Politics & Government
State Division of Civil Rights Investigating Controversial High School Wrestlers' Photo
The photo depicts seven white wrestlers from Phillipsburg lynching a black dummy wearing a Paulsboro wrestling shirt.
The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) is asking the state Division on Civil Rights to investigate a picture of seven Phillipsburg High School wrestlers apparently depicting a lynching, CBS Philadelphia reports.
The governing body of high school sports forwarded the photo, which shows seven wrestlers, all white, posing with a black tackling dummy with a noose around his neck, on Tuesday, according to the report. The wrestlers are wearing their team sweatshirts, and the dummy is wearing a Paulsboro wrestling shirt.
Phillipsburg School District Superintendent George Chando told nj.com action has been taken in response to the photo, but didn’t reveal what that action was.
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The teams wrestled earlier this season. Phillipsburg won the match, 38-21, according to nj.com. Both schools boast powerhouse wrestling programs and are traditional opponents.
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