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The controversy started when the godmother of Duke’s only black starter, Rachel Richardson, claimed that a BYU fan called her the N-word every time she served. This controversy predictably blew up, and one fan was banned indefinitely from BYU games.

This story was picked up by professional race-baiters Jemele Hill (the Atlantic) and Mike Freeman (USA Today). ESPN bit on it, giving an interview to Richardson while ESPN personalities condemned the incident. It even bled into establishment media. CNN’s Brianna Keilar gave a segment to Richardson’s father, who smeared the entire BYU crowd as racist due to the “atmosphere” in the arena. It was picked up uncritically by NPR, ABC, NBC, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

BYU police reviewed footage of the fan who was banned and determined that he did not yell any slurs when Richardson was serving. The fan wasn’t even present when Richardson was serving the first time, and he was on his phone during Richardson’s second serve. Those were the only two times she served in front of the BYU student section. A BYU student newspaper reached out to several people in the student section, none of whom had heard any slurs.

Not a single person has since come forward to report to BYU police that they heard the alleged slur. Black members of BYU’s basketball team were also in the student section, yet they did not react and have not come forward to say they heard anything.

And Richardson’s godmother, who started the whole controversy? She locked her Twitter account after people discovered her history of racist tweets directed at white people. She also happens to be running for office in Texas.

Her past tweets include:
“Elevating these white men to hero status is pissing me off. They all knew what TFG [“the former guy” / Donald Trump] was capable of & turned a blind eye.” – 06/22/2022

Talked to a 35-year-old yesterday that never voted. He said it won’t do anything for him. What the hell do they expect? Not engaged, don’t have a clue that we are in a damn fight against white supremacy.” – 05/22/2022

“If Barack [Obama] were Caucasian, he’d be on Mt. Rushmore. Jus sayin.” – 09/03/2012

“Judge [Eric V.] Moyé ain’t playing with these crackers.” – 05/06/20202
(Regarding Uvalde school shooter, Fox News) “Faux News breathing a sigh of relief it’s not a white kid…” – 05/06/2020

“You poor white motherf**kers can’t take it.” – 6/27/2019

“Creepy a** crackers are scary.” – 06/27/2013

“Ain’t watching this Cracker Barrel bulls**t.” – 01/14/2020

“Why does CNN constantly interview these dumb a** white women?” – 11/06/2019

“Calling a spade a spade. Video: MSNBC Contributor Decries Hateful ‘Crackers.'” – 01/30/2013

“If you’re White you totally wouldn’t understand.” – 10/16/2019

“You damn straight about that. Whypipoe [white people] being white.” – 03/27/2020

“Would expect nothing less than a pale white chic (sic). Sit down Becky.” – 10/16/2019

“Being married to a white woman he thinks he can talk this stupid a** nonsense. Clarence [Thomas] 2.0.” – 04/10/2020

“Bernie Sanders rallies are so white.” – 12/23/2019

“White women & men always disappoint.” – 11/07/2018
(Replying to George Floyd, grocery store fake check incident)

“Asian store owners profile.” – 05/26/2020

BDKJMU wrote:Shades of the infamous Duke Lacrosse race & rape hoax..

Reportedly 5k people at the Duke @ BYU volleyball (I’m shocked that that many people would wach womem’s volleyball) Everyone has phones. Not a single shred of video or audio evidence or a single witness, or any type of corroborating evidence to back up the claims of the Duke player, Rachael Richardson Smollett.

The controversy started when the godmother of Duke’s only black starter, Rachel Richardson, claimed that a BYU fan called her the N-word every time she served. This controversy predictably blew up, and one fan was banned indefinitely from BYU games.

This story was picked up by professional race-baiters Jemele Hill (the Atlantic) and Mike Freeman (USA Today). ESPN bit on it, giving an interview to Richardson while ESPN personalities condemned the incident. It even bled into establishment media. CNN’s Brianna Keilar gave a segment to Richardson’s father, who smeared the entire BYU crowd as racist due to the “atmosphere” in the arena. It was picked up uncritically by NPR, ABC, NBC, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

BYU police reviewed footage of the fan who was banned and determined that he did not yell any slurs when Richardson was serving. The fan wasn’t even present when Richardson was serving the first time, and he was on his phone during Richardson’s second serve. Those were the only two times she served in front of the BYU student section. A BYU student newspaper reached out to several people in the student section, none of whom had heard any slurs.

Not a single person has since come forward to report to BYU police that they heard the alleged slur. Black members of BYU’s basketball team were also in the student section, yet they did not react and have not come forward to say they heard anything.

And Richardson’s godmother, who started the whole controversy? She locked her Twitter account after people discovered her history of racist tweets directed at white people. She also happens to be running for office in Texas.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk ... r-AA11kaPq

It gets better with the race hoaxer godmother..

Her past tweets include:
“Elevating these white men to hero status is pissing me off. They all knew what TFG [“the former guy” / Donald Trump] was capable of & turned a blind eye.” – 06/22/2022

Talked to a 35-year-old yesterday that never voted. He said it won’t do anything for him. What the hell do they expect? Not engaged, don’t have a clue that we are in a damn fight against white supremacy.” – 05/22/2022

“If Barack [Obama] were Caucasian, he’d be on Mt. Rushmore. Jus sayin.” – 09/03/2012

“Judge [Eric V.] Moyé ain’t playing with these crackers.” – 05/06/20202
(Regarding Uvalde school shooter, Fox News) “Faux News breathing a sigh of relief it’s not a white kid…” – 05/06/2020

“You poor white motherf**kers can’t take it.” – 6/27/2019

“Creepy a** crackers are scary.” – 06/27/2013

“Ain’t watching this Cracker Barrel bulls**t.” – 01/14/2020

“Why does CNN constantly interview these dumb a** white women?” – 11/06/2019

“Calling a spade a spade. Video: MSNBC Contributor Decries Hateful ‘Crackers.'” – 01/30/2013

