McAdory High School issues apology for 'Trail of Tears' banner held up at weekend football game

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By Ana Rodriguez | [e-mail]
on November 18, 2013 at 10:47 AM, updated November 18, 2013 at 11:38 AM

MCCALLA, Alabama -- McAdory High School has issued a public apology for a "Trail of Tears" banner that was held up during a weekend football game versus the Pinson Valley Indians.

The sign, which originally began making the internet rounds through a Tumblr blog post, reads:

"Hey Indians, get ready to leave in a Trail of Tears Round 2"

On the McAdory High School website, Principal Tod Humphries said he accepts "full responsibility that arrangements were not made to have the signs pre-approved before the ballgame."

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/11/mcadory_high_school_apologizes.html

Tomorrow night they play the Panthers. Doubtless there will be a witty sign about Fred Hampton.

[Alkene]

1. Enriching people's lives through sports.

Nothing better for training young minds in irrational jingoism than making glib references to genocide a feature of competitive sports.

[dembotoz]

2. welcome to du and i could not have stated my respones any better than that

[Art_from_Ark]

3. The Trail of Tears went through my hometown

(It essentially followed what is now U.S. Highway 62 through Arkansas to Tahlequah, Oklahoma). My history teacher told us about the gruesome details of the Trail, and my drama teacher actually played the role of John Ross in the Trail of Tears Pageant at Tsa-la-gi in Tahlequah (which we drama students all went to see, of course). It was an absolutely horrible experience for the Cherokees, absolutely horrible.