Quote:Players from a New Jersey high school football team with a largely African-American makeup said members of another team taunted them racially before a game this past weekend.

As CBS 2’s Christine Sloan reported, the players said the harassment involved the use of bananas by the opposing Summit High School team as a racially offensive joke.

“It was in the door and you could see through the door, because it didn’t have — no doorknobs – so you could see right through the hole,” said North Plainfield High School football player Anthony Lafond. “And they put the banana right through there.”

The North Plainfield team was set to face off against the Summit team, at Summit High School, at the time.

“Right away, there was a banana in the door,” said North Plainfield football player J.T. Valley. “And we told our coach, we’re like, ‘Coach, there’s a banana in there.’ So we took the banana, and then all of a sudden, they put another one. And we took the banana out, and there was another one in there. And they kept on putting them in there.”

The North Plainfield players said they were so traumatized that their coach had to console them.

“There’s a few tears shed in the locker room,” Valley said.

“Before the game, he gave us, like, a very inspirational and emotional pre-game speech – about how they didn’t show courage or character,” added Lafond.

The Summit High School superintendent said the district has launched an investigation into what it calls “an alleged incident on Saturday.”

Parents and students in the upscale community said what they are hearing is not representative of the school.

“I think that is horrible — I mean, I am stunned, honestly,” said Summit parent Dale Reyer.

“It doesn’t sound like something my school would do — throwing bananas at kids,” said Summit High School junior Samantha Forsyth. “I didn’t even hear this story.”

In North Plainfield, angry parents with kids on the team took to Facebook.

“They were giving a message, unfortunately, to the African-American kids on the team,” said North Plainfield parent Anne Kearney. “Summit really needs to be disciplined for this kind of stuff. Nowadays, what is it 2014? this should not be happening.”

Kearney said similar incidents have “been going on, periodically, on and off,” and “this was the last straw.”

North Plainfield players said the incident has brought them together.

“There’s no race,” Lafond said. “We’re just one color — we’re maroon.”

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association usually investigates alleged incidents such as this one. CBS 2 reached out, but was told the media representative for the agency was not in the office.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/15/c...h-bananas/

Typical NJ trash.

Racism up North??? I thought that only existed down here. /sarcasm

That's effing terrible behavior and inexcusable.

Thought all the Libs on this board are always blaming the South for Racism. NJ is hardly a Southern State. A Very Liberal State Actually.

I lived in Filthadelphia for 4 years. There is a lot more white racism in that area, especially in South Jersey, South Philly, and NE Philly, than there is down here. Racism is also very bad in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Boston, and pretty much everywhere ethnically tight Irish and/or Italian communities are prevalent. Down here we pretty much stopped using the 'N' word in the 80s. That is still in the regular vocabulary up there.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-699675.html

These kids now a days a so soft. What you are suppose to do is beat the crap out of the other team then toss a banana at them. Geez!

Racism is alive and well.

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Yep we saw a black racist firefighter being discussed here yesterday!

People need thicker skin and to not jump to conclusions.

(09-16-2014 08:12 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  I lived in Filthadelphia for 4 years. There is a lot more white racism in that area, especially in South Jersey, South Philly, and NE Philly, than there is down here. Racism is also very bad in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Boston, and pretty much everywhere ethnically tight Irish and/or Italian communities are prevalent. Down here we pretty much stopped using the 'N' word in the 80s. That is still in the regular vocabulary up there.

Anyone remember the forced busing in Boston in the 70's or NYC during the civil war?

Or if you were a Negro traveling through Lincoln's land of Illinois in 1860, you had 60 days, to get through the state or be imprisoned.

(09-16-2014 09:56 AM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  Or if you were a Negro traveling through Lincoln's land of Illinois in 1860, you had 60 days, to get through the state or be imprisoned.

Sounds fair.

I went to a predominently Irish high school. Our principal competition were a Polish HS and an Italian HS.

There were a lot of mick, polack and dago insults swapped between schools. I wouldn't get too upset over a couple of musa acuminatae.

The North Plainfield players said they were so traumatized that their coach had to console them.

“There’s a few tears shed in the locker room,” Valley said.


