Football in "blackface", no I'm not kidding!

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Seems that some in Ohio don't find "blackface" to be racist, just maybe a little insensitive. This is from the Akron Beacon Journal

Associated Press

HUDSON - Teams in two Cleveland suburbs are quitting a youth football league because of racially insensitive actions by fans, coaches said.

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The president of the Hudson Hawks Youth Football Association, John Elffers, has apologized for fans who wore Afro wigs and painted their faces black at a playoff game Sunday. Shaker Heights coach Jeffrey Saffold said Hudson fans also used a racially offensive word during Sunday's game and at two other times.

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Elffers said that the Hudson fans' actions were foolish and insensitive but not intended to insult or offend.

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