A Duke University volleyball player claims she was the target of a racial slur while playing at BYU, though she has yet to provide evidence

https://nationalfile.com/witho...alleged-racial-slur/

Without evidence, South Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach Dawn Staley has cancelled her team’s games with Brigham-Young University (BYU) this season over an alleged use of a racial slur. Duke University volleyball player Rachel Richardson claimed a BYU fan called her racial slurs during a recent game, though her accusations have not been verified. Despite a total lack of evidence, BYU opted to ban a spectator for life after Duke players accused him of ushering slurs.

South Carolina women’s basketball was slated to open their season with a home game against BYU, followed by an away game on BYU’s campus in the 2023/24 season. These games have now been cancelled, as Staley has refused to field her team.

“As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,” Staley said in a press release. “The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.”

Staley’s decision comes after Duke Volleyball player Rachel Richardson, who is black, claimed a white BYU fan called her a racial slur during a game. Richardson also claims the fan told her to “watch her back” and followed her to the team bus after the game.

Richardson claims that a male fan yelled out the n-word every time it was her turn to serve.

After the allegations were brought forward and spread through social media, the university banned a man from attending games for life. Fans in the surrounding area pushed back on Richardson’s claims, however, saying that they didn’t hear any racial slurs during the game.

Witnesses also said that the Duke accusers never actually saw the man yell the n-word but only identified his voice.

The BYU Police Department has been unable to verify Richardson’s claims, even though the accused man has already been banned. The department sorted through all available surveillance and mobile phone footage in order to monitor the fan’s behavior throughout the game. Upon review, BYU police have been unable to uncover any evidence of the behavior he has been accused of.

‘When we watched the video, we did not observe that behavior from him,’ BYU Police Lt. George Besendorfer told the Salt Lake Tribune. A BYU officer also agreed. ‘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,’ the officer said.

Despite a total lack of evidence, the university has stood by its banning of the fan from all BYU athletic events going forward. Additionally, the university issued an apology to Duke and also moved to eliminate the student fan section from its volleyball matches.

The University of South Carolina meanwhile has stood by Staley’s decision to cancel her team’s games with BYU. “Dawn and I have discussed her thoughts on the situation,” said South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner. “I support Dawn and all of our coaches in their right to schedule games and opponents that are best for their teams.”

Dawn Staley has used her platform to champion leftist causes on numerous occasions in the past. Since January 2021, Staley’s team has refused to take the floor for the national anthem before games. The protest is intended to “bring awareness to racial injustice in our country,” according to Staley.

The team even stuck with their protest during a Final Four game, as well as the NCCAW Basketball championship tilt.

In June 2020, Staley justified the violent BLM riots that caused millions in property damage and left more than 30 dead across the nation. “When you’re a black person, you’re forced to see race,” she said. “You’re forced to see the color of your skin by what’s done to you and said to you. Where we are today, with the riots, I don’t think the people rioting really understand how to be heard or how to converse. Because whoever is on the other side of that conversation, they’re not talking, they are not listening and they are not doing. So this is how people are lashing out.”

So does SC forfeit these games, with the win going to BYU?

Racism and hatred?

Seems like I read something like “Little Supply, Big Demand” or something like that.

And what was the other bad incident involving Duke a few years ago?

I am so sick of this shit.
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And what was the other bad incident involving Duke a few years ago?

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Alleged racism regarding Duke's lacrosse team and some women from a HBC moonlighting as dancers, aka strippers. Proven to have no merit.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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And what was the other bad incident involving Duke a few years ago?

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Alleged racism regarding Duke's lacrosse team and some women from a HBC moonlighting as dancers, aka strippers. Proven to have no merit.

Accused of rape. Was bogus.

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Without evidence

Why would she need evidence to claim racism?
She, like many others just need to spew off at the cockholster all loud and proud, and they get what they want... Just to-
A) Appease them
B) Not appear racist
C) Make them go away


Don't like something? It's racist
You're not doing good at something? It's racist
Don't want to put in the effort like those successful? Well, that's racist too.
Getting called out for your bullshit? Better start waiving the biggest "racist" flag you can find.

Sooner or later, people with that "guilt" better wake the hell up and realize that stupid word has lost all its meaning after all the years of lying about it.

The coach wants to do what’s best for her players? This apparently is believing whatever they say without evidence and acting on that to punish someone without proof.

Where are the adults in these schools?

Here is a detailed article regarding the original claim.

