Pom Pom's Thugs BUSTED for Creating a Racist Facebook Group

by bluestreet on Mar 8, 2007 2:54 PM PST

Just par for the course from Pom Pom's SCums:

An inside joke on the USC football team went awry when a Facebook group sparked outrage among students.

The racist Facebook group was created by a USC football player and showed a graphic of a black baby in handcuffs. An athletic department source said the group was a joke and had no serious purpose.

Junior linebacker Clay Matthews created the group, "White Nation," which featured a graphic with the caption, "arrest black babies before they become criminals."

Teammates David Buehler, Brian Cushing, Dan Deckas and Dallas Sartz joined the group.

"This group is not for the faint of heart," read the group's description. "All members are athletes of Caucasion (sic) descent. DISCLAIMER: In no way are the following memebers (sic) intolerant of others, we are just doing our duty of protecting the Arian (sic) brotherhood."

An athletic department source who wished to remain anonymous said the group was a joke and had no serious purpose.

Yeah sure it was a joke.

It is a joke like that entire corrupt and out of control football program. What a bunch of SCums.

Go Bruins!!

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Just Curious

Did this make the LA Times?

sjh

by Class of 66 on Mar 8, 2007 3:09 PM PST reply actions

Can you imagine

this happened at UCLA what would Pucin of the world have done?

by bluestreet on Mar 8, 2007 3:10 PM PST up reply actions

Should we send this to the Times and DN?

Hmmm...

MIM

by Meriones on Mar 8, 2007 3:51 PM PST up reply actions

Yes, see my other post below

A quote from it...

Dinah Manning, a 20-year-old USC student offended by the group page, said the players need to better understand their position as public figures.

"They crossed a line outside the sanctity of the locker room," Manning said. "It's not a joke between [Matthews] and another player when he makes it sound like he's against an entire race. When I saw that group [on the Internet], I was in disbelief."

by Free the 16 on Mar 9, 2007 8:59 AM PST up reply actions

Geez...

Maybe they should skip Spanish with Sr. Ross and get back into spelling classes.

by pocho on Mar 8, 2007 3:53 PM PST reply actions

And they actually are all white...

it would be more believably a joke if some black players collaborated

by SuperBruinMan on Mar 8, 2007 4:34 PM PST reply actions

What will the Fishwrap say?

One article - condemning the guys who started the group, recommending their banishment from the team (unless they are good, in which case it will be recommending that they be threatened with banishment.) Then a nice transition paragraph, and a reprise of the handicap parking debacle and anything else negative they can think of about UCLA.

by Fox 71 on Mar 8, 2007 8:08 PM PST reply actions