The Southridge High School varsity girls soccer team kneeled during the national anthem at Newberg High School, where the principal said students allegedly participated in a “Slave Trade’’ Snapchat group that targeted Black students at the school.
Black athletes like Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith and Colin Kaepernick are connected through America's sports history.On Sept. 15, the varsity girls soccer team from Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon, headed to its game 15 miles away thinking about more than soccer.
The game was at Newberg High School, where the day before the principal told media outlets students allegedlythat targeted Black students at the high school. Additionally, the school board in Newberg, a city of about 22,000, has been pursuing a ban on Black Lives Matter and Pride Imagery for weeks and a staff member at the Newberg School District So before the soccer game Sept.
Tami Erion, principal at Newberg High School, referred questions to the Newberg School District. Attempts to reach a district official for comment were unsuccessful.
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