{"id":2792,"date":"2021-11-17T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:06:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:06:46","slug":"cair-pittsburgh-condemns-racist-incident-at-high-school-football-game-urges-league-to-take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/cair-pittsburgh-condemns-racist-incident-at-high-school-football-game-urges-league-to-take-action\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR-Pittsburgh Condemns Racist Incident at High School Football Game, Urges League to Take Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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(PITTSBURGH, P<\/span><\/strong>A, 11\/17\/2021)<\/span> <\/span><\/b>– The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh) today condemned a racist incident at a high school football game and urged the league to take action to challenge racism.<\/span><\/p>

The West Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) is investigating reports of racist comments made by players during a football game between the Steel Valley and South Side Area school districts. According to the reports, Steel Valley players were called the n-word and \u201cmonkeys\u201d by South Side Area players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

SEE: WPIAL investigating claims of racist comments from players during Steel Valley, South Side game\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/more-sports\/wpial-investigating-claims-of-racist-comments-from-players-during-steel-valley-south-side-game\/ar-AAQKtaE?ocid=BingNewsSearch<\/span><\/a><\/p>

\u201cRacist harassment cannot be tolerated in any setting, especially when it targets students of color,\u201d said <\/span>CAIR-Pittsburgh Executive Director Christine Mohamed<\/strong>.<\/strong> \u201cWe condemn this disturbing incident and call on the WPIAL to take concrete action to challenge racism and bigotry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

CAIR is America\u2019s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.<\/span><\/p>

La misi\u00f3n de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensi\u00f3n del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/p>

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CONTACT<\/strong>:<\/strong> CAIR Pittsburgh Executive Director Christine Mohamed, 412-606-3601\u00a0cmohamed@cair.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAIR-Pittsburgh Condemns Racist Incident at High School Football Game, Urges League to Take Action (PITTSBURGH, PA, 11\/17\/2021) – The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh) today condemned a racist incident at a high school football game and urged the league to take action to challenge racism. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2795,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions\/2795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}