University of Maryland Suspends Tennis Club After Allegedly Sending KKK Hoods On Their Flag Image To A HBCU [VIDEO]

President Donald Trump second term in office has many worried about a multitude of things, with Trump being the master of branding, whether it be right or wrong, using his platform to express his views on how the world should be.  Former NBA legend Charles Barkley who has historically never been one to bite his tongue recently shared his thoughts on Donald Trump recently saying that Trump has made it popular to be racist without consequences.   Sadly this story may be the proof in Charles Barkley’s pudding.  The University of Maryland has suspended its tennis club team after racist imagery was included in program materials emailed to HBCU Howard University and other universities ahead of a weekend tournament.

Reportedly, the graphic depicted Ku Klux Klan hood masks with eyeholes in the top-right and lower-left quadrants of the Maryland state flag.   According to the statement from UMD Recreation and Wellness, the school learned that the team handed out materials with:

“a graphic containing racist imagery targeting people who are Black or African American.”…“They emailed this information to other university tennis clubs in the region about this weekend’s fall tournament at College Park,”

In a statement posted to its Instagram account (see complete statement below), the Howard team said Rachal noticed the graphic in a shared Google Doc emailed to participating teams.  The graphic contained

“a recognizable symbol associated with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on the first page”

According to The University of Maryland who say’s they are horrified by what happened while expressing deep regrets, the incident involved a few they made the decision to suspend the whole team.

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