Current:Home > StocksOhio high school football coach resigns after team used racist, antisemitic language during a game -Keystone Wealth Vision
Ohio high school football coach resigns after team used racist, antisemitic language during a game
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:06:24
BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio high school football coach resigned Monday after his team used racist and antisemitic language to call out plays during a game last week.
Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland and his players repeatedly used the word “Nazi” as a play call in a game against Beachwood High School. Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb, is roughly 90% Jewish, according to the latest survey published in 2011 by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
The Brooklyn team stopped using the term in the second half of the game after Beachwood threatened to pull their players from the field, according to statement from Beachwood Schools Superintendent Robert Hardis. However, several Brooklyn players continued to direct racial slurs at Beachwood players during the game, the statement read.
McFarland handed in his notice of resignation Monday morning. Brooklyn Schools Superintendent Ted Caleris said in a statement that McFarland “expresses his deepest regret” and that he and the school apologize for “hurtful and harmful speech” that will “not be tolerated.”
Caleris also stated that Brooklyn High School has been contacted by the Anti-Defamation League of Ohio and hopes to use them as a resource going forward from the incident.
Hardis confirmed in a statement that the two school districts are in close contact and that Brooklyn has been “appropriately concerned and apologetic.”
“This is not the first time Beachwood student-athletes have been subjected to antisemitic and racist speech,” Hardis also said. “We always hope it will be the last.”
The statements did not mention disciplinary action toward the players involved.
Antisemitism in the United States has risen significantly in recent years, with no signs of declining, according to a study by Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League. From 2021 to 2022, the number of antisemitic incidents rose by 35%. ___
Samantha Hendrickson is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues
veryGood! (791)
Related
- Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
- A female inmate dies after jumping out of a moving vehicle during a jail transport in Kentucky
- Kendall Jenner Reveals Why She Won't Be Keeping Up With Her Sisters in the Beauty Business
- Florida man arrested while attempting to run across Atlantic Ocean in giant hamster wheel
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Greek ferry captain, 3 seamen charged over death of tardy passenger pushed into sea by crew member
- Americans drink a staggering amount of Diet Coke, other sodas. What does it do to our stomachs?
- Aerosmith kicks off Peace Out farewell tour in Philadelphia
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- One way to save coral reefs? Deep freeze them for the future
Ranking
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- USA TODAY, Ipsos poll: 20% of Americans fear climate change could force them to move
- BTS star Jung Kook added to Global Citizen lineup in New York: 'The festival drives action'
- 'Survivor 45' cast: Meet contestants competing for $1 million in new fall 2023 season
- The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
- Miley Cyrus Reveals the Day She Knew Liam Hemsworth Marriage “Was No Longer Going to Work
- Americans drink a staggering amount of Diet Coke, other sodas. What does it do to our stomachs?
- Tired of 'circling back' and 'touching base'? How to handle all the workplace jargon
Recommendation
Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
Will he go by plane or train? How Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia for another meeting with Putin
Taco Bell free Taco Tuesday deal and $5 off DoorDash delivery Sept. 12
2 teens killed by upstate New York sheriff’s deputy who shot into their vehicle
SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
South African conservation NGO to release 2,000 rhinos into the wild
Extreme heat makes air quality worse–that's bad for health
Jonathan Majors' domestic violence trial delayed again in alleged assault case