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Female Duke University volleyball player called racial slur at BYU match

A female Duke volleyball player was repeatedly called a racial slur during her match against BYU on Friday night, according to the player's godmother.

[quote] "My Goddaughter is the only black starter for Dukes volleyball team," Lesa Pamplin tweeted on Saturday. "While playing yesterday, she was called a [racial slur] 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."

[quote] "Not one freaking adult did anything to protect her. I’m looking at you BYU," she wrote in another tweet. "You allowed this racist behavior to continue without intervening. Apologizing to her parents after the fact is not enough. She will soon be sharing her story."

The player who was verbally assaulted was sophomore Rachel Richardson, who is an outside hitter for Duke. Pamplin confirmed this in two tweets where she said "Rachel is a wreck. Parents were up till 3 this morning trying to console her."

Pamplin continued to describe the scene of the night on Twitter, where she wrote an adult male with floor seats and two children allegedly called Richardson the slur, a police officer stood near the bench to monitor the student section and players told match officials about the slurs.

Though it's unclear exactly when anything happened, there's a video of Richardson serving in front of BYU's student section when her teammates look over in reaction to something that was said.

Journalist Roland Martin tweeted that he spoke with Marvin Richardson, Rachel's father, who said Rachel was supposed to meet with the BYU athletic director and head volleyball coach Heather Olmstead, but Olmstead didn't show up for the meeting.

The BYU athletic department issued a statement after the story went viral, apologizing for the incident. The department said it already banned the person who allegedly said the slur and added that they weren't a BYU student.

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by Anonymousreply 97November 9, 2022 4:20 PM

Ah, such good "christian" Mormons.

Always standing up for what's right.

by Anonymousreply 1August 28, 2022 1:51 PM

Disgusting.

by Anonymousreply 2August 28, 2022 1:53 PM

This is happening more and more at high school and college sporting events.

And no one ever speaks up.

by Anonymousreply 3August 28, 2022 1:57 PM

I really don't care.

Do you?

by Anonymousreply 4August 28, 2022 3:15 PM

R3 This always happens at BYU sporting events, mormons are very racist it’s a wonder why poc athletes choose to go there.

by Anonymousreply 5September 1, 2022 10:36 PM

[quote]This is happening more and more at high school and college sporting events.

Agreed; there was a story a couple of weeks ago about some dispute between parents/coaches at a high school football game (in Texas, of course) and one of the parents shot & killed the coach. But BYU has no security to escort out someone behaving badly, a drunk student, etc.?

by Anonymousreply 6September 1, 2022 10:47 PM

Greg explains all to the gullible.

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by Anonymousreply 7September 3, 2022 6:08 PM

Is there a video?

Yeah, I'm insinuating that the godmother might be lying. Seethe all you want.

by Anonymousreply 8September 3, 2022 6:11 PM

Not surprised. BYU is a joke school. Nobody takes it seriously.

by Anonymousreply 9September 3, 2022 6:14 PM

I don't think this sounds plausible at all.

by Anonymousreply 10September 3, 2022 6:22 PM

Didn't the athlete herself come out and say her grandma is the one who made this blow up in the first place?

Grandmas are always fucking shit up. Mine was usually drunk and incontinent, but what's this bird's problem?

by Anonymousreply 11September 3, 2022 6:26 PM

Every athlete that plays at BYU knows their student section is full of homophobic, racist and sexist idiots and BYU administration deliberately puts them right behind the opposing basketball and volleyball teams. They think it’s an advantage for their home teams. They are a joke.

by Anonymousreply 12September 3, 2022 6:30 PM

Good on grandma for finally exposing these nasty mormon motherfuckers and making this go viral!

by Anonymousreply 13September 3, 2022 6:31 PM

It's the godmother, not the grandmother. Her tweet history is a hoot. And she is running to be a judge.

by Anonymousreply 14September 3, 2022 6:33 PM

It’s funny that the BYU student section will call opponents faggots all game long , when half the BYU men’s volleyball team is gay!!

by Anonymousreply 15September 3, 2022 6:33 PM

Not surprising considering that the Mormon Church didn’t even believe that black people could be full members, meaning that they didn’t end up in Mormon heaven, until the late ‘70s.

by Anonymousreply 16September 3, 2022 6:35 PM

First of all, illiterates, it's her godmother not her grandma.

