Many may recall the recent incident at the HS basketball game where students from a largely white HS that was playing a more diverse HS team held up signs in the bleachers saying "White" "Power". There was some reasonable speculation that it could have been an accidental juxtaposition, as the sign holders were in different rows, and the signs were part of other signage messaging ("Jaguar Power" and "Navy" & "White"). Well, results of the school's investigation are in. It was on purpose.
An LISD spokeswoman called us to help us out. She tells Unfair Park that one student was reponsible for coordinating the "White Power" signage. The two individuals the superintendent referred to were the guy who coordinated the signs and the bus-shitter, respectively.
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The two teams are in a play-off match up tonight, and no doubt will face more scrutiny than normal, from school leadership, the public, and the media. However, there will be NO signs, and statements from the school suggest there will not be any signs in the future, either.
7:51 PM PT: UPDATED 8:10 p.m. Much has been written about the “WHITE” and “POWER” signs seen at a recent game between Plano East and Flower Mound. But before the teams’ rematch Friday, players from both squads huddled together with a message of unity.
The News‘ Eva-Marie Ayala was at the game and tweeted a photo of the warmup shirts both teams wore. The message: “Where there’s victory, there’s unity.” http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/...
Sat Feb 21, 2015 at 7:22 AM PT: Wrap up story at link, with video interviews of students. And final score - Plano East wins 71 - 41.
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