
An announcer hurled racist insults at a high school basketball team for kneeling during the National Anthem
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The Norman, Oklahoma, Public Schools District is condemning an announcer who "made racist and hateful comments targeted at our Norman High student athletes" on a livestream of a state basketball tournament, a statement from the district superintendent said.
On Thursday, the Norman High School girls' basketball team was set to play Midwest City in the Oklahoma 6A state basketball tournament. The game was being livestreamed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Network. A video of the livestream shows that when the Norman players kneeled during the National Anthem, one of the announcers began to hurl insults at them.
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