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LauraInLA

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2. I have to say, this is sadly ironic.

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 02:54 PM

Mar 2024

I grew up in El Paso watching UTEP basketball. The BYU team and fans were always extremely racist, both when we were at home and when we played them on the road. The level of insults, catcalls, objects thrown at UTEP players on the court were truly outrageous. I wonder if BYU fans are better now.

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Utah women's basketball team 'troubled and shaken' as 'disturbing' details of alleged racist abuse directed at players [View all] brooklynite Mar 2024 OP

Hayden lakes the town next to Coeur d'Alene is full of white nationalists kimbutgar Mar 2024 #1

I have to say, this is sadly ironic. LauraInLA Mar 2024 #2

Hola fellow El Pasoan! keopeli Mar 2024 #6

Hola right back! You described El Paso better than I ever could ;). And I still miss gorditas ;). LauraInLA Mar 2024 #10

Utah's team are mostly white themselves. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #7

I did, too. duhneece Mar 2024 #11

Need to be very clear NanaCat Mar 2024 #12

Hayden, not Hayden Lake. There are both. jmowreader Mar 2024 #5

Oh there's plenty of super-rich white nationalists. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #8

This is not the America I had hoped for. twodogsbarking Mar 2024 #3

Me either. Trump didn't invent racism, but the racists consider him a kindred spirit. padah513 Mar 2024 #4

Hopefully there is an arrest Roc2020 Mar 2024 #9

This is sarcasm, right? NanaCat Mar 2024 #13

True. But there is great satisfaction Roc2020 Mar 2024 #14

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