LeBron James has often been the target of racist attacks from fans and media alike.
Unsurprisingly, this racist exhibit was displayed at a school’s art show. It would have never been an issue until someone called it out as it had been on display several times before it was finally flagged. Â TMZ Sports has the details.
The project — a parody of a cereal advertisement called “Monkey Premium” — was done by a New Hartford Central School District student in New York … and then showed off in a school gymnasium at the New Hartford Festival of the Arts event on Saturday.
It had a headline of “Eat Monkeys, Jump Like Monkeys!” … with a picture of James mid-flight in his Lakers uniform next to a bowl of cereal.
Some of the text on the board promised that a consumer of the food — which was shaped like monkeys and bananas — would “jump 2-5 inches higher for about 2 hours” after eating it.
As you’d expect, it was met with a ton of outrage given its obvious nods to racist tropes … and on Monday, Superintendent of Schools Cosimo Tangorra Jr. said in a statement to parents in the community that officials are looking into the matter.
This is America.
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