Conveniently for itself, BYU decided that the chants were not racist. Specifically, their entire justification for this finding that the fan in question did not say anything while the targeted athlete was serving the ball. But enough white Duke coaches and athletes also heard the racist remarks during the game that the university was able to identify the fan so that they could ask BYU to ban the fan.
But apparently the anti-BYU chants this past weekend were super offensive. Hypocrites.
The footage is out there, you can review it yourself, no racial epithets were yelled. The mens basketball team was there, with a good number of black people; not a single heard anything. The entire crowd would need to be complicit, along with the refs and the coach.
It seems very clearly, at best, the person misheard, although more likely made up.
Was this reported on The Root? I searched their site but didn't find what you describe.
They did report on the BYU investigation and seemed to disagree. [1] But they don't mention having reviewed the footage. Nor do they provide any other evidence.
> their entire justification for this finding that the fan in question did not say anything while the targeted athlete was serving the ball.
Wasn't the claim that someone yelled the n-word every time the girl served the ball?
Didn't BYU interview 50 students and fans, and not find a single one who could corroborate? And they pored over all of the recorded footage of the televised game and found nothing?
Seems unlikely that NPR would be carrying water for BYU if Duke had the goods. [1]
The athlete, and her teammates, and her coaches, said that the fan was making racist comments the entire game.
NPR merely reported BYU's findings. Apparently it's not politically correct to call out Mormons on their homophobia or racism, so the Duke team's experience was left out of the NPR coverage.
NPR does not credulously report on such matters. Duke's claims were thoroughly covered in the original NPR story. So obviously NPR does report on racist behavior at BYU, when it appears to be true.
Have Duke's claims been put into a report anywhere? It sounds like you accept claims of racism over a report based on actual evidence and dozens of interviews. Even when that report is widely reported in media that has egg on its face for having jumped the gun.
Can you point to Duke's evidence, or share what more could be shown by BYU/NPR/NBC to change your mind?
