Penn State alum calls African American player's dreadlocks 'disgusting' in viral letter

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Penn State alum calls African American player's dreadlocks 'disgusting' in viral letter
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“Though the athletes of today are certainly superior to those in my days, we miss the clean-cut young men and women from those days,' the fan wrote.

“Though the athletes of today are certainly superior to those in my days, we miss the clean-cut young men and women from those days," the letter, signed by Dave Petersen, said.

"Watching the Idaho game on TV, we couldn’t help but notice your — well — awful hair. Surely there must be mirrors in the locker room! Don’t you have parents or a girlfriend who have told you those shoulder-length dreadlocks look disgusting and are certainly not attractive?”Shelton's post of the letter asked,"Explain to me how this isn’t racist."of the"highest standard in the classroom, community, and with his teammates on the field or off.

"This letter is intolerable, your discomfort is disgusting, and you don’t deserve to be 'represented' by a man with character as spectacular as #26," Hawkins wrote on Twitter, of his teammate Sutherland. I stand with our Penn State student athletes and appreciate how they represent PSU in competition, in the classroom and in the community. Their dress, tattoos, or hairstyle has no impact on my support, nor does their gender, skin color, sexuality or religion!

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