Utah NCAA team faces racial harassment; Forced to change hotels

[DBoon]

Green said the team, cheerleaders and members of the school band were walking to dinner when a truck approached the group, revved its engines before someone in the vehicle shouted the n-word.

“We all just were in shock, and we looked at each other like, did we just hear that? ... Everybody was in shock – our cheerleaders, our students that were in that area that heard it clearly were just frozen,” Green told KSL.com. “We kept walking, just shaking our heads, like I can’t believe that … I was just numb the entire night.”

When the group came back from dinner, something similar happened, this time with two trucks revving their engines. The n-word was directed at the group again.

“I will never forget the sound that I heard, the intimidation of the noise that came from that engine, and the [n-word],” Green said. “I go to bed and I hear it every night since I’ve been here ... I couldn’t imagine us having to stay there and relive those moments.”

Games were being played in Spokane, but many teams had to stay in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho due to a lack of hotel space.

The team changed hotels for their own safety after the racist incidents.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/26/utah-forced-to-move-hotels-at-ncaa-tournament-after-racial-hate-crimes

[Ocelot II]

1. Idaho has been a white supremacist cesspool for decades.

[obamanut2012]

4. Yup, and lots of MAGAT Californians are moving their to get away from the evil commies in CA

And complain about how services, etc. are not the same in Idaho as in CA.

[Walleye]

2. I think Idaho is one of the whitest and most racist states in the country. I have met some nice people from there though

[Johnny2X2X]

3. SCOTUS

"Racism no longer exists!" John Roberts.

[RSherman]

5. And Idaho allows their children to be "faith healed" to death

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/01/12/group-calls-for-idaho-legislature-to-repeal-faith-healing-exemption/

Nice people....

[jalan48]

6. Pull future NCAA tournaments out of Spokane. There are other cities in the Pacific Northwest that can host them.

Maybe the good folks of Spokane and the surrounding areas will wake up a little.