‘Racist’: Southern Miss. Band Chants ‘Where’s Your Green Card?’ at Opposing Player During NCAA Tournament
- Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:17am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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During Thursday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament, Southern Miss. played Kansas St. And while Kansas St. did win by six points, the actual game was overshadowed by a chant coming from the Southern Miss. band near the end of the first half: members shouted “Where’s your green card?” at a Hispanic member of Kansas St.
The chant, which is faint but noticeable, was directed at Angel Rodriguez while he was at the free-throw line:
Once CBS blogger said the chant involved about 10 students. Other outlets noted the entire thing was “racist.”
Southern Miss. President Martha Saunders issued an apology after the game.
“We deeply regret the remarks made by a few students at today’s game,” she said. “The words of these individuals do not represent the sentiments of our pep band, athletic department or university. We apologize to Mr. Rodriguez and will take quick and appropriate disciplinary action against the students involved in this isolated incident.”
Adding insult to injury: according to Yahoo sports, Saunders’s initial statement referred to Rodriguez as “Rodriquez.”
Additionally, Yahoo notes that Rodriguez is from Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, and therefore wouldn’t need a green card.
(H/T: Buzzfeed)
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Comments (74)
kiddopup
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:04amMaybe if our goverment would worrie more about american kids and inforcing our laws we wouldn’t see this crap but no lets have all the illeagals and foreign exchange students instead of teaching our kids to be more responsible and stop givving everyone a prize if you lose
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 11:24amFirst build the wall at the borders. Enforcing the immigration laws is like bailing water out of a ship with a hole on the bottom. Fix the hole first, then bail out the water.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 1:50pmAh yes S. Miss……. a pillar of intellect and educational superiority. Unfortunately you can’t fix stupid.
Report Post »sensibleadult
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:00amThere is nothing wrong with racism.
Report Post »gr29az
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:30ami’ve been one for years. in fact it’s healthy when you accept it.
Report Post »TedDad
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:39amRacism is the result of small minded thinking. Let them squabble for petty differences, pathetic reason, with absolute ignorance. They offer no contribution to humanity and yet they site themselves as just. It’s embarrassing to us all as a species.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:41amRacism is an opinion. For example “blacks hating whites” is not racism…why? Because society is brainwashed to believe that. A black man can hate me because I am white and I do not want to force him to accept me…that is wrong. I’d rather know that someone is racist “up front” instead of finding out years later after entrusting my life to that person. Be open, be honest so I can see the real you…if you’re a racist, fine. That‘s your opinion and you’re entitled to it. Stop with the PC BS and let people like/dislike whom they want….
Report Post »edcoil
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:59amIts not racism – it’s tribalism – happens in every part of the world. Its seems it is only wrong if white people do it.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:52pmWrong… but there is nothing wrong with Individual: Opinion, Experience, Discriminating, Speech…
Report Post »TedDad
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 3:28pmRacism is not an “opinion” it is an object, tangible; like a moving cancer eating its way through our society. You are welcome to your “opinions” about racism, but that does not in any way shape or form downgrade its presence or its destructiveness. Any feeble attempt to pacify the existence of racism only makes it more appalling and grotesque.
Report Post »youngblood1
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:00amNo mention of the race of the students. HMMM I wonder why?
Report Post »MBA
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:54amWhen the truth hurts you argument, cry racisim.
Report Post »coffeenomics
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:24amSo what? I live in MS, people here like everywhere can be stupid.
Report Post »Downsouth
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:59amI too live in mississippi. And growing up I lived about twenty miles from Hattiesburg. All the liberial media wants to do is paint Mississippi as a bunch of racist. I have heard a lot worse come out of the mouth of liberials about mississippi, thaan this “chant”. I say get over it.
Report Post »azghost
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:12am“We call things racism just to get attention. We reduce complicated problems to racism, not because it is racism, but because it works.” — Alfredo Gutierrez, political consultant, as quoted by Richard de Uriarte, The Phoenix Gazette, March 14, 1992 (quoted in The ProEnglish Advocate, 1st quarter, 2002).
Report Post »“dubbing inconvenient truths as being a racist, is more poisonous to the ones calling it racism, than the ones being called racists because the ones screaming racism, are inconvenienced by the truths spoken!”
Blazen420
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:00amWho cares? We have now established that everyone is racist so get over it or do something about it.
Report Post »valarie
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:51amSince when is giving the opposing team a little crap, news? This “OMG! I’m offended!” culture has got to stop. We’re turning into a bunch of little tattletale, kitties. Just sickening. Man up and quit crying about getting apologies when there is no reason for one.
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:56amReally – ooohhh mommy, those mean kids called me names. Bahahahah. Bunch of girly men. Course – maybe it would not be an issue if we ACTUALLY POLICED THE BORDER AND INFORCED OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS!!!!!
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:55amAgreed. Here in HI, they have a long standing tradition of “Kill Haole (whites) Day” (last day of school, and they mean it, and it was brought to us by “progressives”). There’s also a popular bumper sticker here that reads: “I Grew Here, You Flew Here. Now, Go Home.” ALOHA!
Report Post »Artisan
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:46amI heard one person yell “wheres your green card”. Its says the band is chanting it.Not much of chant there. Just another “ see how bad white people are” propaganda video. Im sick and tired of it.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:45amLook how the propaganda spinmeisters are hard at work dividing and conquering America. The propaganda battle has been fiercely waged while we have been sleeping.
It’s all things Democrat and half things Republican. Wake up, repent, and trust in the Lord while you still can.
Report Post »cal_105
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:44amWait a minute, I thought our President wanted class and race division. That is what his whole administration is about. Now we are told we must get along. Which is the right message?? I am confused.
