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Sports Announcer Says He Called Teen Girls Who Kneeled the ‘N-Word’ Because He’s Diabetic

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A sugar high? Diabetes? A sugar law?

“Sugar highs” are not a thing, unless maybe one is three and even then doctors debate whether they’re actually real or not. Want to know what is real and applies to just about any age group except those three and younger? Racism. And it was racism that showed its ugly face during a radio broadcast of a girls’ high school basketball game where some announcers clearly were too “sugar high” to forget to turn off their microphones.

Good thing, or we might never have known how racist they were. From Crooks and Liars:

An entire girls basketball team decided to kneel during the national anthem of the Oklahoma 6A state basketball tournament Thursday night. Playing against Midwest City High School, every member of the Norman High School girls team knelt but instead of being applauded for their stance against racism and police brutality, announcers on the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) Network’s official live stream attempted to degrade the players by using disgusting racial slurs.

Clearly forgetting to turn off their mic during the anthem, the game announcers were heard making racist and derogatory comments toward the players. “They’re kneeling? I hope Norman gets their ass kicked,” one announcer could be heard saying. Another said, “F**k Norman. I hope they lose. C’mon, Midwest City. They’re gonna kneel like that? Hell no.” Later in the clip, an announcer could be heard muttering, “F*cking [N-words].”

What do you want to bet that these racists applauded when the MAGAs took down the American flag off the Capitol and replaced it with the MAGA flag?

Update: In a statement released Friday, announcer Matt Rowan admitted it was his voice using hate speech to describe children. He then blamed his racist ramblings on his blood sugar.

Some tweets:

“We condemn and will not tolerate the disgusting words and attitudes of these announcers,” Migliorino said in a statement. “This type of hate speech has no place in our society and we are outraged that it would be directed at any human being, and particularly at our students.”

“We fully support our students’ right to freedom of expression and our immediate focus is to support these girls and their coaches and families, particularly our Black students and coaching staff. It is tragic that the hard work and skill of this team is being overshadowed by the vile, malignant words of these individuals. We will do everything in our power to support and uplift our team and everyone affected by this incident.”

One would only hope. What if they had left the mic off. The words would still have been said.

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Jason
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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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