The father of Duke women’s volleyball player Rachel Richardson says his daughter was “afraid” and phoned him in tears after being subjected to racist abuse during a match against Brigham Young University on Friday.
The father of Duke women's volleyball player Rachel Richardson says his daughter was"afraid" and phoned him in tears after being subjected to racist abuse during a match against Brigham Young University on Friday.
Richardson, who is Black, is a sophomore outside hitter for Duke. She tweeted a statement Sunday explaining she was not the only player who was the target of the racist slurs and heckling at BYU's Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah."Friday night in our match against Brigham Young University my fellow African American teammates and I were targeted and racially heckled throughout the entirety of the match," Richardson tweeted.
— rachel richards August 28, 2022 Watching the game on television at the Richardson family home, Marvin Richardson said he had"no clue" what had taken place during the match, but his daughter explained her experience to him in detail afterwards."After the game, we [Rachel and I] always talk and she called, but this was a different call," Marvin told CNN's New Day.
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