William Peace women's basketball
team forfeits championship in solidarity
with teammate after claims of racism
WTVD-TV [Durham NC],
by
Tim Pulliam
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
3/10/2021 9:09:55 AM
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Disturbing claims of racism on the court led to the William Peace University Women's Basketball Team walking out on their shot at the conference title. The team did it in an act of solidarity with Lauryn Cross -- a star point guard. It started back in January when, during a heated matchup against Mary Baldwin University, she says a white player insulted her. (Snip) Meredith College Head Basketball Coach LaQuanda Quick issued the following statement: "The Meredith College basketball team and the College's athletics program take accusations of racism, on the court or off, very seriously. This summer, our
Reply 1 - Posted by:
gop_guys 3/10/2021 9:16:31 AM (No. 719826)
Women cut off nose to spite face.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Highlander 3/10/2021 9:17:34 AM (No. 719828)
Woke is more important than winning a championship. In this day and age, finding a 18-something white college girl who uses the N-word in a black’s face is as likely as finding Bigfoot. I smell a hoax/lie.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 3/10/2021 9:18:38 AM (No. 719832)
I hope things get cleaned up and maybe they should start with some of the disgusting songs that young people listen to on a regular basis. And, trust me, the filthy language is used in these songs. My daughter was asked to do a homework assignment in her English class that required disseminating song lyrics. It was a filthy song and we scheduled an appointment with the teacher. Basically, if she didn't do the assignment, she would get a failing grade on it. We talked to the principal and could not get anywhere.
I don't know the whole situation here but when nobody does anything about these disgusting songs, maybe kids don't know that they are using filthy language?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 3/10/2021 9:21:59 AM (No. 719836)
By the way, I might be using the wrong word - disseminating. Whatever the word, the disgusting song was given to her for an assignment. . .
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
justavoter 3/10/2021 9:22:20 AM (No. 719838)
They insulted me, so I quit! What a bunch of losers.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bubby 3/10/2021 9:24:18 AM (No. 719840)
That's why they're call snowflakes they melt under the least little bit of heat!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LadyHen 3/10/2021 9:25:50 AM (No. 719842)
I am not excusing unsportsmanlike conduct and if the accusations are legit, the other player should be repremanded BUT trash talk isn't new. In any competitive situation from sports to business to war, when the enemy finds your soft spot and can get under your skin, having no impulse control makes you your own worst enemy. Toughen up snowflake!! When the rubber meets the road, just picking up your toys and going home isn't an option.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
poliposter 3/10/2021 9:26:19 AM (No. 719843)
This is D3 women's basketball.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mizzmac 3/10/2021 9:33:28 AM (No. 719851)
If these "athletes" have scholarships, they should immediately lose them. They were not recruited as activists. That should be a volunteer role, not a paid one.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 3/10/2021 9:35:49 AM (No. 719854)
Come on. Even the most 'unwoke' know that only black rappers can say the N...or B...word.
Anyone else here smell a lie?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Sully 3/10/2021 9:38:39 AM (No. 719855)
#1 trash talker of all time: Larry Bird. Never used a racist word. Never.
Having said that, the accusation is really difficult to believe. I am to believe you want to play college basketball if you disdain black people? I am to believe a white player can race slur on the bball court and 9 players don't ... "correct" her?
"I don't think so, Tim"
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Two Frogs 3/10/2021 9:47:45 AM (No. 719862)
Okay, here is an "UN-WOKE" comment.
What if this was merely STRATEGY? If I can say something rude, crude, and/or disparaging to an opponent before or during a big game that will mess up their play, why wouldn't I? It's called "Trash Talk." And as much as I hate Trash Talk, it's in EVERY sport, and has been forever!
There was that great scene during the 1970 movie M*A*S*H football game. One of the 4077's linemen is getting beat by a defensive player. It is suggested that, before the next play, the offensive lineman say something rude to the defensive player about his sister. Mayhem...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
hershey 3/10/2021 9:53:36 AM (No. 719871)
Poor liddle hurt feeling panty wetting fool...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 3/10/2021 10:12:04 AM (No. 719891)
Virtue signaling = stoopid.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Namma 3/10/2021 10:13:12 AM (No. 719893)
BullShiff. This girl pulled a fast one on the team and the college. How much do you think she will sue for. She woukd recognize the person who called her a name. Ask the person what happened. The girl that is accused has every right to defend herself
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#12, I was thinking of the same scene in MASH. The black character, Spearchucker Jones, gets called the N word by the opposing player. Someone tells Jones some dirt about the player’s sister that he uses against him. The defensive players goes ballistic and gets thrown out of the game.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
skacmar 3/10/2021 10:26:56 AM (No. 719911)
Lauryn Cross kept saying the other player said "something like the N word", or allegedly said it. Either they said it or they didn't. The fact that Cross was the one who actually harassed and physically assaulted other players totally detracts from her claims of victim status to me. Seems like she is using the racist N word claims to cover up her own problem with aggressive behavioral problems. She was the one who received disciplinary actions and was suspended, not other players. No, because it is fashionable to believe all claims of racism, the entire women's basketball team lost their chance to play for the championship. Wouldn't it have been better to have played and won the championship to prove to everyone that no matter what anyone says or calls you, you are better than them and can rise above it. Prove them wrong. Now the women's team looks like a bunch of woke snowflakes who possibly gave up the championship over a lie.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
MDConservative 3/10/2021 10:37:25 AM (No. 719919)
Both the "offending" teams have black players and staff. I find it difficult to believe that two incidents involving two schools brought out "N******" from any players. Why her? Why not other black Meredith players? This has a "noose" story feel to it.
