Activists respond to incident of fan using racial slurs at BYU volleyball game

PROVO, Utah — The Duke University volleyball player who had racial slurs shouted at her during a game against BYU is speaking out, saying she and her team felt “unsafe” and “targeted” Friday evening in Provo.

“I know a lot of students personally who didn’t make it through BYU,” said Byrde. “They either came for a little while and left or just didn’t want to be there anymore. We always have to find different ways to make it through or to protect ourselves.” The Black Menaces hope the national pressure put on the university prompts change on-campus. They say reprimanding one fan is not enough.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall also chimed in on Twitter, saying that there is"no place in this state or anywhere for racism."

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BYU Athletics Department bans non-student fan for using racial slurs at volleyball game vs. DukeThe BYU Athletics Department said it banned a fan from all athletic venues after the individual — who was not a student — shouted racial slurs during a volleyball game Friday night. Hateful bigoted cult does not tolerate racism… from non-faculty. How long is the ban for? Nobody dealt with this non-student fan the entire match. Let it go on and on. Too little, too late in my opinion.
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BYU bans fan for yelling racial slur at Duke volleyball playerThe fan was sitting in the BYU student section but was not a student, and has been banned from all athletic venues on campus, the statement said. Good for BYU but it will be interesting to see if they enforce that. Aww meanwhile perverts are well allowed as presidents.
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