Duke volleyball player says BYU officials failed to stop racist heckling

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CNN's Jim Acosta talks to the former President of the NAACP Cornell William Brooks about allegations by a player on the Duke University women's volleyball team who said Brigham Young University officials in Utah did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a match.
Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for Duke, tweeted a statement explaining she was not the only player who was the target of the racist slurs and heckling.
"Friday night in our match against Brigham Young University my fellow African American teammates and I were targeted and racially heckled throughout the entirety of the match," Richardson tweeted. "The slurs and comments grew into threats which caused us to feel unsafe."
The incident led to an apology from BYU, the school banning a fan and Duke changing the locations of the team's next game. #JimAcosta #cnnnewsroom #cnn
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