High school stripped of basketball championship after tortillas were thrown at Latino opponents
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A California high school basketball team has been stripped of its championship title after tortillas were thrown at the opposing team of mostly Latino players, officials said Wednesday.
The California Interscholastic Federation, which governs the state's high school sports, issued several sanctions against Coronado High School, including vacating the championship title, a ban on hosting postseason games, probation until 2024, and mandatory racial sensitivity and sportsmanship training for the entire school's athletic department, including student-athletes. "While consequences are warranted for such an egregious action as throwing tortillas at a predominantly Latino team and the sanctions below are being levied on the athletic program at Coronado High School, we must all be aware that behavior does not normally change with sanctions alone. The path towards real change comes with the development of empathy for those who are on the receiving end of this type of degrading and demeaning behavior, no matter the proffered intent of that behavior,"the organization said in a news release.More Related News