North Alabama youth cheerleading coach resigns over complaint that t-shirt is racist http://t.co/OMGnRGx2yx pic.twitter.com/Pu9tr2oKxN
— WSFA 12 News (@wsfa12news) August 22, 2015
Brian McCracken thought he was just going to enjoy another day as the assistant president of the Boaz youth cheerleaders, but shockingly, things got a little dicey for him when he — and one of his pals — decided to rock racist T-shirts to practice… as a “joke.”
As you can see above, one shirt featured a KKK member and the slogan, “The original boys in the hood,” while the other simply stated, “White Pride.” (Because obviously that’s the go-to wardrobe around children.)
Fortunately, a volunteer coach filed a complaint per WAFF-TV:
“It’s awful,” former volunteer cheerleading coach Kayleigh Tipton said. “I mean, I don’t stand for it, I don’t want my kids around it. No one I know wants their kids around anything like that.”
Tipton complained to Commissioner Kenny Jones about the tee shirts.
“We ended up taking care of the situation, we informed the parents they are no longer allowed to wear that type of shirt to any NAYF functions,”
Jones said. “We have zero tolerance for any kind of discriminatory apparel or anything.”
Unfortunately for Kayleigh Tipton, she ended up being dismissed as a volunteer by team VP Melynnda McCracken — though Melynnda and Brian would later resign from their positions.
So there you go, the next time you want to rock your racist gear in public, please do so you can lose your job.
