"Racist abuse" prompts Utah to change hotels in black lesbian women's NCAA tourney

One white guy hollering one time out the window of a pickup truck is
abuse? Blacks do that hourly every single day to white people.  Where's
the outrage for that? 

The University of Utah women’s basketball team was forced to move hotels
after the team experienced several “racial hate crimes” while traveling
for the NCAA March Madness tournament. 

At a press conference after Utah lost to Gonzaga in the second round of
the tournament Monday, head coach Lynne Roberts said the team
experienced several incredibly upsetting instances of racial hate while
staying in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, about 30 miles from Spokane, where the
tournament game was held. 

“You have people say, ‘Man, I can’t believe that happened,’” she said.
“But you know, racism is real, and it happens, and it’s awful.” 

“It was really upsetting and for our players and staff to not feel safe
in the NCAA tournament environment; it’s messed up, and so we moved
hotels,” Roberts later said.  

The basketball team, along with members of the marching band and
cheerleading team, told KSL.com that they gathered for dinner to
celebrate their season. 

Someone approached the group in a white truck, revved its engine and
yelled the N-word at the team before driving away, the outlet reported.
Utah’s deputy athletics director Charmelle Green said it was shocking. 

“We all just were in shock, and we looked at each other like, did we
just hear that? Everybody was in shock, our cheerleaders, our students
that were in that area that heard it clearly were just frozen,” she told
KSL.com. “We kept walking, just shaking our heads, like I can’t believe
that.” 

It happened again with more vehicles after the team finished eating
dinner, the outlet reported.  

Roberts said the instances of racial hate were a distraction for her
team and were “upsetting and unfortunate.” 

“This should be a positive for everybody involved. This should be a
joyous time for our program, and to have kind of a black eye on that
experience is unfortunate,” she said. 

Roberts said the NCAA and Gonzaga University worked to move the team to
a new hotel after its first night in Coeur d’Alene. 

According to The Associated Press, Gonzaga issued a statement saying
safety is the first priority and the school is “frustrated and deeply
saddened” that their experience was compromised. 

The Hill has reached out to the NCAA for comment.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4557116-ncaa-womens-tournament-utah-racist-a
buse/