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Alabama Cheerleading Coach Dismissed After Reporting Racist T-Shirt
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:44 pm
ETA: The man who wore the KKK T-shirt was asked not to wear such a shirt again and was not fired, but the woman who reported him for wearing the KKK T-shirt in the first place was fired.
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An Alabama cheerleading squad has lost two of its coaches after a pair of racist T-shirts appeared at an August practice.
Brian McCracken, the assistant vice president of a Boaz, Alabama cheerleading team, resigned from his post late last week after wearing a Ku Klux Klan shirt to a North Alabama Youth Football & Cheerleading League practice, reports local Alabama affiliate, WAFF. The shirt's text reads, "The Original Boys In The Hood," and offensively makes a comparison to the 1991 film "Boyz N The Hood," which focuses on gangs South Central Los Angeles.
McCracken's friend, Brian McDowell, who is not a coach for the team, joined him at the practice sporting a "White Pride" shirt.
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Both men told WAFF that the shirts were worn as a joke, but their presence at the youth cheerleading practice alerted volunteer cheerleading coach Kayleigh Tipton to complain to Kenny Jones, the commissioner of the North Alabama Youth Football & Cheerleading League.
“We have zero tolerance for any kind of discriminatory apparel or anything," said Jones to WAFF.
Jones responded to the incident by contacting McCracken and banning him from wearing racially inflammatory shirts to cheer practice -- something that shouldn't really have to be said -- but nonetheless, it was Tipton who was ultimately punished, not McCracken.
According to WAFF, the next time Tipton showed up at practice, Boaz's cheerleading vice president and Brian's wife, Melynnda McCracken, asked her to not come back.
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This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 10:51 pm
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Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:45 pm to Street Hawk
That is not what I expected a cheerleading coach to look like.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:45 pm to Street Hawk
What did he think was gonna happen?
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:45 pm to Street Hawk
Idiots.
And probably pervs.
And probably pervs.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:46 pm to Brosef Stalin
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That is not what I expected a cheerleading coach to look like.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:46 pm to Street Hawk
Roll Tide
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:46 pm to Street Hawk
This guy should not be around little cheerleaders. what a perv
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:47 pm to Street Hawk
What a retard.
Then again, it is Alabamer.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:47 pm to Street Hawk
This shouldn't surprise anyone
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:47 pm to Street Hawk
Cheerleader coach?
He no look like cheerleader coach. He looks like someone court mandated to stay 1000 feet away from any cheerleading practice.
He no look like cheerleader coach. He looks like someone court mandated to stay 1000 feet away from any cheerleading practice.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
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That is not what I expected a cheerleading coach to look like.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:50 pm to Street Hawk
PAWWWWL.
This post was edited on 8/26/15 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 8/26/15 at 10:59 pm to JBeam
Is anyone really surprised, Alabama has always been the epitome of racism.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 12:17 am to Street Hawk
His facial hair is obviously ironic so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on the shirt.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 12:18 am to OysterPoBoy
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His facial hair is obviously ironic
Sadly, it probably isn't.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 12:57 am to Street Hawk
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Both men told WAFF that the shirts were worn as a joke,
That sharp wit that Alabama denizens are famous for
Posted on 8/27/15 at 1:17 am to Street Hawk
quote:what kinda salary we talking about? This could be financial disaster for a wage earner -
Alabama Cheerleading Coach Dismissed After Reporting Racist T-Shirt by Street Hawk
Posted on 8/27/15 at 1:21 am to Street Hawk
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Brian McCracken, the assistant vice president of a Boaz, Alabama cheerleading team
Cheerleading teams have assistant Vice Presidents?
Posted on 8/27/15 at 2:41 am to Street Hawk
Ever notice how inferior in appearance the guys who wear white supremacist stuff tend to look?
Posted on 8/27/15 at 2:44 am to lsu480
Ok. Reading the story - it says she was a volunteer. Doesn't look like a paid job so I'm not sure if you can count this as "fired".
Also, according to the article it looks like the "president" who "fired" the girl/lady that reported it was the wife of the perv, er- guy, wearing the shirt. And both he and his wife have "resigned".
Bamas gonna Bama I guess.
Also, according to the article it looks like the "president" who "fired" the girl/lady that reported it was the wife of the perv, er- guy, wearing the shirt. And both he and his wife have "resigned".
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According to WAFF, the next time Tipton showed up at practice, Boaz's cheerleading vice president and Brian's wife, Melynnda McCracken, asked her to not come back.
"I'm just disgusted because I feel like I didn't do anything wrong besides make a complaint that should have been kept private to begin with,” Tipton said. “I asked why and she could not give me any reason."
Both Brian and Melynnda have since resigned, reports WAFF, but the Tipton family iterated that the damage has already been done -- not to the parents, who completely fumbled the situation, but to the kids, who had to witness this racially-inflamed drama first-hand.
Bamas gonna Bama I guess.
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