Establishment media propagated another racism hoax

Brigham Young University has found no evidence that a racial slur was yelled at Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson, meaning establishment media once again jumped on a racial hoax without waiting for evidence.

BYU interviewed 50 eyewitnesses and reviewed “security and raw footage from all camera angles taken by BYUtv of the match.” The university had put four ushers, a police officer, and a Duke assistant athletic director in the student section after Duke’s coach relayed Richardson’s accusation of a slur being used. Richardson said the slurs were louder in the fourth set of the match, yet none of the people placed in the student section heard them, nor did the students or Duke’s players aside from Richardson.

Of course, Richardson didn’t hear them either — because they were never said. This has become completely clear. The fan Richardson singled out as having used the slurs was shown on video not to have said them, and BYU has now lifted the ban it initially placed on him. Not one person in the sold-out school-record crowd of 5,507 could vouch for Richardson’s claims: not the fans, not security, not her own teammates.