Asian American Teen Called Racial Slur, Punched In Face During Tournament Basketball Game in Oakland
A San Jose teenager was punched in the head and allegedly called racial slurs during a tournament basketball game on Saturday in Oakland and it was all caught on video. What makes the situation even worse, the attacked player’s parents said, is that the players behind the physical altercation were only reprimanded after frustrated parents demanded something be done.
In the video, Evan (last name not given for fear of retaliation) is seen trying to grab a loose ball before an opposing player reaches it. That player passes the ball to a teammate and then is seen pushing Evan. Evan gets up and is then pushed to the ground by a second opposing player standing nearby.Words are exchanged before Evan walks away and returns to the player, who then punches Evan in the head.
Lennie (Evan’s mother) said well before the punch, the other team — the San Francisco Generals — repeatedly called Evan and his South Bay Snipers teammates a racial slur used against Asians. “Two-thirds of the team are Asian,” Eduardo (Evan’s dad) said. The parents said no one jumped in to stop the altercation or reprimand the players. They also claim the director of the tournament, hosted by Grassroots 365, initially refused to watch video of the incident.
“How was a technical foul not called when he was obviously punching him in the face?” Olivia asked. “They said, ‘Oh, we saw what happened,’ and I was pressing them because I said, ‘If you saw what happened, you should not let that go!'” Evan’s parents say the punch left him with a concussion and left them angry that no one condemned the physical and racial attacks.
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