Chanting 'USA! USA!" considered Racist

I don't even...

@Shadow_Thief said:

You know what...enough. That's it. I'm just not going out in public anymore. It's gotten to the point where I can't stand anybody on either side of any issue.

Dude.

So with you.

We should make a club for Hermits.

And we'll have blackjack, and hookers.

This is too much, F**k all you P.C. Nutcases this is the dumbest thing I've heard all day

It's annoying, it;s not racist 

@Shadow_Thief said:

You know what...enough. That's it. I'm just not going out in public anymore. It's gotten to the point where I can't stand anybody on either side of any issue.

Already there.

@Shadow_Thief said:

@InnerVenom123: We just need to find a big enough cave...one that gets DSL...

Hm....

I wonder if Batman could hook us up.

This is stupid and anyone who thinks this was racist is stupid, I make no apologies for this statement

@joshmightbe said:

This is stupid and anyone who thinks this was racist is stupid, I make no apologies for this statement

Why would they be chanting USA in a US high school game then? This was started by a bunch of teens and, in my experience, teens are for the most part stupid.

Also the correct term in this instance is "xenophobia".

@dreadmaster: Don't try to spin this, the fact is the act wasn't racist it's just an abbreviation of the countries name anyone who was offended by it was more than likely looking for something to be offended about

@ZombieBigfoot: We've got plenty of room.

Join on in.

@joshmightbe said:

@dreadmaster: Don't try to spin this, the fact is the act wasn't racist it's just an abbreviation of the countries name anyone who was offended by it was more than likely looking for something to be offended about

Not spinning it, calling it like it is. Even the coach could see it.

This country is going to consider itself out of existence.

@DoomDoomDoom said:

@Shadow_Thief said:

You know what...enough. That's it. I'm just not going out in public anymore. It's gotten to the point where I can't stand anybody on either side of any issue.

Already there.

Ditto. Is nice. Though I go to the store occasionally and get hit by incendiary speech? Ow.

@Static Shock said:

Excluding a group of Hispanics as if they aren't American, too = Racism.

I don't take much offense to it, just annoyed by people who don't own up to it. Prejudice is still ever present in ALL societies. At least i believe that way.

...... The crowd of basketball viewers that chanted that need to be thrown into the sun...

An American team beat and American team, mainly made up by minorities, and they chant "USA?" There's so many dumb questions I have like...

Who let you in here?

AND

What planet are you from?

What was that white girl offended about? People just looking for a reason to make problems.

@Deranged Midget said:

@InnerVenom123 said:

@Shadow_Thief said:

@InnerVenom123: We just need to find a big enough cave...one that gets DSL...

Hm....

I wonder if Batman could hook us up.

I'm homies with Superman, I'll put in a good word and maybe he could lend you the Fortress of Solitude.

But doesn't it get cold there?

Like, REALLY cold?

A high-profile high school in one of the wealthiest districts of the San Antonio region finds itself under fire after its fans chanted "USA, USA, USA" following its boys basketball team's regional final victory against a team made up predominantly of Hispanic players.

I am not american, and I would find it pretty annoying...

@Static Shock said:

Looking at the posts in this thread, I'm wondering if any of you read the article.

No, they didn't...

@Static Shock said:

@dreadmaster said:

I don't take much offense to it, just annoyed by people who don't own up to it. Prejudice is still ever present in ALL societies. At least i believe that way.

I'm not denying that prejudice is everywhere. But, assume that this situation isn't racially-discriminant is absurd.

I think i agree with you if you meant "assuming".

I really don't see where this is coming from, if some people went to a see a Aberdeen Vs Dundee football match, would it be wrong to start chanting "Scotland Scotland Scotland"? this makes no sense to me.

@spiderbat87 said:

I really don't see where this is coming from, if some people went to a see a Aberdeen Vs Dundee football match, would it be wrong to start chanting "Scotland Scotland Scotland"? this makes no sense to me.

Think if either Aberdeen or Dundee where made up almost entirely of English players, then add a little more national tension than there already is. That's somewhat what it would be like. Of course i'm not from Scotland so i don't know everything.

If were into chanting countries names. id be there just to chant CAN-NA-DA! SWIT-ZER-LAND! SOUTH AF-RICA! IN-D-IA! for no obvious reason. man i love american basketball games.

@spiderbat87 said:

I really don't see where this is coming from, if some people went to a see a Aberdeen Vs Dundee football match, would it be wrong to start chanting "Scotland Scotland Scotland"? this makes no sense to me.

Think if either Aberdeen or Dundee where made up almost entirely of English players, then add a little more national tension than there already is. That's somewhat what it would be like. Of course i'm not from Scotland so i don't know everything.

@spiderbat87 said:

@dreadmaster said:

@spiderbat87 said:

I really don't see where this is coming from, if some people went to a see a Aberdeen Vs Dundee football match, would it be wrong to start chanting "Scotland Scotland Scotland"? this makes no sense to me.

Think if either Aberdeen or Dundee where made up almost entirely of English players, then add a little more national tension than there already is. That's somewhat what it would be like. Of course i'm not from Scotland so i don't know everything.

Most of Dundee's first team is Irish, I still dont see whats wrong with it. They sing the national anthem and play bagpipes before games as well.

Ah, I guess things are treated differently.

@Static Shock: At worst it's Xenophobic but as far as I know Americans don't count as a race so even if it is offensive for whatever reason people choose to attach to it, it is not racism

Chanting USA isn't racist but yelling it at another team of americans just because they're made up of mostly minorities is pretty f**ked up.

@spiderbat87 said:

I really don't see where this is coming from, if some people went to a see a Aberdeen Vs Dundee football match, would it be wrong to start chanting "Scotland Scotland Scotland"? this makes no sense to me.

I don't understand why this is difficult for you to grasp.

Two American high school basketball teams were playing against each other. One of those teams, as well as the school, is made up of Hispanic people, a minority group. The people rooting for the other team, chanting 'USA, USA' is racist because they are acting like the group of Hispanic people there aren't American, also. Why would anyone be chanting 'USA, USA' while their team is playing against another team that predominantly a minority group?

Your example is irrelevant to this situation.

@Static Shock: I hear the USA chant all the time at sports events most of the time it's just meaningless chanting, I most of the people in this crowd were just following the lead of the first couple dudes to do it with no motivation other than standard group mentality behind it, so maybe one or two of the chanters was actually trying to offend them but the activity in and of its self is not racist.

@joshmightbe said:

@Static Shock: At worst it's Xenophobic but as far as I know Americans don't count as a race so even if it is offensive for whatever reason people choose to attach to it, it is not racism

It's not an issue of nationality. Excluding a group of minorities as if they aren't American is racist. Period.

@spiderbat87 said:

Most of Dundee's first team is Irish, I still dont see whats wrong with it. They sing the national anthem and play bagpipes before games as well.

Question. What race is Dundee's team, and what race is Aberdeen's team? Note that I'm asking about race, not culture, not nationality, not ethnicity...