racial taunting: A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED now

You might recall a nasty incident back in February where some students attending a boys varsity basketball game at Pearl River HS were trying to distract opposing black players from Nyack HS when they were attempting to shoot free throws. The students were making monkey and ape noises.

Sadly, no one in a position of authority did or said anything to stop this abhorrent behavior. The school district agreed it was terrible, and was unacceptable. But at the end of the day, nothing happened.

Fast forward to May. According to media reports, there are now some disturbingincidents involving Pearl River middle school athletes who were competing at a track meet - a track meet which involved Nyack athletes. The n-word was used by one of the Pearl River athletes.

The Nyack coach, upon hearing what had transpired, immeiately decided to pack up his team and they left the meet.

On my Sports Edge show this AM, we talked in great length about this growing concern. Especially in light of the Buffalo racist murders, the questions centered on what Pearl River is going to do about these alarming incidents in their school district, and of course, what responsibility the parents carry for this. Listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/rick-wolff-the-sports-edge/the-sports-ed-67e50692-b50a-4b93-890f-d8a0cc08d7ca