A California high school has cancelled the remainder of its football season after players filmed a “slave auction” of their Black teammates.
Members of River Valley High School’s football team are seen on video allegedly enacting the “reprehensible” so-called prank.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The video was first made public by the mother of a student at the school who posted it on Facebook after her son informed her of the incident.tap here to see other videos from our team“Re-enacting a slave sale as a prank tells us that we have a great deal of work to do with our students so they can distinguish between intent and impact,” Osumi added.
The students were barred from competing in the rest of the football season for violating the student athlete code of conduct, Osumi said.
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