Janice Harayda
Sep 14, 2023

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Thanks so much for this comprehensive and helpful post. I watched that game to the end, and ESPN must have edited out the slurs, which I didn't hear.

Fan racism isn't just an Alabama problem. It's an SEC problem or a Deep-Southern-football problem.

It's likely that similar problems exist at the University of Georgia--which kept the Tide from repeating as national champions last year (and has had similar issues with segregated sororities and fraternities)--and they just haven't been caught on camera.

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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