RACIST PRICKS

In this day, you would think racism was a thing of the past with many communities being so diverse in ethnicities. Especially in a state like New Jersey, which is like a melting pot of different races. That's why when photos like this become public it makes you sick that racism is still alive and well. Can someone please tell these kids that the North won the war back in 1865? 

Anyway, just hours after this New Jersey high school wrestling team took the state title, this disturbing photo emerged that appeared so show the boys posing with a black dummy hanging by its neck. The seven boys, dressed in maroon and white Phillipsburg High School colors, were shown in various poses as a dummy hung from the ceiling. Two of the boys wore pointed hoods that were reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan members. In a morbid kind of a caricature, the dummy appears to wear a wrestling shirt of the team's competitor, Paulsboro High School, which is located just outside of Philadelphia. Is it possible that the photo was taken out of context? Maybe, but why did the two kids next to the hanging dummy feel the need to put their hoods up? 

According to the 2010 Census, 7.5 percent of the residents in Phillipsburg, which is located northeast of Allentown, PA, are black as opposed to the 36 percent of Paulsboro's residents. Phillipsburg's Superintendent had little to say about the photo only that it was under review. He says, "The incident reported is a matter dealing with minors. An investigation was undertaken and upon conclusion of the investigation, actions were taken by the district consistent with its policies." When you think about the photo had to be taken by somebody. Where was the coach? Was the coach the photographer? When the coach was asked about the photo, he declined to comment, but he did call the photo a "private student matter that's currently under investigation." It sounds like someone might feel guilty here. I mean these are kids and yes, they do have a mind of their own, but isn't the coach in the locker room with these kids? I'm sure he didn't deter these kids from behaving in this fashion and that's a problem. I think the coach is just as much to blame as the kids on this team. What do you think?