Oklahoma high school cancels homecoming after revolting photo of six white students during spirit week went viral

A precocious schoolhouse has cancelled its homecoming aft students posed for a photograph wearing lettered shirts that spelled retired a radical slur.

The six achromatic students astatine Tishomingo High School each wore a missive that spelt retired the connection n**ger, the photograph showed.

The territory superintendent, successful response, issued an apology Thursday and canceled Friday's homecoming activities and shot game. He framed the show arsenic an 'extremely mediocre decision'.

Students past week had been told to deterioration shirts emblazoned with random Scrabble letters for a tone week activity.

Those who could assemble the connection with the astir points would win, they were told - paving the mode for the students' prank. None person been identified, but the photograph of their faces continues to spur backlash days aboriginal arsenic it spreads crossed the internet.

'These young men had nary fears, hesitations, oregon information for others,' 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected a Facebook station re-sharing the photo.

'The boldness, the audacity, the recklessness, the stupidity, and the deficiency of a conscious mind.'

'This is the benignant of worldly that keeps hatred moving successful the world,' different chimed in, arsenic the tiny municipality reacted to the incident

'Teach your kids to beryllium respectful,' they added, up of the school's present cancelled homecoming game. 

Brandon Moreland, the schoolhouse district's superintendent, reacted himself successful a connection sent Thursday, the time earlier the large game.

'Racism and discrimination, successful immoderate form, volition ne'er beryllium tolerated oregon accepted connected our field and is not reflective of the values of our students, school, oregon community,' the Tishomingo Public Schools staffer said. 

'Our pupil assemblage and unit see assemblage members from each backgrounds, races, and religions, which is 1 of galore aspects that makes our field exceptional.' 

In a abstracted announcement sent astir 4:30 p.m. that day, Moreland elaborate however each Tishomingo Public Schools homecoming activities, including the parade and shot game, would beryllium canceled owed to what helium framed arsenic 'safety and information concerns.'

'While it is unfortunate that the actions of a fewer are impacting a longstanding contented enjoyed by galore successful our community, discussions with our section instrumentality enforcement partners reenforce the district's determination to cancel,' his 2nd announcement read.

The decision, helium said , was made successful hopes of 'prioritizing the information of Tishomingo and Antlers students, fans, and participants.'

Neither offered penetration connected the offending students' identities, but immoderate online who appeared to beryllium portion of the tightly knit municipality of 3,000 suggested those depicted successful the photograph are shot players for Tishomingo High School.

 Moreland's letters did not corroborate whether the students were shot players and cited privateness laws that prohibit the territory from sharing details surrounding the situation.

The territory brag did accidental the schoolhouse medication rapidly contacted the parents of students progressive - resulting successful 'immediate' disciplinary action. It remains unclear what those punishments entailed.

'We admit the captious relation of acquisition and stay steadfast successful our dedication to fostering a civilization of respect, integrity, and accountability among our pupil assemblage and broader community,' helium added successful 1 of the notes. 

'The territory is grateful to our section instrumentality enforcement partners who proceed to supply TPS with tremendous enactment arsenic we enactment done this hard time.'

He went connected to reiterate however racism and discriminations astatine his schools would not beryllium tolerated, earlier promising to support tabs connected the situation.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to the schoolhouse territory for comment.