See where chanting 'U-S-A!' not allowed
'We don't want to start a race war'
Chanting the name of your own country is now prohibited.
Basketball players at Alamo Heights High School defeated San Antonio Edison in Texas on Saturday. In jubilation, Alamo Heights students began chanting “USA, USA!”
School officials immediately stopped the chant because they believed it was disrespectful.
Reporter Brian Mylar’s article at KSAT.com was headlined “Racial incident mars high school game” and termed it a “disturbing incident.”
However, in an interview with WND, he admitted he was not actually at the event and the report was based on video.
In interview with WND, Mylar commented that there were no racial chants, but the chant of “USA” was taken by some to be racial.
When asked if the other team’s fans had responded in any way, he said that he did not know because he was not at the event and the report was based on video. He also stated that he did not know if the predominantly Hispanic fans of San Antonio had chanted anything that caused Alamo Heights fans to respond in this way, as “I don’t know. We don’t want to start a race war.”
According to the San Antonio Independent News, the chant of “USA” lasted about five seconds before being silenced by the coach of Alamo Heights.
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