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Report: BYU Fans Racially Abused Visiting Women's Soccer Team During 2021 Match

Five women's soccer players told Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva of the Guardian that they heard racist chants coming from BYU's fans during a game in 2021 after the players took a knee during the national anthem in a protest against racial discrimination and police brutality.

"I just remember that there was like a consistent chant of, 'Stand up, N-words' during the anthem and right after," one of the players said. "And when brought to the attention of the BYU coaching staff there was no real response or sense of, like, alarm."

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