What??? "You Mad, Bro?" sign at HS football game called racial intimidation. Investigation underway.

[wiggle-room]

wtf? There evidently will be a full investigation.

Was reading about this at Huffpo, posting original story link below the snip.

snip:

"At the conclusion of the game, some of their students and parents put up a sign that we believe was racial intimidation, ethnic intimidation," said Roderick Coffee, president of the Lake County chapter of the NAACP, who was also at the game.

"For them to put it up there that was bad sportsmanship, too," Painesville Harvey football player, Jerome Becks said.

The big sign read: 'You Mad Bro.'

"I think the reference to 'bro' in the sign definitely has a racial connection to it," said Michael Hanlon, superintendent for Painesville City Schools.

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-kirtland-painsville-harvey-offensive-sign-text,0,996270.story

[MsKandice01]

1. I'm black and I think this is a bit ridiculous

I hear more white kids these days using the term "bro" then I hear black kids. I think the Lake County NAACP needs to find better things to do.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. LOL! That is EXACTLY what I just put on FB. Every time I hear it, it's white dudes! n/t

It's NOT racist. FFS!

[TwilightGardener]

3. My son's a gamer, they say this all the time. I don't think anything racial was intended.

[plumbob]

4. So, just a friendly after game greeting, is it?

More like some dumbasses being offensive.

And yeah, it's racial. Ask a high schooler about this in the context it's in.

[Brickbat]

5. U MAD BRO has nothing to do with race.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/u-mad

[dsc]

6. I don't think it is racial but it should be noted that there have been a ton of racial problems

Painsville Harvey is one of the few school with a large black population in its conference. Racial problems are by no means new. I was in band back in the early and mid 1980's and we had those problems then. I was at a school in their conference.