re: UCLA gymnast Alexis Jeffrey transfers to LSU after she was harassed by former teammates

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"According to team sources, the conflict began early in the fall when several gymnasts heard a teammate who is not Black sing lyrics that included the N-word. Two other teammates who heard about the incident and additional use of the N-word approached the gymnast who had sung the lyrics to help her understand why her teammates were offended and seek an apology."

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maybe the hip hop community shouldn't romanticize the word the black community doesn't want others outside that community to say. Singing along with mainstream songs being played shouldn't result in being ridiculed. The funniest part about it, however, is, based on the quote from the article, these teammates didn't hear her say anything but rather heard a rumor she said the n-word while signing to a rap song. It also says they sought an apology but didn't say whether she actually apologized. Regardless, pretty shitty to bully someone to that level regardless of what happened. Telling her she should kill herself and putting rotting fish in her locker is a lot worse than anything she was alleged to have done. It's also hypocritical as hell, and honestly racist, for people to say someone isn't allowed to say something because of the race they are but people of another race can say the same thing. Maybe if we eliminated the accepted use of that word by anyone, then these types of issues would have some semblance of consistency