Red plastic cups arranged in the shape of a swastika at a party reportedly attended by Newport Beach students over the weekend. Text over the image was added by a social media user. By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow March 4 at 7:07 AM Gathered around a table covered in dozens of red plastic cups, a group of young people grins widely, posing for a photo. Their arms are extended out in what appears to be a Nazi salute.
“More should’ve been done to make sure the students recognize the severity of the symbols they were using,” Metoyer said. “It is not something funny. It’s a very, very serious situation.” The Newport Harbor High School Associated Student Body also denounced the behavior captured in the photos. Criticism of the students’ actions went beyond the school district Sunday as scathing statements came from elected officials, including Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley and Rep. Katie Porter and local branches of organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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I attended this high school and graduated in 1985. I was relentlessly bullied every single day for 4 years. I ate lunch in the gym locker room to avoid being physically & verbally abused because I came from a Jewish family. Nothing has changed in 34 years. newportbeach racists
It’s pretty common in Californian beach cities.
The idea that future generations are going to just kill hate with a snap of the finger because they're somehow more aware than their older counterparts was always fallacy. If anything things are even worse now because of how divided everything is. This is America.
These racist, antisemitic, xenophobic incidents aren't being perpetrated by 'rednecks', either. It's mostly middle to upper class white kids. Not rednecks. That's what people don't want to accept. These are the people we see and work with, talk to, daily. Adults and kids alike.
This year Nazis. Two years ago misogyny (boys drafting young women). Cheating scandal four years ago. 8 years ago harassment of an LGBTQ student (death threats.) Starting to think ACLU_SoCal should open a branch office in the NMUSD. Just sayin’.
If this is journalism so help me Allah I’ll kill myself right here and now.
IMAGINE going out of your way to construct this and idolize genocide/racism. Then imagine being so stupid to post it for the world to see. Lastly, imagine taking a history class covering WW2 and not thinking Nazi’s are despicable. WILD
🤔 It must be nice for you to be on the right side again.
I hope that being a Nazi becomes illegal in the United States like it did in Germany.
Hate is learned...stop teaching and sharing symbols of hate. Maga...empathy and love are are the only emotions that can solve our problems.
Thesixler I mean you are dismantling the swastika while beerponging. It's like a drunken wolfenstien, but I get the poor taste (besides the keystone light).
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According to President Trump these are fine people right!?😒
Some people are just flat out disgusting.
“CONDEMNED”
I get why a swastika would be considered anti-Semitic...what I don’t get is that this is the go-to argument when we see one... many countries fought Nazi Germany....no one group should OWN discussion of the symbol...
I believe the language of this article is not nearly strong enough, the rhetoric gives the teens the assumption they didn’t know it was wrong or were joking. Pictures of their group chats have also been circulating widely on twitter and directly refute that notion. 👎🏽
'The Base.'
Well, socialism is on the rise.
Those kids need history lesson watch war time films of what in fact did happened..pictures Never forget
Yes theres racist people in the world...move on
Ought to get rid of these Nazis for once and for all.
deray Smdh, underage drinking too chy
Look out, their rich parents may sue you.
PressSec - Just to confirm - this is the sort of free speech your charming boss demands be protected on college campuses, right?
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sjf418 Children of parents devastated by the left’s midterm triumph in wiping out long held Republican hold on Orange County. Will the school defend these privileged swine?
deray Only in Trumps world
Red cups = Red hats, no doubt 🤮
Welcome to Trumpland. get ready for another term.
Should of invite IlhanMN and they could if got a pass too.
Let’s lock these kids up for a couples days like it’s a concentration camp and see how happy this is? Where is the outrage
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6 million Jews exterminated + 5 million more people such as Poles, Slavs, gays, physically and mentally disabled, Romani gypsies, priests who opposed Hitler, etc. Remember that next time.
Do IlhanMN and womensmarch go to this school?
Put together by liberals
Maybe they're not anti-Semitic, just pro Ilan Omar.
Don’t worry, mommy and daddy can hire an expensive PR Agency. These kids are just “misunderstood and the the media is making them look bad.” I’m sure the students will eventually end up suing Solo Cups. 🤮
Trump and kavanaugh going to support their kind
Well, because summer is coming and it's bad for tourism. Most of the people I know in Newport Beach are so racist they don't even realize they're racist. It's just part of their culture. And of course all they have undocumented workers in their homes raising these monsters!
I think it's disgusting what they did - but - they're private citizens in a private place. They're allowed to do it. It's their parents business, no one else.
What you get when you have a country divided across tribal lines by a sitting president