jimnyc
02-25-2013, 05:06 PM
Did these idiots think they would get away with this?
The student body of a high school in North Dakota is under fire after a photo emerged depicting three students wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods at a boys hockey game.
As first reported by the Grand Forks Herald, and followed upon by the Associated Press, three students at North Forks (N.D.) Red River High were captured on film wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods during a state semifinal boys hockey game against Fargo (N.D.) Davies High. The KKK hoods were apparently a misguided attempt to highlight the Red River fans’ whiteout at the University of North Dakota’s Ralph Englestad Arena.
Yet the actions were particularly caustic given the namesake of Davies High: Ronald Davies, a former U.S. judge based in Fargo who forced the governor of Arkansas to back down from his attempt to interfere with the famous integration of Little Rock schools.
According to the Herald, Red River principal Kris Arason has already identified the teens who donned the hoods, reaching out to their parents and telling the press that “appropriate action is being taken.”
“We, as a school, are extremely disappointed with the behavior of these three students,” Arason said in a statement. “This behavior is not a representation of our school or student body.”
The photo in question first arose on social media thanks to University of North Dakota student Shane Schuster, who was attending the state semifinal game. Schuster snapped a photo of the teens and posted it on Twitter with the message, “I guess the red river highschoolers are racist?”
http://i.imgur.com/BaDRiYI.jpg
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/north-dakota-high-school-under-fire-fans-don-112117316.html;_ylt=Ar5qFQ.yNO8Z3Z0eLHMNVuMmYsp_;_ ylu=X3oDMTJsZ2FsbjkwBG1pdANIQ01PTCBvbiBhcnRpY2xlIH JpZ2h0IHJhaWwEcGtnA2lkLTMwODA4MTAEcG9zAzEEc2VjA01l ZGlhQkNhcm91c2VsTWl4ZWRIQ00EdmVyAzc-;_ylg=X3oDMTM2dGNwcm5yBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDNmM1N2E2NDgtMDdjOS0zYzU5LTllZTEtYWMwNTkxMT k0MDkxBHBzdGNhdANuYmF8YmFsbGRvbi0zOS10bGllBHB0A3N0 b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=3
The student body of a high school in North Dakota is under fire after a photo emerged depicting three students wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods at a boys hockey game.
As first reported by the Grand Forks Herald, and followed upon by the Associated Press, three students at North Forks (N.D.) Red River High were captured on film wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods during a state semifinal boys hockey game against Fargo (N.D.) Davies High. The KKK hoods were apparently a misguided attempt to highlight the Red River fans’ whiteout at the University of North Dakota’s Ralph Englestad Arena.
Yet the actions were particularly caustic given the namesake of Davies High: Ronald Davies, a former U.S. judge based in Fargo who forced the governor of Arkansas to back down from his attempt to interfere with the famous integration of Little Rock schools.
According to the Herald, Red River principal Kris Arason has already identified the teens who donned the hoods, reaching out to their parents and telling the press that “appropriate action is being taken.”
“We, as a school, are extremely disappointed with the behavior of these three students,” Arason said in a statement. “This behavior is not a representation of our school or student body.”
The photo in question first arose on social media thanks to University of North Dakota student Shane Schuster, who was attending the state semifinal game. Schuster snapped a photo of the teens and posted it on Twitter with the message, “I guess the red river highschoolers are racist?”
http://i.imgur.com/BaDRiYI.jpg
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/north-dakota-high-school-under-fire-fans-don-112117316.html;_ylt=Ar5qFQ.yNO8Z3Z0eLHMNVuMmYsp_;_ ylu=X3oDMTJsZ2FsbjkwBG1pdANIQ01PTCBvbiBhcnRpY2xlIH JpZ2h0IHJhaWwEcGtnA2lkLTMwODA4MTAEcG9zAzEEc2VjA01l ZGlhQkNhcm91c2VsTWl4ZWRIQ00EdmVyAzc-;_ylg=X3oDMTM2dGNwcm5yBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDNmM1N2E2NDgtMDdjOS0zYzU5LTllZTEtYWMwNTkxMT k0MDkxBHBzdGNhdANuYmF8YmFsbGRvbi0zOS10bGllBHB0A3N0 b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=3