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Coventina

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Thu Sep 19, 2024, 01:50 PM Sep 2024

Question for my fellow DUer: Is this comment racist (I think it is): [View all]

*** ******* said: “We're not rappers, you know. They say the f-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That's them and we are [us].”

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This is a very high-ranking official in an international sport.

I'll provide more context after poll closes.


33 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
Racist
5 (15%)
Not Racist
19 (58%)
Questionable
8 (24%)
Bad Taste
1 (3%)
Other
0 (0%)
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