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South Dakota high school cancels homecoming following racist incident

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STURGIS, S.D.- The Sturgis Brown High School will forfeit its homecoming football game and cancel its dance and parade after the words "Go back to the Rez" were painted on a car.   

School officials are investigating after photos posted on social media showed students destroying the car. Sturgis Brown was scheduled to play Pine Ridge School, from the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Friday night. 

The school board voted to cancel all remaining homecoming activities as a result of the incident . 

Superintendent Don Kirkegaard said the students who painted the car also painted the school and community as racist. 

A photo also shows people hitting a car with sledgehammers. The ritual was once a homecoming tradition but is no longer sponsored by the school.


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