Claims that the Virginia State University women’s soccer team was subjected to racist taunts during a late September match against Guilford College have been refuted by an investigation.
In an October 3 statement, VSU — an historically black university — had “requested an apology and an investigation” into Guilford fans yelling the n-word and making “monkey noises” at VSU players.
Guilford President Kyle Farmbry asked for an investigation after receiving a letter from a VSU alumni who attended the game and allegedly witnessed “hostile and racist behavior” from Guilford spectators, The Progress-Index reports.
Despite apologies from Farmbry (who’s black) and the Guilford athletic director, VSU “made it clear [it] will not tolerate this behavior from [Guilford] fans and would still like them and their fans to apologize directly to our student-athletes.”