Race and Name Calling on a Sports Team
My son is nine. He has red hair and lots of freckles....he looks like a typical Irish-American kid. We live in a community that is about 90% Latino. He is on a minor league baseball team. The team, overall, is on the young side and is inexperienced. They are struggling in games. Each kids has particular issues. The coach is also a bit of a yeller, although his heart is in the right place. Today at a game my son made a few errors and struck out. (No one on the team did well in this game). A few of his team mates heckled him. One...