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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California high school stirred up controversy after students were told not to chant \u201cUSA\u201d during sporting events and rallies. Students at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom, California, often chanted \u201cUSA\u201d as a way to show pride during games and rallies. Now, school officials have asked that the students not chant, as it could come across as intolerant. \u201cI wasn\u2019t angry, but I was definitely like, \u2018Why can\u2019t we chant USA?\u2019\u201d senior Ryan Bernal told KOVR. \u201cTo say USA, you know, we\u2019re all the same. We\u2019re all American. It doesn\u2019t matter what your skin tone is or where you\u2019re from.\u201d Staff at the high school brought the topic to students\u2019 attention during a leadership class. Daniel Thigpen, the Folsom Cordova Unified Communications Director, said, \u201cTo practice empathy, to practice kindness and to practice patriotism. You can do both.\u201d KOVR noted that in some schools across the country, the \u201cUSA\u201d chant has been used in a derogatory manner toward people of different ethnicities. \u201cThere\u2019s a time and a place to yell that and cheer that,\u201d said Mike Garrison of the California Interscholastic Federation\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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