Really? Over a stupid freaking banana? What the hell is wrong with kids these days? Oversensitive damn kids. It's a banana, and they just kept grabbing them out. IF the story is even true. It's also up north where racism is supposed to be nonexistent.

I can't help but LMFAO at this story.

(09-16-2014 10:46 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  The North Plainfield players said they were so traumatized that their coach had to console them.

“There’s a few tears shed in the locker room,” Valley said.


Really? Over a stupid freaking banana? What the hell is wrong with kids these days? Oversensitive damn kids. It's a banana, and they just kept grabbing them out. IF the story is even true. It's also up north where racism is supposed to be nonexistent.

I can't help but LMFAO at this story.

I've been hearing here for a while that racism itself is nonexistent throughout our whole country...hah

What a bunch of poosays. While the action, if true, is reprehensible I hardly think it falls under the heading of traumatic, especially given that these young men are engaged in a physically brutal and emotionally charged and draining competition. I can't help but wonder if their traumatization is similar to that experienced by the young sons of the poor discriminated against firefighter, Ken Jones. In other words a manufactured crisis.


Posted from the shallow recesses of my feeble mind.

(09-16-2014 10:52 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 10:46 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  The North Plainfield players said they were so traumatized that their coach had to console them.

“There’s a few tears shed in the locker room,” Valley said.


Really? Over a stupid freaking banana? What the hell is wrong with kids these days? Oversensitive damn kids. It's a banana, and they just kept grabbing them out. IF the story is even true. It's also up north where racism is supposed to be nonexistent.

I can't help but LMFAO at this story.

I've been hearing here for a while that racism itself is nonexistent throughout our whole country...hah

It's a banana. Ironically, you'd have to be racist to think it's racist..


Black people say white people smell like bologna. Would i be offended if a black school put bologna in the door because of me? No, I'd laugh hysterically. I sure as hell wouldn't be "traumatized." That's beyond laughable... Lol...

For all we know, it could have been a "welcome to the jungle" intimidation. Pitiful show of feelings.

(09-16-2014 11:04 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 10:52 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 10:46 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  The North Plainfield players said they were so traumatized that their coach had to console them.

“There’s a few tears shed in the locker room,” Valley said.


Really? Over a stupid freaking banana? What the hell is wrong with kids these days? Oversensitive damn kids. It's a banana, and they just kept grabbing them out. IF the story is even true. It's also up north where racism is supposed to be nonexistent.

I can't help but LMFAO at this story.

I've been hearing here for a while that racism itself is nonexistent throughout our whole country...hah

It's a banana. Ironically, you'd have to be racist to think it's racist..


Black people say white people smell like bologna. Would i be offended if a black school put bologna in the door because of me? No, I'd laugh hysterically. I sure as hell wouldn't be "traumatized." That's beyond laughable... Lol...

For all we know, it could have been a "welcome to the jungle" intimidation. Pitiful show of feelings.

Thats funny I thought y'all smelled like corn dogs

(09-16-2014 11:07 AM)bevotex Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 11:04 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 10:52 AM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 10:46 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  The North Plainfield players said they were so traumatized that their coach had to console them.

“There’s a few tears shed in the locker room,” Valley said.


Really? Over a stupid freaking banana? What the hell is wrong with kids these days? Oversensitive damn kids. It's a banana, and they just kept grabbing them out. IF the story is even true. It's also up north where racism is supposed to be nonexistent.

I can't help but LMFAO at this story.

I've been hearing here for a while that racism itself is nonexistent throughout our whole country...hah

It's a banana. Ironically, you'd have to be racist to think it's racist..


Black people say white people smell like bologna. Would i be offended if a black school put bologna in the door because of me? No, I'd laugh hysterically. I sure as hell wouldn't be "traumatized." That's beyond laughable... Lol...

For all we know, it could have been a "welcome to the jungle" intimidation. Pitiful show of feelings.

Thats funny I thought y'all smelled like corn dogs

Only at LSU...

I think "traumatized" is probably hyperbole in this case. I imagine it angered some of the kids...but I doubt seriously anyone was traumatized. If so?..They have one pansy ass football team.