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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:06 PM Jun 2020

Top Liberty University basketball player is transferring after Jerry Falwell Jr. tweeted blackface

A top player for Liberty University's women's basketball team has announced she is leaving the school two weeks after school president Jerry Falwell Jr tweeted a picture of a face mask with the image of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam in blackface.

In a video posted on Twitter on Thursday, sophomore Asia Todd said she'd entered her name into the NCAA transfer portal "and will no longer be attending Liberty University," WSET reported.

"The racial insensitivities shown within the leadership and culture simply do not align with my moral compass or personal convictions, therefore I did what I felt was best within my heart and stand up for what is right," she said.

Todd, who averaged 8.6 points for the Liberty Flames last season, was the college's first Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team Honoree, according to The Sporting News.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-liberty-university-basketball-player-181045933.html

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Top Liberty University basketball player is transferring after Jerry Falwell Jr. tweeted blackface (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
That guy...a role model for what a Christian should not be. Karadeniz Jun 2020 #1
Keep digging that hole, Falwell. n/t area51 Jun 2020 #2
Jerry Fraudwell Jr, a lying racist grifter like his gluttonous corpse father. Hassler Jun 2020 #3
Was it his pool boy? RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #4
Yes. The pool boy image should be on Jerry's personal mask. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #5

keithbvadu2

(36,806 posts)
5. Yes. The pool boy image should be on Jerry's personal mask.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 01:08 AM
Jun 2020

Yes. The pool boy image should be on Jerry's personal mask.

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