California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino

[sarisataka]

California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino players

A mostly white high school basketball team in Southern California has been stripped of its regional title after tortillas were thrown at a predominately Latino opposing team following a championship game last month, officials announced Wednesday.

"After a thorough review and analysis of the incident following the conclusion of the Division 4-A regional basketball championship game between Coronado High School and Orange Glen High School, the (California Interscholastic Federation) state executive director reiterates that discriminatory and racially insensitive behaviors toward an opponent contravene the principles of education-based athletics," the federation said in a news release.

Based on investigations of the incident, "The 2021 Southern California Boys Basketball Division 4-A Regional Championship is vacated," the release states.

On June 19, Orange Glen High School's predominantly Latino team lost the championship game to largely white Coronado High School.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/us/california-team-stripped-of-title-over-racism/index.html

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Yeah

[Aristus]

2. Actions have consequences, gents...

n/t

[irisblue]

21. as the TicTok& Twitter kids say..." Fucked around, found out"

[SmittyWerben]

3. Why strip the title from the team who won it fairly?

Why not ban fans from this school at all sporting events for the next year? Or suspend all sports for the next year? This feels like retribution for the acts of idiots who had nothing to do with winning the game.

[11 Bravo]

5. There is video showing Coronado players participating in the tortilla throwing.

Fuck 'em.

[sarisataka]

6. An article originally reported the post-game incident

Indicated players on the winning team were involved in the tortilla throwing. Also some of the confrontations between teams' players and coaches involved racial slurs.

[hunter]

7. Perhaps this kind of harassment contributed to their winning season.

I grew up in an affluent 99% white community.

It could get ugly.

Quitting high school and leaving that place are two of the better decisions I've made in my life.

The interesting thing is that most people there didn't consider themselves racist -- rather they were "color blind."

They were also blind to all the harassment people who were not straight, white, or the right sort of Christian endured.

More diverse teams must have felt like they were entering hostile territory.

[left-of-center2012]

12. The team players threw tortillas also

That's why they lost the title.
There is no excuse for their behavior..

[Shellback Squid]

32. some forgot "sportmanship" mattered before TFG... and some remembered

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[oasis]

4. Boom!

[malaise]

8. Good

Eff off racists

[chia]

9. Not surprised to hear this about Coronado

[SergeStorms]

20. Orange County?

Asking for a friend.

[ChazII]

23. I graduated from Coronado High School but

the one in Scottsdale, Arizona. There are four other Coronado Highs in the country.

[SergeStorms]

25. This was in California...

and my "friend" thought it might be in OC CA.

Thanks anyway.

[Raine]

28. No it's not in OC it's linked to San Diego

by way of the Coronado Bridge.

[Shellback Squid]

33. it's on Coronado Island, very wealthy and exclusive and that's mainly white

I was stationed on North Island NAS

[Raine]

34. Yes that's it exactly. 🙂 nt

[chia]

30. No, it's a peninsula accessed across the bay from San Diego via the Coronado Bridge. Shares the

other half of the space with North Island NAS. Trump flags, retired military, expensive (multi-million $ properties), exclusive "village" as they call it. Lost their once-sizable Republican majority in 2020. This isn't the first racist incident connected with the school.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/2021-06-23/coronado-high-tortilla-throwing-lincoln-high-racial-slurs-gang-signs-san-diego-racism

[SergeStorms]

31. Thank you!

A great lesson in geography and demographics, too.

[chia]

35. You're very welcome. :)

[MLAA]

10. Good

[Snackshack]

11. It should have been a huge fine.

And some sort of ban or penalties beyond probation for the next 5 yrs. IMO.

Doing this does nothing to address the root of the problem. It just creates more animosity in people. In my experience with people racism is a lot like alcoholism in the sense that a person has to realize they have a problem and be open to confronting and understanding it before they can begin to fix it.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

13. 👍🏼

[SunSeeker]

14. Obviously premeditated. You don't just happen to have tortillas on you at a basketball game.

Coronado, CA is a very affluent, white neighborhood. Spoiled, racist rich kids suck...almost as much as their parents.

[Grokenstein]

15. How it started: "Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh!! Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh!!"

How it's going: "Buh buh buh buh buh THAT'S NOT FAIIIIIRRRRRR!!"

[Sympthsical]

16. That's a shame

[ornotna]

18. Why am I not surprised?

[Sympthsical]

19. About?

[SergeStorms]

17. Good.

People lose sight of what amateur sports are supposed to be about. Honesty, fair play, and sportsmanship are to be encouraged. Racism, cheating, and a "win at all costs" attitude are to be discouraged.

There's no place for disgusting actions like that in either amateur, or professional sports. It makes me sick when I see something like this in sports, but especially amateur sports.

This was a great decision. Hopefully this will discourage any other teams from considering such disgusting actions.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

22. So many questions...

Why did they have the tortillas in the first place? Did they bring them with the intent of throwing them?

Also, don't they realize where the language of origin of the word Coronado?

[greenjar_01]

24. "racially insensitive" equals racist

For those keeping score.

[FelineOverlord]

26. California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino

The coach had recently been fired.

Link to tweet

[dsc]

27. A couple of things here

One, apparently some of the players participated in this which the headline doesn't address. But even if they didn't I would fully agree with this. I teach high school and have attended many high school athletic events in my capacity as a teacher (and it should be noted as a student in band). And it is well known that teams can, and often are, penalized for the behavior of the fans. It isn't a state secret needing to be divined by interpreting redacted documents, it is a clearly stated, clearly enforced principle of behavior. This was egregious, premediated conduct richly deserving of punishment.

[CrackityJones75]

29. Big fucking deal.

Everyone knows who won the game. Lets see some real consequences. Year long suspension for the players that are not seniors. And Community service for all.