BYU has banned a fan who yelled a racial slur at a Black player on the Duke volleyball team and goddaughter of a Tarrant County Candidate.
“For far too long, individuals have been subjected to racist slurs, taunts, and threats like the unfortunate incident that happened to my goddaughter, Rachel Richardson, at BYU," Pamplin said in a statement."It is unfortunate that this incident has only received attention after I tweeted about it."
“Every American should be enraged that a young lady was subjected to hateful, demeaning language, and we should be even more outraged that it took a tweet from me in Tarrant County, Texas, to bring this incident to light,” the statement continued. Pamplin tweeted that Richardson “was threatened by a white male that told her to watch her back going to the team bus. A police officer had to be put by their bench.”Duke said its match Saturday against Rider was moved from BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse to a different venue in Provo.Duke athletic director Nina King said in a statement
. “They should always have the opportunity to compete in an inclusive, anti-racist environment [that] promotes equality and fair play. Following extremely unfortunate circumstances at Friday night’s match at BYU, we are compelled to shift today’s match against Rider to a different location to afford both teams the safest atmosphere for competition.”
Duke and BYU are playing in a four-team, round-robin invitational along with Rider and Washington State. BYU beat Duke 3-1 on Friday.
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