“If you’re White you totally wouldn’t understand.” – 10/16/2019

“You damn straight about that. Whypipoe [white people] being white.” – 03/27/2020

“Would expect nothing less than a pale white chic (sic). Sit down Becky.” – 10/16/2019

“Being married to a white woman he thinks he can talk this stupid a** nonsense. Clarence [Thomas] 2.0.” – 04/10/2020

“Bernie Sanders rallies are so white.” – 12/23/2019

“White women & men always disappoint.” – 11/07/2018
(Replying to George Floyd, grocery store fake check incident)

“Asian store owners profile.” – 05/26/2020

https://www.outkick.com/duke-volleyball ... t-remarks/

And to top it off, S Carolina cancelled a home and home basketball series with BYU over a race hoax..

GannonFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:03 pm Uh, didn't the player say she heard the abuse? I don't recall the godmother having anything to do with this until after the fact. The player reported it during the game.

I know it's hard to believe that there could have been a racist incident at a sporting event in Utah. This would be the first time I imagine.

SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:25 pm

GannonFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:03 pm Uh, didn't the player say she heard the abuse? I don't recall the godmother having anything to do with this until after the fact. The player reported it during the game.

I know it's hard to believe that there could have been a racist incident at a sporting event in Utah. This would be the first time I imagine.

She did and BYU then stationed multiple people in the stands, in addition to the basketball and football players in attendance that never heard the slur being said. The volleyball player obviously heard something, but it wasn't what she thought it was. Her grandma didn't help matters by embellishing the story.

GannonFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:54 pm

SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:25 pm

She did and BYU then stationed multiple people in the stands, in addition to the basketball and football players in attendance that never heard the slur being said. The volleyball player obviously heard something, but it wasn't what she thought it was. Her grandma didn't help matters by embellishing the story.

Like I said, no point mingling what the player said happened with what her godmother said well after the fact. Not sure what evidence you have that what she heard wasn't what she said she heard.

SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:59 pm

GannonFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:54 pm

Like I said, no point mingling what the player said happened with what her godmother said well after the fact. Not sure what evidence you have that what she heard wasn't what she said she heard.

Read the article from the BYU student newspaper. Byu stationed staff and a policeman in the stands in addition to the BYU athletes already seated in the area, plus reviewed video. There was even an Athletic Director from a different school in the area of concern, whose daughter plays for Duke and he didn't hear anything. This was thoroughly investigated. Not one person corroborated the n word was yelled when she was serving. Like I said, she may have heard something, but it wasn't the n word.

As part of our commitment to take any claims of racism seriously, BYU has completed its investigation into the allegation that racial heckling and slurs took place at the Duke vs. BYU women’s volleyball match on August 26. We reviewed all available video and audio recordings, including security footage and raw footage from all camera angles taken by BYUtv of the match, with broadcasting audio removed (to ensure that the noise from the stands could be heard more clearly). We also reached out to more than 50 individuals who attended the event: Duke athletic department personnel and student-athletes, BYU athletic department personnel and student-athletes, event security and management and fans who were in the arena that evening, including many of the fans in the on-court student section.

From our extensive review, we have not found any evidence to corroborate the allegation that fans engaged in racial heckling or uttered racial slurs at the event. As we stated earlier, we would not tolerate any conduct that would make a student-athlete feel unsafe. That is the reason for our immediate response and our thorough investigation.

As a result of our investigation, we have lifted the ban on the fan who was identified as having uttered racial slurs during the match. We have not found any evidence that that individual engaged in such an activity. BYU sincerely apologizes to that fan for any hardship the ban has caused.

But as I pointed out last week, there were a whole bunch of problems that developed with this narrative. While Richardson was making the rounds doing TV hits with various networks about her experience, a BYU student newspaper investigated the story and spoke to a number of students who were in the stands that day. None of them heard any slur being used. A police officer who was stationed near the BYU fans during the game because of the report about slurs said in his report that he never heard anyone shout the N-word at the same time when Richardson said the slurs were the most insistent. And it turned out that none of the other Duke players who were standing with Richardson on the court heard it either.

One student was banned after the game which made it seem that someone had identified the culprit. But it turned out no one had specifically identified that person as yelling a slur and a review of videotape showed he’d been perusing his phone during one of the moments Richardson claimed the slurs were being directed at her.

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:57 pm Reminds me of the fake race slur story from the Denver Rockies/Miami Marlins baseball game a few years back.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/09/rockies-s ... o-emerges/
Or the Bubba Wallace fake noose hate crime a couple years ago in NASCAR. Or Jessie Smollett. Or the Duke Lacrosse case. The MSM is always searching for a race grievance, and any accusation is true, until proven otherwise..

UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:05 pm

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:57 pm Reminds me of the fake race slur story from the Denver Rockies/Miami Marlins baseball game a few years back.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/09/rockies-s ... o-emerges/
Or the Bubba Wallace fake noose hate crime a couple years ago in NASCAR. Or Jessie Smollett. Or the Duke Lacrosse case. The MSM is always searching for a race grievance, and any accusation is true, until proven otherwise..

There is truth to that. The irony is that the people b!tching about are the ones who buy the election was stolen, Jewish space lasers, trump is fighting a child pedophile cabal, etc. conspiracies/hoaxes.

BDKJMU wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:33 pm

UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:05 pm

There is truth to that. The irony is that the people b!tching about are the ones who buy the election was stolen, Jewish space lasers, trump is fighting a child pedophile cabal, etc. conspiracies/hoaxes.

I don't know anything about Jewish space lasers or a child pedophile cabal...