Really, really ugly.
The Augusta Chronicle, the daily paper in the city where I was born, is reporting that a new whites-only basketball league wants to expand to The Garden City. The Atlanta-based All-American Basketball Alliance wants to get started in June and:
"Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league,"
The league will emphasize "fundamental basketball" instead of "street ball played by people of color."
Thankfully, the mayor of Augusta, Deke Copenhaver, said
"I could not support in good conscience bringing in a team that did not fit with the spirit of inclusiveness that I, along with many others, have worked so hard to foster in our city."
The athletic director of Augusta State University laughed at the idea and said "it gives you an idea of the sickness of our society."
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