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Two more former Northwestern University football players have come forward saying they experienced racist treatment during their time on the team in the early 2000s. Noah Herron and Rico Lamitte say Black players were pressured to conform to white norms and faced unfair punishments.

CHICAGO — Two more former Northwestern University football players came forward Friday saying they experienced racist treatment during their time on the team in the early 2000s.

Herron, a star running back at Northwestern from 2000 to 2004 who played in the NFL, said Black players with braids and longer hair were told to cut it even though white players were allowed to wear their hair long. Lamitte, who played under the name Rico Tarver from 2001 to 2005, said he and other Black players were told by the football staff they needed to change the way they acted and dressed. He recalled being a few feet from Rashidi Wheeler when he died during practice in 2001 and said the team wasn’t given the chance it needed to heal.

 

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