‘Cesspool’: Oregon High School Football Fans Throw Cake In Stands After Chanting N-word and Making Monkey Sounds at Rival Team

David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon, is proud of its diversity and strong athletic program. Several Olympians, All-Star athletes, and NFL running back Claxton Welch are among its alums. But this season, the football team at the largest high school in the state has faced such blatant and shocking racism that its players were in tears. “I’ve coached and played all around the nation, and also have played or coached internationally. NEVER have I witnessed this level of racism on the playing field,” assistant coach Marcell Frazier wrote on Instagram. David Douglas High School coaches say their football players are experiencing racism at away games. (Photos: YouTube screenshot/KOIN 6) David Douglas’ football team has competed in three away games against rival high schools in Oregon so far this season. Each game has brought a deplorable barrage of racial hate speech and behavior, according to Frazier. He says Black players have been subjected to monkey sounds, chants of the N-word, and being called King Kong, among other slurs. In the most recent bizarre incident, a cake was thrown into an audience of Douglas fans to create chaos during a game against Adrienne C. Nelson High School in Happy Valley. “We...