>> Hear me clearly, America is not a racist country. America is not a racist country.
Hear me clearly, America is not a racist country. >> They're bringing drugs. They're bringing
crime. They're rapists. >> Police killed more than 1000 people in
America in 2019. Black people are currently three times more likely to be killed by police.
>> America is not a racist country. >> Donald J Trump is calling for a total and
complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. And I just say very simply,
why doesn't he show his birth certificate? And I just say very simply, why doesn't he
show his birth certificate.
>> Trump management was charged with discriminating against African Americans and breaking federal
law. >> America is not a racist country.
>> From a white supremacist president taking the Oval Office in the 2016 election to a
Republican senator single handedly and intentionally blocking a bill that would designate lynching
as a federal hate crime.
From the United States government state-sponsored segregation through, for example, redlining,
and the health effects it has caused to modern day policing. Carrying out the days of slave
patrols and the undisputed truth that minorities are more likely to be killed by police. The
United States has shown itself time and time again.
>> Tom Cotton is targeting school curriculum that emphasizes slavery in America and has
threatened to cut school funding for schools who do teach that curriculum.
>> Heck, when attempting to teach critical race theory, Arkansas Senator, Tom Cotton,
threatened to pull funding. Thus, it is just that thought which brings us to this.
A high school football game in San Diego, California saw this shirt displayed by Cathedral
Catholic. The caption reads, we run the city. They took on the Lincoln High Dons, a school
made up predominantly of minority students. However, it didn't stop there. A different
photo of the Cathedral Catholic football team also generated controversy.
The photo appears to show several players posing and making upside down Ls with their
hands, a reference to a gang sign that indicates an enemy. Now, aside from the obvious, don't
just take my word for the incident being labeled racist. Take the school's principal. Certain
members of the Cathedral Catholic football team and others in the Cathedral Catholic
community showed both poor character and bad sportsmanship by posting and reposting two
different social media posts.
With blatant racist overtones aimed at the Lincoln High School community. In contrast,
here is how the two schools compare. Cathedral Catholic High is a private school in Carmel
Valley that enrolls about 1600 students and charges $20,000 annual tuition, although 35%
of its students receive financial aid. Lincoln, a San Diego Unified School, is in southeastern
San Diego and enrolls 1400 students, 87% of which are from low-income families.
About 18% of Lincoln students are Black and 71% are Latino. As for the history of the
saying, the shirt was made famous by Notre Dame when they played the University of Miami
in the 80s. As the Shadow League wrote, the Fighting Irish were portrayed as the white,
good, thoughtful, wholesome, religious boys that lived piously off the field.
A piece of the fabric of all that was right. The Hurricanes were the black thugs and gun-wielding
crack dealers who were terrorizing America's urban streets in the Reagan era. Certain to
be headed toward a life of criminality and prison once the charade of their student-athlete
status expired. It was yet the latest example of how race has been used throughout history,
from Jack Johnson versus Jim Jefferies to Larry Holmes versus Gerry Cooney.
And on through today with Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor in the boxing ring to soul
racial angst and animus within the framework of defining good and evil within the sporting
arena. After an investigation in the Cathedral Catholic, the San Diego city conference placed
the school's football coach on a two game suspension.
It also placed the team on two years probation and ordered Cathedral Catholic to implement
a restorative education program. It's unclear how many students were suspended. Kevin Eckery,
a spokesman for the Diocese of San Diego, said info about student suspensions is not
normally shared publicly. They are ignorant. It's disgusting and reflects poorly on them,
said Tony Young, founder of RISE San Diego.
I know the parents and kids at Lincoln High really take pride in who they are. To be depicted
that way is really disappointing. If we allow our youth to grow up with that type of ignorance,
it will be detrimental to our community. As Nelson Mandela once said, no one is born hating
another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
People must learn to hate. And if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love,
for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.