(Coronado, CA) — The man who brought the tortillas to the Coronado High School basketball game is insisting it was for celebratory purposes and not racially motivated. Luke Serna is an alumni of Coronado High and also an alumni of U.C. Santa Barbara, where he says tortilla throwing at sporting events is a tradition. Serna is also half-Mexican, active in the Democratic Party, and a union leader. He said in a letter to the Coronado school board those who have turned the incident into a race issue should be ashamed. He’s also said the head basketball coach should not have been fired.