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When I was in high school and college, I remember hearing stories from black athletes whose response to racist insults was to use them as motivation to play better. They would say that they had been taught that the way to defeat such attitudes was to be a better player, and a better person, than the one throwing the insults.
This is the opposite. It teaches people that they can win by using this to get under their opponents skin.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/10/2021 10:55:44 AM (No. 719939)
Mommmeeeeeeeee! They called me nammmeesssss! Thank you La Quanda, you will go down in history - as an idiot. Regarding black females "you know how they get." Yes we do. It's getting worse with every diversity program and automatic charges of racism after aggressive behavior initiated by the victim class.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/10/2021 10:58:22 AM (No. 719944)
Remember when you played years back you might insult a player just to get his mind off the game?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
lakerman1 3/10/2021 11:14:28 AM (No. 719959)
If an opposing black player called Cross the dreaded word, it would have been taken as a sign of affection.
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That team didn't stand a chance of winning. They walked out to save face!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 3/10/2021 11:24:43 AM (No. 719973)
I'm glad Coach Laquanda Quick takes accusations of racism serious because she just torpedoed the basketball team.
Sounds like La Crosse thing going on here accusation and you become guilty as charged.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Laotzu 3/10/2021 11:28:39 AM (No. 719979)
You do not have a federal right as a college student to stop racism from ever occurring.
You do have a federal right to stop racism when it is found. That right was promptly enforced. Now quit your whining (and violent vigilantism).
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DARling 3/10/2021 11:30:59 AM (No. 719985)
She is about as believable as Jussie Smollett and Meghan Markle when it comes to victimhood. Just another person who wants attention and America's shoulder to cry on. Perhaps she will get poor little racist victim points if she is aspiring to be drafted by the WNBA.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 3/10/2021 11:41:28 AM (No. 719991)
It's no longer: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never harm me.
Our nation is probably mentally and physically unfit for any shooting war.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
cartcart 3/10/2021 11:57:38 AM (No. 720007)
They would have made a better point by playing and winning. That said, they are free to make their own decisions.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Readaholic 3/10/2021 12:03:11 PM (No. 720015)
#3 This might be the word you're looking for: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicate
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 3/10/2021 12:04:14 PM (No. 720017)
If the racism card doesn't cut it, she'll have the female card. If those 2 don't cut it there's always the lesbian card. A 3'fer.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Califedup 3/10/2021 12:09:33 PM (No. 720021)
Sheep being led to the communist death democrat slaughter coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Actually coming to your neighborhood.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 3/10/2021 12:36:36 PM (No. 720037)
The "adult" version of losers getting trophies too.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
pensom2 3/10/2021 1:23:30 PM (No. 720076)
Girls' basketball: less talent, less athleticism, more drama, lots of butch behavior. I've no interest in watching it. It's as boring as soccer.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
udanja99 3/10/2021 1:28:16 PM (No. 720078)
Doesn’t matter. Next year their team will be mostly made up of biological males in wigs and dresses.
BTW, what is a LaQuanda Quick?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
conservincali 3/10/2021 1:35:48 PM (No. 720081)
Another fantastic piece of journalism by ABC.
"Basically she had called me a N*****. And then she had walked to the ref and told him 'can you please watch number 15. You know how they get.' Referring to the color of my skin."
What does "basically" mean? Two refs and 9 other kids on the court. Did anyone else hear it? Was the referee that was referenced as being involved interviewed for his side?
Did anyone else hear what was said in the second accusation?
This is sounding a little "Juicy". Were these girls wearing MAGA hats at the time?
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Rob_NC 3/10/2021 2:16:58 PM (No. 720099)
I smell bs
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"Avenging Angels"? I'm offended. I want a name change.
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Racism accusation coming from 1 player torpedoed their season and tainted other teams. Maybe she'll end up as a Royal Duchess too?