BYU fan repeatedly called Duke volleyball player a racial slur during match

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Duke women's volleyball player Rachel Richardson "was repeatedly called a racial slur by a fan at BYU's Smith Fieldhouse on Friday night, her family says." https://bit.ly/3Arh6xV
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6:11 PM · Aug 27, 2022

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2022/08/27/duke-womens-volleyball-player/

Duke women’s volleyball player Rachel Richardson was repeatedly called a racial slur by a fan at BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse on Friday night, her family says.

Lesa Pamplin, Richardson’s godmother, said every time Richardson served the ball during the match between Duke and BYU, a fan in the BYU student section shouted the racial slur. At one point in the match, Pamplin said, Richardson was also “threatened by a white male.”

“My Goddaughter is the only Black starter for Dukes volleyball team,” Pamplin wrote on Twitter. “While playing yesterday, she was called a n— every time she served. She 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.”

Richardson’s father, Marvin Richardson, said BYU did not kick the fan out of the event, allowing the behavior to continue throughout the match. When Duke players complained to referees about the behavior, a police officer was placed on the bench. Both coaching staffs were made aware of the situation, Richardson said, but the match was not stopped.

“Why wasn’t the fan removed? After the notification was made to officials and the coaching staff was made aware, why wasn’t something done then?” Marvin Richardson said in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune. “That would be my question. I’ve attend university basketball games at Duke, and when something got out of hand, Coach K picked up the mic and said, ‘Hey knock it off.’ Why didn’t that happen here?”

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No one stood up for this young woman..... Just heartbreaking.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. Boycott needed

[SheltieLover]

3. Byu should be kicked out of conference!

[Phoenix61]

4. Absofuckinglutely!!! nt

[SheltieLover]

9. . .

[rockfordfile]

13. I agree

[brush]

5. Nothing changes with that school. I personally back in the day...

as a member of the Black Students Union at the University of Arizona, stepped onto the basketball court with other members and stopped a basketball game in progress because of the racist policies of that school and religion.

Nothing seems to change. The fan should've been thrown out but the BYU coaches and police let the racism go on unchecked.

[spanone]

6. K&R

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. That's sounds....Christian. not.

Just another place for bigots to hide under the shield of a religious institution of higher education.

[mopinko]

8. where was her coach? why the hell didnt he just pull his team?

walk out, file a protest. fuck that shit. what century is this?

[Celerity]

10. 100% chance the fucker is a MAGAt.

[dalton99a]

11. The asshole should be identified as a public service

Name and photo

[SoCalDavidS]

12. Dox The Piece Of Shit. nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. A lot should have been done that wasn't, but if I was the Duke coach, I would have walked off the

court.

[BootinUp]

15. Sort of hard to believe. Ok maybe not. nt

[Nevilledog]

16. BYU's measly response

[ZonkerHarris]

18. actions speak louder than words and they had their chance to act but failed. These words ring

hollow

[ZonkerHarris]

17. BYU students and coaches are racist shits. What a surprise. Not

[DFW]

19. If there is a conference of colleges that schedules athletic events

I would instigate a move to exclude BYU from it starting yesterday.

No warning necessary, or deserved. BYU has shown what it is all about with no room for misinterpretation. You are either for their behavior or you are against it. In this, there is no middle ground.

[a kennedy]

20. The "fan" has been banned now.........

BYU banned a fan who yelled a racial slur at a Black player on the Duke volleyball team during a match Friday night, the university said in a statement Saturday.

The fan was sitting in the BYU student section but was not a student, and has been banned from all athletic venues on campus, the statement said.

“We will not tolerate behavior of this kind. Specifically, the use of a racial slur at any of our athletic events is absolutely unacceptable and BYU Athletics holds a zero-tolerance approach to this behavior,” the statement said. “We wholeheartedly apologize to Duke University and especially its student-athlete competing last night for what they experienced. We want BYU athletic events to provide a safe environment for all, and there is no place for behaviors like this in our venues.”

https://lacrossetribune.com/news/national/byu-bans-fan-who-yelled-slur-at-duke-volleyball-player/article_af7f2e2c-be57-58ad-b52a-fef45747c511.html

[RockRaven]

21. Anyone who goes the "doesn't represent/just one" route needs to shut the fuck up and sit down.

Every asshole in the stands who did nothing represents BYU. Every coach and admin who did nothing report BYU. Every player who did nothing represents BYU. Every goddamned person in that building represents BYU. Or they represent Duke. Fuck them too!

[berniesandersmittens]

22. +1

Even in my tiny rural community in the backwoods, that asshole would have been shouted down and kicked out.