At Basketball Game, Texas Students in Banana Outfits Accused of Making Monkey Noises at Players
Imagine: You go to a high school basketball game to watch your kid, and then students from one of the schools, dressed in banana and watermelon costumes, start making monkey-like noises at the Black players on the court.
That’s exactly what some parents on social media have accused Bowie High School students of doing at a game last Friday with City View ISD. Bowie is located in Montague County, around 95 miles northwest of Dallas.
The Wichita Falls-based News Channel 6 reported on the allegations, saying that Bowie ISD has opened an investigation into the incident.
City View ISD superintendent Tony Bushong told the channel that he didn’t know whether “it was intentionally racist or not," but that either way, he felt it was inappropriate and knew it could upset people.
Bushong explained that he’d asked Bowie ISD Superintendent Blake Enlow to have the students in the bleachers change out of their costumes, but Enlow told him they were not watermelon costumes but pickle outfits. (Maybe not the most solid defense, pal, but sure.)
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/in-texas-bowie-high-school-students-in-banana-costumes-accused-of-making-monkey-noises-at-players-during-basketball-game-13210820
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