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Texas news anchor reacts to "White Power" signs held up at H.S. game
The Texas news anchor known for lessons on empathy and equality is back, this time offering advice for the administrators at Flower Mound High School.
WFAA anchor Dale Hansen dedicated his Feb. 24 "Dale Unplugged" segment to what happened at a Feb. 13 boys basketball game between Flower Mound and Plano East Senior High, and the way the community reacted to the incident.
Hansen's message was meant for his community, but it's one that applies to all.
Two students in Flower Mound's bleachers held up signs that said "White" and "Power." The school administration initially claimed the "white" sign just represented the school's colors and that the "power" was usually held up as part of "Jaguar Power." They said there was no racist intent.
Parents added that the media and Twitter community were blowing the incident out of proportion, that the kids had five signs and just randomly grabbed two and it was an unfortunate coincidence that the two they chose read "White Power" when held together.
A subsequent investigation into the incident led school administrators to ban signs at games, according to WFAA.
"They're taking their signs away, but there's a history in Flower Mound," Hansen said.
When my granddaughter, who went to Lewisville High, would be at a game in Flower Mound, she and her friends would hear the chant "Welfare babies, do you know who your daddy is? Because we know ours."
He goes on to say that by pointing their fingers at the students, they're missing the point.
I feel sorry for people who find their value in the value of their home, or the money they have. But I don't blame the kids as much as some of you might, maybe because I used to be one of those kids.
Hansen's father was racist, he explained.
The one black family he knew were good people; all the others he didn't know? They were the bad people. The ignorance in that reasoning, if you think about it long enough, will twist your mind. And it twisted mine. Kids have to be taught to hate, and it's our parents and grandparents (and our teachers and coaches, too) who teach us to hate. Kids become the product of that environment.
He concludes by saying that taking away the signs is not enough. Children who are raised to be racist can change, if shown the way.
I did. They can, too. But not if we try to defend what you can not defend. And not if we stay silent, and think taking their signs away is doing enough.
Hansen previously gained Internet fame after voicing his thoughts on the way people were reacting to Michael Sam announcing that he is gay.
