Update on Alamo Heights vs. Edison

In my March 7, 2012, post about white Alamo High School students chanting "USA!  USA!" after their basketball win over predominantly Hispanic Edison High School, I questioned the motive of the Alamo students.  It appeared they were using Edison as a symbol of illegal immigration (even though its students are valid U.S. citizens) and chanting "USA!" as an ethnocentric insult.

Edison High School Mascot, the Golden Bear

However, it appears that throughout the game, prior to the Alamo students' chant, the Edison students were yelling "Alamo whites!" at the Alamo students.  So perhaps the Alamo students' chant was in response to Edison's own racial bigotry.

It doesn't make it right, but it provides a valid reason why Alamo would choose to insult their opponent after the game.

Both sides should be reprimanded for this behavior.  Both schools are American high schools, and the students on both sides should be proud of being American.  That both schools were insulting the race or ethnicity of their opponent is disappointing, although not surprising based on how contentious the illegal immigration debate has become in recent years.

Draw your own conclusions.