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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Whether the the noose as here for innocent reasons or not, I don't doubt that it was jarring for Bubba Wallace to see.
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Yes, exactly. Especially when you consider the state of racial relations in the country right now, in a place like Talladega, it is not a stretch at all to assume that a noose would be intentionally left for a black driver's team to find as intimidation. This is a sport that just banned the confederate flag and are now holding a race in an area that loves the confederate flag.
Seriously, have you met some people in the south? There's enough racist #######s to go around down here that it's not a stretch at all to assume it was intentional and an act of defiance against the confederate flag being removed. There is some deep seeded hatred of all things northern or liberal in the south that will probably never go away in some pockets of the population.
I guess it's good to know that it wasn't recent, so that hypothesis that it's retaliation for banning the confederate flag can be thrown out, but it's a pretty terrible coincidence and you can't blame people for thinking the worst when things are so rough right now. Hell, I totally get it if Wallace still thinks it was intentional even after it was disproven. It must be hard to trust that there was no ill intentions if you're black in America and know your history.