Report Post »rationallyurs
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:37amguess they were just suprised it wasn’t a black playing hood ball with the president–and as soon as the swedish bikini team sneaks over th border ILLEGALLY–there will be a new chant—if the stolen shoe fits
Report Post »eeeerrrrrr
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:32amwow, I would have love to see what they would have done to my college pep-band…the best games were making the girl teams cry…oh what fun… Making fun of skin color, looks, names, height, weight, sex, sexual orientation, you name it – it was not off limits to our imagination. We did anything and everything, that 40+ people could yell in unison, to get into the players head. One very famous year we made the coach cry, THE COACH…she tried to get us kicked out but the general response to her complete…tough sh__ , you should just worry about the game…granted this story is more about outside complaining but whats the difference…
Report Post »robert
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:08amEverything is racist to the radical extremist press and pin headed academics.
That’s all this country talks about, complains about, and concentrates on constantly without let up.
This is racist. That is racist. Better watch out that could be a racist comment. On and on and on and on. Blacks are TOTALLY consumed with everything and anything about race, and the rest of the country who fall for the brainwashing parrot the same thing.
The BIG PROBLEM with this society is not racism, but multiculturalism. Nothing else can really get done, because political correctness involving racism dictates the narrative.
A lot of pepole are aware enough to see that it is pluralism itself that is the real problem, not racism. Without multiculturalism there would be no need to occupy all this time on deciding what is racist and what isn’t.
Homogeneous societies are the only ones that work harmoniously and the only ones that will last through the tough times. The Chinese and Japanese know that. If you told them they need diversity to make them strong, they’d laugh in your face, because they can not only see what it has done to the West, they have enough sense to know it doesn’t work and always fails.
The elites try to prevent civil war from happening by brainwashing the majority ethnicity into thinking they’re haters and/or racists if they speak out against multiculturalism intimidating them into silence.
And, it has worked fine for those who are easy to
Report Post »Strat-M16
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:30am@ neocon1
Report Post »what do you mean 1/2 the posts removed?
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:09am.
Report Post »It could have been worse they could have yelled USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA…..
neocon1
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:00amWOW
HALF the posts taken down?
Report Post »FOR WHAT??
Nemo13
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:57amThe sooner White America removes the word ‘racist’ or ‘rascism’ from their mindset, you will finally be free of this minority foot on your neck and deal with them accordingly. No more free rides. No more favortism. No more PC insanity. When the past starts looking better than the future, its time to wake up.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:16amThe word, “racist” is definitely being used to manipulate and control. Science recognizes three races of human beings. Puerto Rican is not one of them. Neither is “Mexican” or “Hispanic”.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:56amI can’t hear anybody saying what they claim. All I see is the text, “WHERE’S YOUR GREEN CARD?!” inserted into the video.
In this area, a bunch of students were called in for yelling the “N” word at a game. It turned out, one of the girls was named “Meagan” and her friends called her “Meggers”.
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:52amwhen is anyone gonna apologize for the word *******?
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:50amloud mouthed home boys in da hood, TRY IT big man and reap the whirlwind we have waiting for you.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:50amWhat the hell is the matter with these kids. Misissippi is already stereotyped as racist and redneck, then they play right into it. Dumb.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:55amstereotyped as REDNECK and RACIST?
BOTH of those terms describing them are RACIST and BIGOTED…but hey…they are only a bunch of WHITE boys so every thing is just fine.
Report Post »sensibleadult
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:37pmI thought it was wrong to stereotype people. How come it’s acceptable to stereotype Mississippians as redneck and racist?
Report Post »RebelYell1862
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:50pmI was born and raised and am sitting here in the great state of Mississippi while I write this. Who cares what you and the rest of the yankee liberals like you think of us? We have it good here in the Confederation.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:47amWhy the hell does there have to be an apology for EVERYTHING these days? Are people THAT thin-skinned that their widdle feewings get bruised with such remarkable ease? I guess the school will see to it that the “offended” player will be provided with counseling while the “offending” students will be expelled and sent away for reeducation…..
Words only have as much power as you give them. Get over it.
Report Post »Marine25
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:15amIt’s not a free speech story, it’s not an apology story. It’s a stupidity story. It is a bigot story. It shows how quick some people are to jump to ethnic judgement. The kid was playing a basketball game and he’s met with jeers about his citizenship? All the while he’s as American as any of those Mississippi kids. This is what we get when we tolerate groups like the tea-party and the Arizona legislature who want people judged initially by their apparent ethnicity. In Arizona, this sort of ignorance and bigotry is the law.
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:34amEver hear of something called “sportsmanship?”
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:36ammarine 25, you must be going somewhere else than I have gone to tea parties, I have never heard a word of any type towards any ethnic group, they were more concerned with how America is being destroyed by loosing personal freedom.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:20amI‘ll repeat myself and I’ll even go slower for you this time:
Words only have as much power as you give them. Get over it. Oh yeah, and grow up.
You’re welcome, and bless your poor little hearts, “Marine” and Watchywhatever…..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:35amI agree, you can call me hon-key or crack-her or whatever you want. I’m proud of my race and having somebody point it out, doesn’t bug me a bit. Everyone is such a pansy anymore.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:46amAhhh it NO longer “Free Speech” we shall now and hence forth call it, “apology speech”……people need to quit getting butt hurt over expressions like this!! If, they don’t then get ready for the ride…………..inside out will come before the top and bottom realize it!!
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:44amPATRIOTIC Southern Miss. Band Chants ‘Where’s Your Green Card?’ at ILLEGAL LAWBREAKER Opposing Player During NCAA Tournament
fixed
Report Post »rlimike
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:38amHey … that is a valid question.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:50amHe was from Puerto Rico….An American territory fool.
Report Post »rlimike
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:18am@baddogg … and there are no illegals there ?
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