Ga. Southern investigates alleged racial attacks against cheerleaders

[struggle4progress]

Raisa Habersham
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6:31 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016

Georgia Southern University is investigating claims its students attacked Savannah State University cheerleaders with bottles and racial slurs during Saturday’s game in Statesboro ...

Savannah State cheerleader Ma’Kyha Sims wrote this: “I can sit here and say as long as I’ve been cheering me and my cheer mates have never experienced racial discrimination until today. From bottles being thrown at us to being called all the unholy names! This may be the worst cheer experience ever!”

Savannah State is a historically black university ...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/ga-southern-investigates-alleged-racial-attacks-ag/nsTWD/

[Hoyt]

1. Very sad. But knowing the area, not surprised. Hope they identify any students involved and

at least get them some decent diversity training. Hope good people at school apologize to the cheerleaders.

[CBGLuthier]

2. "The area?" You mean any-fuck-where in America, right?

The myth that any part of America is racism free must end.

[cwydro]

3. Thank you.

There are at lest three other threads I've seen recently referencing racism NOT in the south.

[Hoyt]

4. It's an area where segregated Proms are still held. That's not common everywhere.

Never said it's isolated, nor do I think it. The OP is about south Georgia.