Administrators at one New York school on Long Island are investigating an alleged racist rant and violence against young Black children at a high school football game earlier this month.
The incident took place in the town of Riverhead on Sept. 9.
A Black family reported to Riverhead High School officials that three white teenagers approached their children, called them racial slurs, and subjected them to physical violence. The children’s ages range from five to 11.
The family told NBC News 4 that the altercation happened on a playground right next to a school football game, and several people from the crowds witnessed it.
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“I never dreamed my great-grandchildren would be subjected to the N-word in 2023,” Robert “Bubie” Brown, a lifelong Riverhead resident and local deacon, told school board members at a board meeting days after the altercation took place.
Brown said that during the incident, one teen pushed one of his great-grandchildren into the dirt. Then, a 14-year-old girl directed a racist and derogatory rant toward the child’s mother.
A school board member also told fellow board members and attendees in the same meeting that several people saw what happened.
“It was heard by a lot of people up in the stands, and the community was appalled, and of course, the police showed up,” that board member said at that Sept. 12 meeting.
“Some things you try to put behind you, and you think it’s behind you, and all of a sudden, bam, it’s hitting you in the face,” Brown said.
The school board denounced the racist behavior, and the district said officials are reviewing security video and are interviewing multiple witnesses and two students who were involved. They have yet to report what disciplinary measures will be taken, but it’s…
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