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High School Girls Basketball Team Quits After Crowd Allegedly Spews Racial Slurs<!-- wp:html --><p>Inaki Esnaola/Getty Images</p> <p>A high school girls’ basketball game in Scarsdale, New York came to an early finish on Saturday when the visiting team from East Ramapo walked off the court as attendees unleashed an onslaught of racial slurs.</p> <p>East Ramapo Superintendent Clarence G. Ellis condemned the incident in a statement on Monday, obtained by the <em><a href="https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/scarsdale/2024/02/13/racial-slurs-scarsdale-east-ramapo-ny-basketball-game-reported-investigated/72570529007/">Rockland/Westchester Journal News</a></em>. </p> <p>“The use of racial epithets and other bigoted language meant to hurt someone based on their skin color have no place in high school athletics or anywhere in our community,” he said.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/high-school-girls-basketball-team-quits-after-crowd-spews-racial-slurs-report-says">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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A high school girls’ basketball game in Scarsdale, New York came to an early finish on Saturday when the visiting team from East Ramapo walked off the court as attendees unleashed an onslaught of racial slurs.

East Ramapo Superintendent Clarence G. Ellis condemned the incident in a statement on Monday, obtained by the Rockland/Westchester Journal News.

“The use of racial epithets and other bigoted language meant to hurt someone based on their skin color have no place in high school athletics or anywhere in our community,” he said.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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