January 19 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

It’s a day in which we celebrate a man who made a huge impact in the breakthrough of discrimination and racism.

But on January 16, during a high school basketball game between Tokay and St. Mary’s high school, a group of students proved racism is still present in today’s society. 

The game winner wasn’t the headline.

It was three controversial letters chanted that stole the show: “USA, USA, USA.”

St. Mary’s students chanted this while a student of  Pakistani decent from Tokay was at the free throw line.

“That’s inexcusable,” said parent Andrew Holmes. 

“My four-year old daughter knows what’s right from wrong, you learn that in school and from your parents.  So for me, I won’t give someone who is 16 to 18 years-old a pass…,” said Holmes

For some it came as no surprise.

“St. Mary’s, come on man, I’m just saying, I’m not surprised, just not,” said Lodi resident David William Cole.

A YouTube video also recently went viral when a father from Minnesota spoke about his adoptive black daughter being a victim of cyber bullying.

In the posted video, he showed the snaps his daughter received on her phone through Snapchat, a social media app.

The father also received voicemails from the parent of the bullies calling him an “[expletive] lover.”

Where do people stand on racism today?

“It’s bad everywhere you look whether it’s on TV, phone or in person.  It’s everywhere,” said Carmen Aguliar.

She also said it’s even worse nowadays because of social media.

Aguilar’s friend, Hanna Petites disagreed.

“All you mostly hear now is someone being harassed when it comes to racism not killed,. It’s horrible but [it’s] not the worst,” said Petites.