Hat tip to Brahsome for this. I am a lifelong UNC fan and this sickens me. It takes place after the Maryland Terrapins upset North Carolina on Saturday at the Dean Smith Center. As the Maryland players are walking off the court, you can hear a female fan screaming, "Go back to the ghetto!"
As a Tar Heels fan, I am embarassed. I just noted that this game was played in the Dean E. Smith Center ... which is named after a coach and man that did so much for diversity in the Atlantic Coast Conference and for southern athletics. To hear someone scream that out to Terps players is classless, racist and very poor sportsmanship. If I wanted to get all Carolina on them, this is acting like the ways you accuse Duke fans of acting (which, they really don't).

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1-21-2008 @ 5:13PM
TerpAlum said...
I'd also be disappointed that some of those female Heels fans were crying after losing a basically meaningless mid-season game. We Terps respect UNC as a class school and partner-in-Duke-whipping. But crying after a loss is just very Duke-ish. Shape up!
PS - "go back to the ghetto" isn't really racist. If you've ever been to College Park it's actually pretty accurate.
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1-21-2008 @ 6:03PM
R.L. said...
Yeah, and the areas around Chapel Hill are real classy.
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1-21-2008 @ 6:55PM
tobrien28 said...
Wait, aren't there black players on North Carolina? This doesn't really seem like a racist comment and more like a person who is pissed that her team lost. People say dumb things when they are angry. Like I may CALL Lawrence Tynes a cheap, jackass Scottish sonofabitch when he misses two field goals, but i don't really mean it.
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1-21-2008 @ 7:03PM
bet the super bowl said...
drunk bitchs...
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1-21-2008 @ 7:48PM
August West said...
not quite racist, but definitely in poor taste none the less...
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1-21-2008 @ 7:55PM
candjdaddy said...
This is no big deal. That is how people are in the south. I am always surprised to see young men of color attend these southern universities. While they are cheered on the court the reality is the fans in the stands would just as soon see them hanging from an old magnolia tree. Racism in that part of the country is just as bad as it was 50 years ago.
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1-21-2008 @ 8:22PM
Mark Prokop said...
Yes, the comments are sad as it reflects on the community where I live, Chapel Hill, NC. I know many UNC fans (similar to the female that made the comment) and hence why, even as a Christian, I am overwhelmingly challenging to love my UNC-Chapel Hill neighbors, despite how difficult they can be to deal with). I won't go into name calling so I can hide the guilty parties. I would never call anyone out.
But I'm a Maryland fan and even though it hurts, I'll get over it and forgive her. I always do. Yes, I live in Chapel Hill, NC but I'm a Maryland fan (I grew up in Maryland and even worked at University of Maryland-College Park before moving here 14-15 years ago). I even worked for UNC-Chapel Hill for almost 8 years so I know alot about how UNC-Chapel Hill people are like but that doesn't mean that they are all like that. I know lots of UNC-Chapel Hill students and staff (and the general public) that are super nice (as with any college town).
But, like I've always said since I live here, the fans are spoiled here......and there are times like this one where "a bad color". I have even attended UNC-Maryland games in the past here in Chapel Hill and after Maryland wins, I'm a bit scared. I've even been heckled while leaving games.
But really, UNC should have lost to Georgia Tech and Clemson earlier in the season and Maryland would have been their 3rd ACC loss, not their first. So if UNC had lost earlier, maybe the comments wouldn't have happened.
Now, I know I've heard many Terp fans say bad things about the Tarheels in the past, mostly because of jealousy as UNC-Chapel Hill has won many ACC and NCAA Championships and Terp fans want respect (somehow respect causes so many problems in our society - hence gangs). Terp fans feel that Dicky V loves UNC and Duke more than the Terps and that doesn't sit well with them.
Anyway, I digress. Back to the UNC gal. So let's all forgive the female who made these comments and become more understanding of each other.
Chapel Hill Terp (formerly Durham Terp)
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1-21-2008 @ 8:35PM
Matt said...
that carolina fan is just upset she is going back to her TRAILER!!!! What a skank!!!!
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1-21-2008 @ 8:38PM
SHADOWMAN said...
As you can see times haven't changed and even though
she was pissed, the real person came to the surface.
This is how the UNC female really feel's, but she's
the real loser to get caught on tape and for other
people hear the comment.
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1-21-2008 @ 8:41PM
Matt said...
Tell that fine young fan that the ghetto is gonna be paying her visit! If I were her i would move.
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1-21-2008 @ 8:44PM
KMAC said...
those DAMN NC NAPPY HEADED WHORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1-21-2008 @ 8:44PM
Matt said...
I guess they aren;t too enlightened at NC. Stanford and USC are both in ghettos yet they are considered some of the finest UniversIties in the country. Unlike CAROLINA!
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1-21-2008 @ 9:02PM
Russ said...
I'm a Terp fan for life. Can't stand UNC or Crapel Hill. Will never forget Dean Smith giving the Maryland student section the finger back in the 70's. They think they're freakin' entitled to win every game they play. Bunch of morons is what they are. I hope they enjoyed the loss Saturday. I hope they enjoyed Maryland coming from behind to beat them in College Park last season, AND I KNOW THEY'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FIRST TEAM TO BEAT THEM IN THE DEAN SMITH CENTER--M-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D!
And I'm sure some of the black FB recruits that were at that game, some from inner cities north of the mason/dixon line, heard classy Ashley shout "go back to the ghetto" and are now rethinking attending UNC.
Way to keep it classy in Crapel Hill!
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1-21-2008 @ 9:15PM
Lance said...
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1-21-2008 @ 10:17PM
terry said...
Go back to the ghetto?????????? Why do all of the North Carolina students look alike?? Can you say, "DELIVERANCE" (the movie for you Tarheels)
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1-21-2008 @ 10:20PM
terry said...
North Carolina fans look like stunt people from the movie 'Dliverance'.
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1-21-2008 @ 11:00PM
TheManAndTheSea said...
Defination of the word "Ghetto"- a Section of a city in which members of a national group live. It doesn't say a word about what color a persons skin is that live in a ghetto, what that young lady said at the North Carloina basketball game could have been directed to both the black and white players, nor either. This is still America, she, or anyone, still have freedom of speech (I think), Christ, American are so sensivite anymore, people can't say anything, get over it!
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1-21-2008 @ 11:13PM
Cheryl Juniel said...
I am not surprised to hear yet another "non-racist" excused for being angry instead of calling it like it is. There is this misconception that practically everyone of color who attends a college/university and plays basketball is from the ghetto. Where do these people get this stuff anyway? Surprise, from her comments it sure takes one to know one.
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1-21-2008 @ 11:28PM
sean eric said...
Racism...the great American no-no. I'm just wondering when being white will become a federal crime.
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1-21-2008 @ 11:37PM
ivarty said...
its not fair" its not fair" all you guys want to do is talk bad about her. So she shared some real emotions and let one loose. Heck maybe she doesnt like mexicans,and calls them wet-backs. Yes Wetbacks.
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