A fan who shouted racist slurs and threatened a Black Duke University volleyball player during a game against Brigham Young University has been banned from BYU sporting events.
, adding that the person shouting the slurs was “a white male that told her to watch her back going to the team bus.”a statement on Twitter
Richardson praised the BYU athletes and said the harassment was not a reflection on them. The BYU athletic director "was quick to act in a very respectful and genuine manor [sic]." "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.
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