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Whether or not racism offends us, we need to be aware that we are there for the kids. When kids hear stuff that shouldn't be said, and it is intended to be hurtful and dehumanizing, and no one does anything about it, it affects them negatively, whether they are of the race doing the hurling, or the race receiving the hurl. If someone is shouting something negative that is race or gender-related, whether it's at the refs, or the players, or the coach, or the guy running the concession stand, if I have jurisdiction, that person is out of here. Period. Not just because of who is doing the yelling or who is receiving the yelling, but because I want everyone around me that this is not to be tolerated by civilized human beings.
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