Missouri principal sorry for demanding girls remove shirts

Written By Angie Gaskill

RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — The interim principal at a Kansas City-area high school has apologized for storming onto a volleyball court before a girls game and demanding that the team take off their racial unity T-shirts.

Students said the T-shirts — emblazoned with the words “Together We Rise” and three raised fists in different skin tones — are meant to promote racial equality and unity.

The incident unfolded when the Park Hill South High School's girls volleyball team wore the T-shirts for warm-ups before their Sept. 29 game against North Kansas City High School, WDAF-TV reported.


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www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Missouri-principal-sorry-for-demanding-girls-15629239.php

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