College athlete suspended, leaves school over racist social media post [View all]
A Georgia State University student-athlete has withdrawn from school after she was suspended from the team for using a racial epithet on social media.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Natalia Martinez, 18, was temporarily removed from the soccer team after the message was posted to her Finsta - a secret version of Instagram that's typically only shared with close friends.
Martinez uses a version of the n-word in her post.
A similar Finsta post led to the expulsion of a University of Alabama student last week. Harley Barber, a native of New Jersey, was kicked out of her UA sorority and the school after a video posted to her account showed her repeatedly using the n-word and other profanities.
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