Father of Duke volleyball player speaks after she was heckled with racist slurs :: WRALSportsFan.com

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Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson posted on Twitter that she was targeted and “racially heckled” during the Aug. 26 away game at BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse. Mark Richardson spoke with CNN about how the moment was handled in the moment.

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NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> ACROSS THE SPORTS WORLD, ACADEMIA AND BEYOND THE DEMAND FOR ANSWERS. WHY A FAN AT A BYU DO VOLLEYBALL GAME IN UTAH REPEATEDLY YELLED A RACIAL SLUR TO A PLAYER AND NO ONE STEPPED IN TO STOP. AND WE FIRST REPORTED ON THIS INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND AND TODAY WE’RE HEARING FROM THE PLAYER’S FATHER WRAL’S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER JOINS US LIVE ON DUKE’S CAMPUS WITH SOME ANSWERS. SARAH. >> WE KNOW THAT FATHER SPOKE WITH CNN AS THIS CONTINUES TO DRAW NATIONAL ATTENTION AND CRITICISM OVER HOW THIS INCIDENT WAS HANDLED IN THE MOMENT >> THERE WAS A HUGE CROWD AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IN UTAH FOR THE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL GAME AGAINST DUKE. WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE ON THE VIDEO IS WHAT THE PEOPLE THERE HEARD AT LEAST ONE FAN REPEATEDLY YELLED THE EDWARD A DUKE PLAYER. RACHEL RICHARDSON, HER DAD, MARVIN RICHARDSON, SPOKE TO CNN. WELL, YOU KNOW, XING RACHEL’S VERY STRONG, VERY MENTALLY TOUGH, BUT SHE’S 19 YEARS A LOSS AND THAT HE WAS NOT AT THE GAME, BUT SAYS HIS DAUGHTER CALLED HIM AFTER IN TEARS IN THE HOURS AND DAYS AFTER THE RACIST REMARKS, BYU AND DUKE OFFICIALS HAVE PUT OUT STATES. THE PLAYER’S DAD AND MANY OTHERS WANT TO KNOW WHY NO ONE CONDEMNED THE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. AND SO WHAT I’D LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD IS THAT WE TAKE EVERY EFFORT WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VENUES ARE SAFE AND FREE FROM THAT KIND OF ACTION. THIS JUST FEELS LIKE. >> PURE AND SIMPLE. TO RACIST. >> WAS MOTIVATED TO GO TO A VOLLEYBALL GAME IN 9, 9, 9, THE FANS, JOE JULIO POINTS OUT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME A FAN HAS MADE A RACIST REMARK AT A SPORTING EVENT IN UTAH. LAST YEAR. THE NBA’S UTAH JAZZ BAND, 3 PEOPLE WHO MADE RACIST COMMENTS AT A GAME. IT’S SUCH A DISGUSTING INCIDENT. YOU SIT HERE AND YOU BE YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF, YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND GO, IS IT REALLY 2022 AND THIS IS STILL HAPPENING. >> THE BLACK ATHLETE. >> AND I DID REACH OUT TO DUKE ATHLETICS TO ASK FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND OR WITH THE VOLLEYBALL COACH THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO BYU TO TRY TO ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS WAS HANDLED IN THE GAME IN THE MOMENT. I DID NOT GET A RESPONSE COMING UP AT 5.30, YOU WILL HEAR FROM ANOTHER DUKE STUDENT ATHLETE FOR HIS PERSPECTIVE. WE LOOK

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