Student Costumes at Hill Murray Game Called Racist: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com
All I can say is, Wow!!! You have got to be kidding me?FOX 9 was at that game, and saw the Hill Murray students dressed as gorillas and a banana, a practice that the school’s principal said has been happing since last year regardless of what team they’re playing.
According to the principal, the costumes grew out of what’s called the “banana cheer.” Though she declined an on-camera interview, she did say that “if there were any malice, we would put a stop to it.”
Video shows the same students in the same costumes at the girls’ state tournament, when Hill Murray beat Alexandria.
Still, there were a number of Johnson parents on Friday night who did not know the costumes were typical, and instead took it to be a racial statement. A few of the players also said they were offended.
Yet, one father said he felt whether a person finds the costumes racist will depend on their perception of what they mean, and he equated the controversy with the one facing the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” mascot -- which the NCAA is pressuring the school to drop
