Posted on Feb 11, 2022
A small Kansas community college tried to get rid of its Black student-athletes, lawsuit charges
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The president of Highland Community College compared a Black football player to Hitler, whom she praised as “a great leader.”
An explosive lawsuit alleging a small Kansas community college sought to reduce the number of its African American student-athletes follows disclosures that the president of the school compared a Black football player to Hitler, whom she praised as “a great leader.”
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, last week, says that Highland Community College in northeast Kansas conducted a concerted campaign to discourage African Americans from attending the school, intimidated Black student-athletes into leaving and told its coaching staff to refrain from recruiting African Americans.
An explosive lawsuit alleging a small Kansas community college sought to reduce the number of its African American student-athletes follows disclosures that the president of the school compared a Black football player to Hitler, whom she praised as “a great leader.”
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, last week, says that Highland Community College in northeast Kansas conducted a concerted campaign to discourage African Americans from attending the school, intimidated Black student-athletes into leaving and told its coaching staff to refrain from recruiting African Americans.
A small Kansas community college tried to get rid of its Black student-athletes, lawsuit charges
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."“The HCC administration acted in a concerted fashion to discriminate against Black student-athletes, and when challenged by coaches trying to do the right thing, reacted by smearing the reputations of those coaches, depriving them both of due process and future work possibilities,” William Odle, the lawyer representing the three plaintiff coaches, told KCUR.
The plaintiffs — B.J. Smith, the former women’s basketball head coach; Bradford Zinn, a former assistant coach; and Jered Ross, also a former assistant coach — are suing HCC; its president, Deborah Fox; its athletic director, Bryan Dorrel; and a member of its board of trustees, Russell Karn.
The suit says the defendants worked to transform HCC into “a racially homogenous campus with fewer African American athletes” and to “make Highland white again.”
“The Board selected both Fox and Dorrel despite their glaring lack of qualification for their positions because they enthusiastically agreed to execute the racially discriminatory policies alleged here by aggressively retaliating against coaches, including Plaintiffs, who resisted the administration,” the lawsuit alleges.
HCC has denied the allegations."...
..."“The HCC administration acted in a concerted fashion to discriminate against Black student-athletes, and when challenged by coaches trying to do the right thing, reacted by smearing the reputations of those coaches, depriving them both of due process and future work possibilities,” William Odle, the lawyer representing the three plaintiff coaches, told KCUR.
The plaintiffs — B.J. Smith, the former women’s basketball head coach; Bradford Zinn, a former assistant coach; and Jered Ross, also a former assistant coach — are suing HCC; its president, Deborah Fox; its athletic director, Bryan Dorrel; and a member of its board of trustees, Russell Karn.
The suit says the defendants worked to transform HCC into “a racially homogenous campus with fewer African American athletes” and to “make Highland white again.”
“The Board selected both Fox and Dorrel despite their glaring lack of qualification for their positions because they enthusiastically agreed to execute the racially discriminatory policies alleged here by aggressively retaliating against coaches, including Plaintiffs, who resisted the administration,” the lawsuit alleges.
HCC has denied the allegations."...
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As I’ve been told …
“That’s old news”
“You weren’t a slave”
“You weren’t born back then”
“You didn’t experience …”
Seems like racist and racism been able to keep up with the times.
HISTORY | JUNE 4, 2020
158 Resources to Understand Racism in America
These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States
SOURCE :
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/158-resources-understanding-systemic-racism-america-180975029/
“That’s old news”
“You weren’t a slave”
“You weren’t born back then”
“You didn’t experience …”
Seems like racist and racism been able to keep up with the times.
HISTORY | JUNE 4, 2020
158 Resources to Understand Racism in America
These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States
SOURCE :
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/158-resources-understanding-systemic-racism-america-180975029/
158 Resources for Understanding Systemic Racism in America
These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States
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