Report says BYU police couldn't find evidence of racial slur directed at Duke volleyball team
https://www.ksl.com/article/50...duke-volleyball-team

Here's another story that also details the situation.

https://tbdailynews.com/video-...ord-during-byu-game/

To be sure and with out question, racism is disgusting.

Oh yea, I'm not a yBu (local trash talk for BYU) fan.

I wouldn't be surprised as this was all fake news race-baiting.
They always are trying to Jussie-Smolleting everyone for their own agenda.

Was her team going to lose? Red herring?

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Oh yea, I'm not a yBu (local trash talk for BYU) fan.

You're not a fan of "our" school? Isn't that a sin or something?

If somebody was really yelling racist slurs so loud a player could hear it (and funny that only ONE player could hear it. . .), it would be ALL OVER social media.

I’m a MAGA conservative Republican, I don’t like racists, just leave people alone,

I’d have to say or do something. I’m not a toughie, just what’s right.

Did someone yell, "this is MAGA country!!" ?

It was a hoax.

Did someone throw a Subway sandwich at her also?

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Did someone yell, "this is MAGA country!!" ?

the Twitter responses are as expected. One post after another practically deifying her followed by another that says it didn’t happen and what the evidence shows. Of course, those are completely ignored and the adulation continues.

My wife pointed out the majority of the support came from white women if you can believe the pics. Of course, they all may be bots as well.

Can we get over verbal slurs? Having lived internationally, I've been subjected to all kinds of slurs. Big fucking deal. Just words. It's actions that count, not words or thoughts.

Racism is wrong but it's going to exist for a very long time still. Deal with it. These psychologists who advocated sparing the rod, coddle the child has made us all pussies and ill equipped to handle reality.

And that’s why the whining women players don’t make as much as the men. Canceling games on the word of a Karen and eventually no one will buy any tickets for fear of losing their money. Stupid Karens!

What a surprise...

https://thepostmillennial.com/...as-history-of-racism

Godmother lawyer who pushed Duke hate hoax story has history of spreading hate hoaxes

Texas lawyer Lesa Pamplin, who has a history of both racist posts online and hate hoaxes, is the godmother of Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson and was first to push the recent hate hoax story.

Sep 5, 2022 5:43 PM EST

Texas lawyer Lesa Pamplin, who is running for a circuit court judge position in Fort Worth, Texas, initially pushed the Duke volleyball hate hoax story last week and has a history of both creating hate hoaxes and posting hateful racial rhetoric on social media.

According to Outkick, Duke volleyball's Rachel Richardson "was at the center of an alleged racist attack" during a game against BYU, on August 26 in Provo, Utah. The first person to post on social media of the incident was Rachel Richardson's godmother, Lesa Pamplin.

Lesa Pamplin posted on Twitter, "My Goddaughter is the only black starter for Dukes volleyball team. While playing yesterday, she was called a n*gger 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."

(link has screen shots of several tweets)

Pamplin, whose Twitter is now private, had her tweet screen captured and Backseat Directors host André Hutchens posted it along with a long Twitter thread detailing the hate hoax. While NBC, CNN, ESPN, USA Today, and others, ran with the story as absolute truth, it was investigated and disproven within 72 hours. On August 30, BYU's Cougar Chronicle ran a comprehensive investigation concluding the event did not happen. Further, Salt Lake Tribune released their report saying there was no racial slur and separate reports from the BYU Campus and BYU athletic department substantiated that the word was not said.
Before Pamplin made her social media private her past tweets were captured. Fox News host Will Cain posted many of the screensshots of the tweets as did Outkick.

Creepy a** crackers are scary." (06/27/2013)
"White women & men always disappoint." (11/07/2018)
"You poor white motherf*ckers can’t take it." (06/27/2019)
"Would expect nothing less than a pale white chic. Sit down Becky." (10/16/2019)
"Why does CNN constantly interview these dumb a** white women?" (11/06/2019)
"Ain’t watching this Cracker Barrel bullsh*t." (01/14/2020)
"You damn straight about that. Whypipoe being white." (03/27/2020)
"Judge [Eric V.] Moyé ain’t playing with these crackers." (05/06/2022)

According to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article from 2008, she had previously "wanted a Tarrant County district judge taken off her cases for being 'racist,'" but had to withdraw her request. Pamplin had accused Judge Elizabeth Berry based on a suspicious email that was sent to her court reporter, "in which she called another court reporter a racial epithet."
After an investigation, it was revealed the email was fake, didn't originate with Berry, and Pamplin was forced to withdraw her claim of racism.

It could not be determined who did originate the email that galvanized Pamplin's claim.