When Dissin’ Goes Wrong!
By: Tommy “Tj” Sotomayor
A white tennis player at Appalachian State University in North Carolina has been suspended after recently exhibiting “derogatory and offensive” behavior towards a black opponent.
According to a statement released by the university, Spencer Brown, a freshman, was suspended indefinitely from the men’s tennis team after John Wilson, a black student athlete and senior class president from North Carolina’s A&T State University, tweeted that Brown said to him “at least I know my dad” during a match on Sunday. Wilson says that Brown also made other offensive remarks to him during the match, The Associated Press reports.
“Their coach responded by saying, ‘..we have a black guy on our team,'” Wilson wrote on Twitter.
Read more here: https://www.sotomayorent.com/white-tennis-player-suspended-saying-least-know-dad-black-player-racist-video/
