Parent suspended after using racial slur at game involving Springfield Middle School SPRINGFIELD, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Springfield Middle School parent was suspended after yelling those slurs the coach and using them on Facebook. Latoya Groves said her son is being discriminated against that the baseball coach at this middle school doesn’t let him play because he is black. It is worth noting here, that the baseball coach is also black. Groves was suspended from two games following the use of racist language at the games and on Facebook – both directed at the coach. In a Facebook live video recorded at a game said, “he doesn’t relate to black people because he thinks he’s white.”