Racist Photo Prompts Phillipsburg High School Investigation of Wrestling Team

After winning  the state championship on Sunday in an undefeated season, the wrestlers decided to spoil all they have achieved in a moment of utter stupidity posting a photo with a 'Black' dummy, reminding people of the state's slave past when slaves were hung by the neck for going against their masters.


A photo that appears to show seven Phillipsburg High School boys with a wrestling dummy hanging by its neck is under investigation by administrators in the Phillipsburg District.

Schools Superintendent George Chando confirmed the district is investigating the photo, which was obtained today by the Warren Reporter.The photo shows the teens gathered around a dark-colored wrestling dummy hanging from a noose tied to the ceiling of a gym which may be on school property.

Two of the teens in the picture wear their sweatshirt hoods pointed as if imitating the dress of Ku Klux Klan members.

In 2008, the New Jersey Legislature acknowledged the state's role in the history of slavery in the United States.
“     The Legislature of the State of New Jersey expresses its profound regret for the State’s role in slavery and apologizes for the wrongs inflicted by slavery and its after effects in the United States of America; expresses its deepest sympathies and solemn regrets to those who were enslaved and the descendants of those slaves, who were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all citizens of the United States; and we encourage all citizens to remember and teach their children about the history of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and modern day slavery, to ensure that these tragedies will neither be forgotten nor repeated  "