This is a classic sore loser tactic that, for me, goes back many years. Let me tell you where I'm going with this...
The first time I saw the accusation, I checked the score of the match and, sure enough, Duke lost.
This is not the first time a black athlete on a losing team has accused someone from the other side of using the "forbidden word" in a high-profile loss. Coincidentally, a similar situation occurred several years ago between another North Carolina and Utah university. In 1998, Utah upset the top-seeded University of North Carolina in the NCAA basketball tournament. After the game, one of the UNC players, Makhtar Ndiaye, accused a Utah player of calling him the N word during some pretty heated trash talking during the game. Utah's coach denied it and even pledged to resign if the claim turned out to be true.
Ndiaye later confessed to UNC's coach that it was indeed a lie.
UNC's athletic director was pretty outraged and went on the record saying so, as well as issuing multiple apologies to the Utah staff and administration. Ndiaye also issued his own apology. When will you ever see that type of reaction now? These days, this type of stuff will be swept under the rug never to be seen again. Will we see a similar apology from Duke, the player, or Lesa Pamplin?:
This is a classic sore loser tactic that, for me, goes back many years. Let me tell you where I'm going with this...
The first time I saw the accusation, I checked the score of the match and, sure enough, Duke lost.
This is not the first time a black athlete on a losing team has accused someone from the other side of using the "forbidden word" in a high-profile loss. Coincidentally, a similar situation occurred several years ago between another North Carolina and Utah university. In 1998, Utah upset the top-seeded University of North Carolina in the NCAA basketball tournament. After the game, one of the UNC players, Makhtar Ndiaye, accused a Utah player of calling him the N word during some pretty heated trash talking during the game. Utah's coach denied it and even pledged to resign if the claim turned out to be true.
Ndiaye later confessed to UNC's coach that it was indeed a lie.
UNC's athletic director was pretty outraged and went on the record saying so, as well as issuing multiple apologies to the Utah staff and administration. Ndiaye also issued his own apology. When will you ever see that type of reaction now? These days, this type of stuff will be swept under the rug never to be seen again. Will we see a similar apology from Duke, the player, or Lesa Pamplin?:
https://www.deseret.com/1998/4/1/19372070/unc-chancellor-outraged-over-ndiaye-s-false-charge
And, yes, crackers should have equal rights to levy racial grievances.