White Students Face Backlash For ‘Gangsta Night’ Event

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White Students Face Backlash For ‘Gangsta Night’ Event

At Windsor Central High School in Windsor, New York, white students organized a themed event at a basketball game where they dressed as Crips and the Bloods complete with accessories that allowed them to be walking Black stereotypes without a thought in their head about the actual Black people they were caricaturing.

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