A high school in Alabama is facing backlash after several of their cheerleaders posted a photo of themselves posing with a t-shirt bearing the Confederate flag inside of a heart on it with the words "I love Redneck Boys." "The first thing I thought was how bold of them," Latitah told Fox News. "You cheer for Black football players, you cheer for Black basketball players and you cheer with two Black cheerleaders on your side and this is what you put up." Her daughter posted on social media, saying, "As 1/2 black girls on the cheer team, I knew I needed to speak up about this matter and Daphne’s negligence." Latitah said beyond acknowledging that "the T-shirt is mean," people have defended the photo as the act of "harmless teenagers."

Source: Fox News August 06, 2020 19:52 UTC