Secondly, this is pretty obviously bullshit. Why would an angry white man give a shit about the a university women's volleyball team? Even if he was the father of a girl on the other team, I can't imagine a scenario in which he would have his attention drawn to a specific player. Even if he was the biggest racist in the world, he just wouldn't be interested.

This is very reminiscent of Althea Bernstein being jumped by a pack of "frat boy types" while she was stopped at a red light. Someone who isn't familiar with white men is inventing crazy bullshit that doesn't even make sense.

by Anonymousreply 17September 3, 2022 6:35 PM

Sounds as plausible as this story...

Spoiler...the player STILL insists he was called the n-word, even in the face of video and audio evidence.

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by Anonymousreply 18September 3, 2022 6:36 PM

People from both schools have come out saying they didn't hear anything and that is may not have even happened. If it did, that person should be banned from any college sporting event.

by Anonymousreply 19September 3, 2022 6:37 PM

!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 20September 3, 2022 6:38 PM

All this outrage and over reaction and canceling tournament participation and the guy was telling out the mascot name "Dinger". It's all on video. People go through life just waiting with bated breath to be offended. Fuck off what brining that energy into the world.

by Anonymousreply 21September 3, 2022 6:40 PM

R17 Pussfart this isn’t the first athlete to complain about BYU. There are many former ncaa volleyball players saying they always had to put up with that shit at BYU’s home arena.

by Anonymousreply 22September 3, 2022 6:42 PM

Will SHE apologize for jumping to conclusions?

LOL

No,,,,blacks never apologize for anything, let along, being wrong about a racial incident.

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by Anonymousreply 23September 3, 2022 6:42 PM

She needs to apologize now. It's to right thing to do.

by Anonymousreply 24September 3, 2022 6:44 PM

Mormons deserve to be dragged. They hate us gays. So don't defend their asses

by Anonymousreply 25September 3, 2022 6:45 PM

For years the mens volleyball teams at Pepperdine, Hawaii and UCLA have complained about the homophobic BYU student section. BYU administration did nothing and now it’s blowing up in their faces.

Volleyball is one of the few sports BYU is good at , and they get a lot of fan support and their student section ARE turds who think they can get inside the heads of opponents by being racist dickheads!

by Anonymousreply 26September 3, 2022 6:46 PM

R24 Apologize for what dumbass?? Teams know about BYU’s nasty student section in their basketball/volleyball arena!

by Anonymousreply 27September 3, 2022 6:48 PM

Klan Grannies just love homophobic racist white men and have a fetish for being gay bashed and beaten to die. They're a lost cause

by Anonymousreply 28September 3, 2022 6:50 PM

A real Sophie's Choice moment for DLers. Religious fanatic vs Person of Color

by Anonymousreply 29September 3, 2022 6:52 PM

She should apologize because she accused a man of saying a racial slur that he did not. So she can't redirect her anger and hurt in the general direction of precious incidents. She was wrong. She needs to own that regardless of what may have happened in our situations. If you don't see that, you are part of the problem.

by Anonymousreply 30September 3, 2022 6:53 PM

R17 You are a fucking moron. BYU volleyball has a lot of fans. In volleyball you have to serve a ball across the net. BYU puts their student section , full of racist dickheads right behind the the opposing team’s server. Volleyball is a mental game and the BYU student section thinks being dickheads and yelling at players will get them to miss their serves and help BYU win.

by Anonymousreply 31September 3, 2022 6:54 PM

R25 The only thing worse than a bigot is someone who will lie about one to get attention for herself.

Remember when Jussie Smollett got fake hate-crimed by "Trump Voters?" Remember when Mrs. Ramsey blamed JB's death on a "Pwerto-Rican Handyman?"

by Anonymousreply 32September 3, 2022 6:54 PM

R27 Apologize for jumping to conclusions...just like every other non-BLAAACK has to when they jumped to conclusions involving race, you stupid moron.

by Anonymousreply 33September 3, 2022 6:54 PM

Let me try this again....

She should apologize because she accused a man of saying a racial slur that he did not. So she can't redirect her anger and hurt in the general direction of previous incidents. She was wrong. She needs to own that regardless of what may have happened in other situations. If you don't see that, you are part of the problem.

by Anonymousreply 34September 3, 2022 6:55 PM

She isn’t the first to complain about BYU, it’s just the first time it has gone viral!!

by Anonymousreply 35September 3, 2022 6:57 PM

R34 It's hopeless with some DL stooges. Maybe they want us to type SLOWER?

by Anonymousreply 36September 3, 2022 6:58 PM

R36 You brain is too slow already fat cunt.

by Anonymousreply 37September 3, 2022 6:59 PM

R21 That isn’t even the same video you stupid idiot. I know deplorables are slow but come on now!

by Anonymousreply 38September 3, 2022 7:03 PM

R37 Sure stupid.....Somone makes a racial accusation, which is proven to ne WRONG, and no atonement should be expected.

