Meanwhile, the older generation is growing ever more neurotic, and seeing threatening shadows everywhere:

A parent of two students at Ottawa Hills wrote to Forest Hills Public Schools about the incident, which he described as being racially motivated.

‘Attached is a photo I took of your four boys. They spent the entire game brandishing a “Trump for President” flag, along with a “Betsy Ross” flag – the flag of the original 13 colonies with 13 stars in a circle, costumed in other flags, running up and down the sidelines,’ Matthew Patulski of Grand Rapids wrote on Facebook.

‘They were also out in front front a predominantly white pep squad of maybe 100 students.

‘Our group of parents consisting of various economic and ethnic backgrounds were there supporting our students in marching band while cheering on the predominately black Ottawa Hills football.

‘We were all quite taken a back by these loud chants. The circumstance was made even more unsettling by these four boys brandishing these symbols of nationalism and white supremacy.’

Patulski then described the Trump sign as offensive, saying the Republican nominee is: ‘known for his tacit support of racist ideologies that is causing a great deal of concern in minority communities’.

The concerned father then turned his attention to the Betsy Flag, describing it as ‘a piece of history co-opted by white supremacists who see it as a symbol of a time in our nation’s history when slavery was legal’.