Published 11:10 IST, June 24th 2020
Bubba Wallace's mom says NASCAR racer has been called the dreaded 'n-word' before too
Bubba Wallace's mom, Desiree Wallace, revealed her son was targetted with racist attacks and jibes in the past. She also addressed the noose incident.
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Bubba Wallace - NASCAR's only full-time African-American racer - has been vocally supporting ongoing protests against racism in country. 26-year-old racer used his NASCAR platform to showcase his support for Black Lives Matter movement. He also urged NASCAR to stop using Confederate flags before racing company eventually did same. While recent Bubba Wallace ose incident has seen a unified NASCAR supporting Wallace's fight against racist attack, his mor, Desiree Wallace says Bubba has been subject to racist attacks and jibes in past as well.
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Bubba Wallace called n-word: Desiree Wallace talks racism against her family
On Monday, Desiree Wallace appeared SiriusXM's " Joe Mison Show" where she opened up on Bubba Wallace's previous experience with racism. Desiree Wallace said Bubba Wallace ose incident was t first time racer was subject to a racist attack. She revealed Bubba Wallace has experienced multiple racist incidents on track, where a driver used to throw n-word at him without any hesitation. "This is t his first incident. He's been involved with incidents on track. If he gets into it with ar driver y're quick to throw out n-word," Desiree said.
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Desiree Wallace talks ose incident and reacting to racist jibes
Desiree Wallace furr revealed that Bubba has also been told he does t belong in racing. However, it remains unkwn if Bubba Wallace's mor was talking about NASCAR or a different racing company. Bubba Wallace used to participate in Bandolero and Legends car racing series before he started competing in NASCAR.
Desiree Wallace also weighed on a ose being found in her son's gar at Tallega Superspeedway. Desiree, who is a native of Alabama, said she hopes it was t one of her son's team member who committed offensive act. “I teach my son, ‘You don’t throw back at m. You just get in that race car and win. That’s way you fight back,‘” she ded.
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investigation into Bubba Wallace ose incident was concluded on Tuesday by federal authorities. FBI said Bubba Wallace was t a victim of a hate crime. ose that was discovered in his gar h been hanging re since October 2019, which was confirmed by NASCAR's video foot. Hence, re was federal crime committed.
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NASCAR issued a statement to confirm investigation has been concluded by FBI. "Photographic evidence confirms that gar door pull rope fashioned like a ose h been positioned re since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before 43 team’s arrival and gar assignment," NASCAR said.
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(Im Credits: Bubba Wallace Instagram Handle)
11:10 IST, June 24th 2020