these girls
and their coaches and families, particularly our black students and coaching staff.
It is tragic that the hard work and skill of this team is being overshadowed by the vile
malignant words of these individuals. The mayor of Norman tweeted this as well. I am livid and
absolutely disgusted about the racist and hateful comments directed towards the young women on the
Norman High basketball team by a game announcer at the live broadcast of last night's game.
Oklahoma House Minority Leader Emily Virgin wrote, I am absolutely disgusted by the actions
of the broadcasters who use racist slurs against our Norman High basketball team. They should
immediately resign or be fired. Our student athletes should be commended for their courage
not disparaged, heartbreaking. Those wanting to voice their concerns
have begun to directly email NFHS which can be found at customersupport@nfhsnetwork.com.