Indiana school sorry for encouraging racist ‘Obama’ and gorilla masks at game | The Raw Story: Officials at a predominantly-white school in Indiana are apologizing after students wore racist costumes to a recent basketball game because they were instructed to dress in all black for school spirit.
The Associated Press on Monday reported that New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. officials had promised to write a letter to Parkview Middle School expressing regret for the costumes.
According to the News and Tribune, Highland Hills Middle School students were encouraged to create a “blackout” by wearing all black to the game against Parkview Middle School earlier this month. The Highland Hills team was mostly white, while Parkview had a number of African-American players.
