The "N" Word in the 21st Century

After being met by the St. Clair Saints with racial slurs during the January 22nd basketball game, Mount Clemens High School is hesitant about the next game scheduled for February 23rd. Met with racial slurs as they stepped onto the court, a public address announcer reportedly asked the audience not to use foul language. According Mount Clemens head basketball coach, things escalated after halftime when St. Clair Saints were losing by 20 points. The “N” word, which was not visible upon arrival, was written over a locker door. Mount Clemens was the only African Americans down there playing ball at the time. Eleven of their twelve players are black.

St. Clair athletic director issued a statement indicating their concern and that the matter was under investigation. He also indicated St. Clair did not tolerate inappropriate behavior, particularly written or spoken comments. No formal complaints have been filed. However, in an unrelated incident, Mount Clemens canceled a game against the Clintondale High School Dragons after officials requested to play at a neutral site and requested a list of names of people attending the game.

Local 4 appears to have a least attempted to provide information from both sides, as St. Clair issued a statement printed in the article. However, reasons for Clintondale High School requesting a neutral site to play ball is not addressed. By adding this information (even though it is indicated to be unrelated) to the end of this article one might infer the relationship to be related in some way. Is there concern on the part of Clintondale of an encounter? Or is the concern that insinuations will ensue whether there is an encounter or not? Nonetheless, why request a list of names of people attending the game if not looking for trouble? The article is written to insinuate a connection, thus the connection is placed there by the media.