Just keep that retarded logic when a karen accuses a BLAAACK of something that is proven false. jerkoff.

by Anonymousreply 39September 3, 2022 7:05 PM

Moroni is going to get you!

by Anonymousreply 40September 3, 2022 7:05 PM

"A Black"

Charming

by Anonymousreply 41September 3, 2022 7:07 PM

[QUOTE]BYU puts their student section , full of racist dickheads right behind the the opposing team’s server.

Don't teams switch sides of the court between sets in a best of five? So the opposing team doesn't have BYU students behind them 100% of the time.

by Anonymousreply 42September 3, 2022 7:51 PM

BYU has a student section on both sides of the court and the switching sides stoped during the pandemic.

by Anonymousreply 43September 3, 2022 7:53 PM

Has Jussie Smollet and Elliot Page weighed in yet?

by Anonymousreply 44September 3, 2022 8:03 PM

Many student athletes both white and black have complained about the BYU student section for years. What’s not clicking with some of you morons, I mean mormons?

by Anonymousreply 45September 3, 2022 8:08 PM

[Quote] She should apologize because she accused a man of saying a racial slur that he did not.

Dinger is not the name of the BYU Mascot. It’s the mascot for the Colorado Rockies baseball team

by Anonymousreply 46September 3, 2022 8:29 PM

[Quote] All this outrage and over reaction and canceling tournament participation and the guy was telling out the mascot name "Dinger". It's all on video. People go through life just waiting with bated breath to be offended. Fuck off what brining that energy into the world.

So a BYU student yelled out the name of a Colorado baseball mascot at a BYU game? Yeah, sure

by Anonymousreply 47September 3, 2022 8:31 PM

R46 That moron was looking at the Rockies video thinking it was about the BYU women’s volleyball game.

by Anonymousreply 48September 3, 2022 8:32 PM

The name of the BYU team is the Cougars. Since 1923.

ALL teams put their obnoxious student cheering sections in the best place to distract and annoy the other team. Duh! Have you never been to a college sporting event?

I used to go to Georgetown basketball games regularly because of close friends. I thought it was rather annoying they did this to the opposing/visiting team but that was par for the course for all teams.

They viewed all the videos available and requested people present to share their videos/audios. They can find no evidence of this whatsoever. In addition to no other witnesses from either team or those present who heard this.

If this child apologizes, then that shows me she has strong character. If she just continues to insist what the evidence shows did not happen, then that also shows me something.

by Anonymousreply 49September 3, 2022 8:46 PM

[Quote] If this child apologizes, then that shows me she has strong character. If she just continues to insist what the evidence shows did not happen, then that also shows me something.

Um, what evidence showing it did not happen. Heck even BYU apologized.

by Anonymousreply 50September 3, 2022 8:51 PM

Dinger is not a racial slur. A word is either a slur or it's not. Just wait a bit and someone will actually say a racial slur and you all can happily be outraged.

by Anonymousreply 51September 3, 2022 8:55 PM

R51 Yeah, but the godmother is running for public office right now and that's not going to get her any publicity.

We can't wait for convenient racism, we have to manufacture it ourselves.

by Anonymousreply 52September 3, 2022 9:10 PM

I read about this on Apple News and now it turns out it's all fake. Wtf.

by Anonymousreply 53September 3, 2022 9:34 PM

R49 No shit Sherlock every university has student sections but they don’t get nearly the same amount of complaints as BYU. Even fanbases for schools that serve alcohol behave better. I don’t know why idiots like you think it’s okay for student athletes to get yelled obscenities and racist and homophobic remarks in front of their families! I know many student athletes and they all have stated BYU provo is the worst place to play at. BYU administration is obviouslyfull of shitheads like you because this has been going on for years and they do absolutely nothing about it.

by Anonymousreply 54September 3, 2022 9:48 PM

R53 You mean because the students in the BYU student section and the police man hired by BYU are denying that they heard anything to save face and not embarrass their University any further?

by Anonymousreply 55September 3, 2022 9:52 PM

And the long list grows

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by Anonymousreply 56September 3, 2022 9:52 PM

This isn’t a hoax dumbfart anyone that knows about collegiate volleyball knows BYU has the rudest most racist fans in collegiate volleyball.

by Anonymousreply 57September 3, 2022 10:00 PM

[quote]This isn’t a hoax dumbfart anyone that knows about collegiate volleyball knows BYU has the rudest most racist fans in collegiate volleyball.

