The Duke women's volleyball player who was subjected to racial slurs during a recent match at Brigham Young University, Rachel Richardson, said officials staffing the game and BYU coaches didn't respond quickly enough to halt the racist behavior.
, a Fort Worth, Texas attorney, who said Richardson is her goddaughter and the only Black starter for the Blue Devils volleyball team. Pamplin said in the post that BYU fans directed slurs at Richardson every time she served. She also said that Richardson was threatened andwho said the racial slurs. BYU also said the fan was not a student although they sat in the student section. The school released a statement Saturday afternoon apologizing to Duke and its student athletes.
In her statement, Richardson said she didn't feel the actions of the fan were representative of the BYU athletic department and said the Cougars women's volleyball team"played a great game and showed nothing but respect and good sportsmanship on and off the court." "This is an opportunity to dig deep into closed cultures which tolerate amoral racist acts, such as those exhibited Friday night, and change them for the better," Richardson said."It is not enough to indicate that you are not racist, instead you must demonstrate that you are anti-racist."
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