LULAC asks to investigate the “hateful” harassment of a Latino school team

Washington, Jun 22 (EFE News) .- The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today demanded an investigation into the incident in southern California in which tortillas were thrown at a basketball team from a predominantly Latino school.

“What kind of people and community allows this kind of hateful behavior,” Domingo GarcĂ­a, president of LULAC, the nation’s oldest Hispanic organization, said in a statement.

The incident occurred last Saturday when, at the end of the game, tortillas were thrown at Orange Glen High School players after losing by a few points to the majority white Coronado school team, according to The San Diego Union newspaper. Tribune.

A video circulating on social networks shows how at the end of the sporting event some people in the public threw tortillas at the Orange Glen High students, who were visitors and lost by three points (60-57).

“This was a planned act that required someone to go buy the tortillas, distribute them and be ready to throw them at the Latino team and their coaches at the end of the game, whatever the outcome,” Garcia said.

The LULAC president demanded that the Coronado Unified School District and the California Interscholastic Federation “carry out a full and transparent investigation of the attack that occurred and take the most energetic and appropriate measures against those responsible.”

Garcia added that “it is equally disturbing that the Facebook page of the Organization of Parents and Teachers of Coronado indicated that the throwing of tortillas was something similar to the throwing of ‘frisbees’ (discs or flying saucers) in a celebration.

“The act of throwing tortillas was intended to perpetuate the worst racist reaction against innocent athletes, their coaches and their families,” Garcia added.

(c) EFE Agency