Duke volleyball player: BYU response slow to racial slurs

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

The Duke volleyball player who was subjected to racial slurs during a match at BYU said Sunday that officials onsite didn’t react quickly enough when they were made aware of the behavior during play.

Nor did they adequately address the situation immediately after the match, Rachel Richardson said in a statement posted to her Twitter account.

“No athlete, regardless of their race should ever be subject to such hostile conditions,” said Richardson, the only Black starter on the Blue Devils team.

BYU banned a fan from all athletic venues on campus Saturday, a day after the match. The fan was not a student but was sitting in the student section.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/sports-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-volleyball-cea1e5cc8c3f62afc84caff5826d53da

[nycbos]

1. You mean a religion that had racism in its scripture...

... has a racism problem at its flagship school?

I'm shocked shocked to find gambling going on here.

[plimsoll]

4. Your winnings sir.

[Aristus]

6. Oh, thank you very much...

[YoshidaYui]

2. ALL PROFESSIONAL sports venues should do this as a part of their policy

if they are not doing it already. College Sports as well.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. BYU only reacted after bad publicity came out after the incident. Fuck BYU.

[Dr. Strange]

5. Has anybody found any video of this?

I know there was video of the game, but has anyone found video of anyone in the crowd yelling any racial slurs?

[The Protagonist]

7. What is your point?

Do you not believe the allegation? Why would the Duke volleyball player lie about such a thing?

[Dr. Strange]

8. It's just weird as hell.

Like initially, Duke pointed out a kid, and BYU banned him from all athletic events. Then they go and watch the video and there's nothing that indicates the kid said anything to her.

From https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/08/30/fan-who-was-banned-by-byu-does/:

An officer later reviewed footage, according to the report, and wrote: “There was nothing seen on the game film that led me to believe” that the man “was the person who was making comments to the player who complained about being called the N-word.”

During the match’s second set, the officer observed, the UVU student was not present when Richardson was serving, which is when Richardson’s family and Duke officials said the slurs were yelled. And later, when she was serving again, he was playing on his phone, the officer wrote.

But the officers said the athletic department wanted to ban the man, so the school moved forward with that process. The officer told the man not to come to any future games “indefinitely,” according to the report.

After a week of looking at the video and talking to people who were there, no one has been able to find any evidence of it. Which is weird, because with everybody carrying around a phone, this would be the perfect opportunity for a viral video.

And the video of the game is online too:
https://www.byutv.org/player/b5d02b2d-e30b-4aa2-a779-5c8e9c008bd8/byu-volleyball-w-duke-vs-byu-82622
Everyone can watch and listen for it. But no one seems to be able to hear it.

I remember the Dinger incident from last year that turned out to be a false alarm kind of thing. But at least everyone could hear the fan and see why people might have thought they heard the n-word. Why hasn't anyone found evidence of the incident at BYU?

[The Protagonist]

9. The Duke volleyball player in question heard the slur

That is all that matters. Questioning a Person of Color’s lived experience is not a good look.