The Nascar automobile championship, very popular in the South of the United States, announced Sunday an investigation for "act of hate" after the discovery of a hanged rope in the garage of Bubba Wallace, the only black driver who participates in full time in this competition.
This noose rope, reminiscent of the lynchings practiced in the United States during the slave and segregationist periods, was discovered Sunday in the garage allocated to Bubba Wallace on the Talladega circuit, in Alabama (south).
"Eliminate the person (s) responsible for our sport"
“We are furious and outraged, and cannot express loud enough how seriously we take this act of hate. We have opened an immediate investigation and will do everything we can to identify the person (s) responsible and eliminate them from our sport, "Nascar said in a statement. "There is no room for racism within Nascar," added the organization.
Bubba Wallace, a 26-year-old driver firmly committed to the fight against racial inequalities in the United States, recently supported Nascar's decision to ban the conferred flag, still popular in the South of the United States but which is considered by many to be a symbol of slavery and racism.
Bubba Wallace declared on Twitter "incredibly sad" at this "despicable act of racism". "It won't break me," he said. "I will not give up, and I will not back down," he added.
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- Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) June 22, 2020Sunday's NASCAR race in Talladega, which was to be the first of the season to welcome the public after an interruption due to the Covid-19 epidemic, has been postponed until Monday due to thunderstorms.
Before the postponement, an airplane carrying a huge Confederate flag and a banner with the slogan "cut the food in Nascar" flew over the circuit, an event which was also condemned by the organizers of the race.
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