Logic is likely not your strong suit, but your statement does not preclude the fact that IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, it's a hoax.

Moron

by Anonymousreply 58September 3, 2022 11:21 PM

[quote] every university has student sections but they don’t get nearly the same amount of complaints as BYU.

Really? You got the stats and reports on that "amount of complaints"?

I also think you have to figure in which schools will attract more complaints - real or fake - because of the team itself. I guarantee more people will file complaints against BYU for its religion than they do against Georgetown whose team is predominantly black and popular among the right people.

by Anonymousreply 59September 3, 2022 11:28 PM

R56, thanks for posting to that right wing website telling us that it must be fake because no one would corroborate it.

by Anonymousreply 60September 4, 2022 2:20 AM

[Quote] I guarantee more people will file complaints against BYU for its religion than they do against Georgetown whose team is predominantly black and popular among the right people.

Really? Can you show even one compliant against BYU because if it’s religion? Oh no, you’re talking out of your ass

by Anonymousreply 61September 4, 2022 2:21 AM

R61, you idiot. The dislike for certain religions and groups of people always raised the allegations against them. Whether it's Mormons, Muslims. cops, or whatever.

People are fucking prejudiced in all walks of life and political persuasions. That prejudice combined with today's increasing lack of any integrity will give you numerous false complaints.

by Anonymousreply 62September 4, 2022 3:59 AM

The South Carolina University women's basketball team canceled two games - one this year and one next - against BYU in response to the alleged incident.

Duke's Rachel Robinson claimed that a fan subjected her and her Black teammates to racial slurs 'throughout the entirety of the match' against BYU.

However, the claim has received pushback from witnesses who say they 'heard absolutely nothing'.

by Anonymousreply 63September 4, 2022 5:51 AM

South Carolina: You're mean to us. Just cause nothing was said doesn't mean you didn't think it.

BYU: Bye. Felicia.

by Anonymousreply 64September 4, 2022 6:15 AM

If this thread is accurate, it does sound as though this incident didn't really happen. It wasn't necessarily a hoax, though - it's possible that Rachel mistook shouts of "COUGARS!" for the N-word.

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by Anonymousreply 65September 6, 2022 4:39 PM

Has Gladys Knight commented on this incident yet? She's Mormon and probably some of her tithing goes to BYU.

by Anonymousreply 66September 6, 2022 4:44 PM

R3, and it’s happening all over the place.

Teens and young adults are absolutely despicable nowadays. And please don’t misunderstand me. I know that many teens and young adults go through a spell of rebellion and let out some curse words, etc.

I’m discussing the DISGUSTING racism they display.

You learn that behavior at home and in your community, whether it’s your physical community or your online community or both.

The parents of kids who say this never do anything about it, because they’re the ones who taught their children to think and behave like scum who have zero critical thinking skills and cannot parse their way through objectivity, nuance, justice, decorum and overall decency.

Those youth.grew up in an age where a man who became President had zero respect for women, telling others that it’s OK to grab ‘em by the pussy, and who repeatedly flouted that a black man is not a legitimate president because he is of mixed race and that a white man cannot be president because he lost the election to a white man in 2020.

When this man is your hero, your leader, chances are pretty damn good that you’re gonna raise children who eventually become adults or act like entitled, racist scum.

by Anonymousreply 67September 6, 2022 5:04 PM

^ become adults who act like

by Anonymousreply 68September 6, 2022 5:12 PM

r67 Is...is this satire???

by Anonymousreply 69September 6, 2022 5:24 PM

BYU has rescinded it’s apology after finding no evidence to support the Duke athlete’s claims.

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by Anonymousreply 70September 9, 2022 7:46 PM

Did anyone else on the Duke Team hear it? If so, that would be vital evidence

by Anonymousreply 71September 9, 2022 8:07 PM

I wouldn’t buy any allegations of racism coming from Duke or Durham. Remember the saga of the lacrosse players? They thankfully had the backing of their families to fight and win against the woke lynch mob, the dreadful academics and the DA ringleader .

by Anonymousreply 72September 9, 2022 9:00 PM

The godmother orchestrated this whole thing. Remember she's running for office right now.

