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Mock ‘slave auction’ of Black football players leads to California high school forfeiting remainder of the season

Mock ‘slave auction’ of Black football players leads to California high school forfeiting remainder of the season

A California high school’s football games have been forfeited for the remainder of the season after some players were caught on video acting out a “slave auction” of their Black teammates.

Doreen Osumi, the Yuba City Unified School District superintendent says because the students involved were suspended and, the varsity football team at River Valley High School will no longer have enough players to compete, thus causing the team to forfeiture the reminder of the season according to CNN.

The students punished for their role in an “unfortunate and extremely distressing incident,” Osumi said, adding that the event violated the student-athlete code of conduct. School officials became aware of the video on Sept. 29.

“Re-enacting a slave sale as a prank tells us that we have a great deal of work to do with our students so they can distinguish between intent and impact,” Osumi said CNN reported.

KTXL News reported classmates first shared the video in a group chat, although at least one student says it somehow ended up on social media. That student saw the video on TikTok. “And I sit next to the guy that recorded the video, in my second-period [class] … It’s really shocking, because … I never thought he would do that.”

Osumi says the incident shows district officials that they have a lot of work to do with their students.

“They may have thought this skit was funny, but it is not; it is unacceptable and requires us to look honestly and deeply at issues of systemic racism,” Osumi told KTXL. She said that though policy may dictate “corrective action,” there also is a need for “education, honest, open discussions and instruction” to help students realize the consequences of their actions.

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