I don't think the she, her goddaughter, or the Duke coach are going to apologize. They really should, but I don't see it happening. They'd have to admit they were wrong.

by Anonymousreply 73September 9, 2022 9:09 PM

So, another hoax?

by Anonymousreply 74September 10, 2022 4:50 AM

R71 both the national media and BYU interviewed Duke players and staff and no one heard any slurs. The person they originally banned has now gotten an apology from BYU. He was an autistic kid that was not a student. The BYU men's basketball team (mostly Black) was near him and didn't hear anything. No media has found any witness that can corroborate the accusations.

by Anonymousreply 75September 10, 2022 5:26 AM

This story always came across as phony.

by Anonymousreply 76September 10, 2022 5:27 AM

Someone screaming nigger would be immediately thrown out by security or confronted by other fans. Unless the person screaming was black. Then nothing would happen.

by Anonymousreply 77September 10, 2022 5:30 AM

[quote] This story always came across as phony.

Yes these race fraud cases usually do.

Not that it matters to people like r1 or South Carolina coach Dawn Staley

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by Anonymousreply 78September 10, 2022 6:12 AM

Some BLAAACKS are so consumed about racism, they're hearing slurs when none are uttered.....or they're just fucking scumbag liars.

by Anonymousreply 79September 10, 2022 2:25 PM

Fashion statement? Doesn't she have a team to coach and a game to win?

by Anonymousreply 80September 10, 2022 2:36 PM

The godmother is now protecting her tweets.

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by Anonymousreply 81September 10, 2022 10:25 PM

^^^ Lying cunt grifter

by Anonymousreply 82September 11, 2022 12:13 AM

If the godmother had any scruples, she'd publicly apologise. This story is an insult to people who've actually suffered racial abuse, and it's appalling that a man with special needs was scapegoated.

by Anonymousreply 83September 11, 2022 11:34 PM

University of South Carolina basketball coach Dawn Stanley is still going to cancel her team's games against BYU next year- even though this whole thing has been declared a hoax by BYU.

I'm assuming USC must suck and she thought this was a good way to get out of losing to BYU next season? This never had anything to do with her or her school. It wasn't even the same sport.

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by Anonymousreply 84September 19, 2022 9:19 PM

Where’s her Gofundme page?

by Anonymousreply 85September 19, 2022 9:52 PM

Patsy Ramsey blamed a Puerto-Rican handyman?

by Anonymousreply 86September 19, 2022 9:55 PM

[quote] "After my personal research, I made a decision for the well-being of my team"

"Personal Research?" Isn't this what anti-vaxx cunts usually say???

by Anonymousreply 87September 19, 2022 10:50 PM

R84 South Carolina is far far better than BYU. What Dawn has done on the court as a player and now as a coach is pretty remarkable. She is a legend in the game. She is also weirdly super Christian. By weirdly I mean she is constantly talking about God and even talking about her games as being "Jesus vs whatever team she is playing"

by Anonymousreply 88September 19, 2022 11:34 PM

So why cancel the games?

by Anonymousreply 89September 20, 2022 10:11 AM

R89 probably because she doesn't want to back down

by Anonymousreply 90September 20, 2022 12:05 PM

[quote] probably because she doesn't want to back down

Her team is mostly black players. I'd guess the boycott idea came from the girls moreso than the coach.

by Anonymousreply 91September 20, 2022 12:29 PM

Has OP or any of the posters at the beginning of this thread apologized?

by Anonymousreply 92September 20, 2022 12:45 PM

R91 For what? It was imaginary racism that never happened.

by Anonymousreply 93September 20, 2022 1:11 PM

R92 Of course not, and they never will.

by Anonymousreply 94September 20, 2022 1:12 PM

Of all the fake hate crimes given OMG coverage here the only apologies I recall were a few on the Jussie threads. Otherwise they just move on to the next fake story.

by Anonymousreply 95September 20, 2022 1:41 PM

Lying-ass Lesa Pamplin, the godmother who made all of this up to begin with, lost her election yesterday:

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by Anonymousreply 96November 9, 2022 4:10 PM

[quote] Not surprising considering that the Mormon Church didn’t even believe that black people could be full members, meaning that they didn’t end up in Mormon heaven, until the late ‘70s.

That is most white evangelical Christians, too, even today. They believe heaven is for whites only.

by Anonymousreply 97November 9, 2022 4:20 PM
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