Christine Haveford
It was meant to be a friendly tennis match between two rival schools.
But for some reason a white tennis player decided to get awfully personal and disgustingly racist.
Spencer Brown has been suspended after his black opponent tweeted he had cruelly told him ‘at least I know my dad’ during their weekend match.
John Wilson IV, attends North Carolina A&T State University, a historically black college.
Brown goes to Appalachian State University, he allegedly made the comments during Sunday’s NCAA Division I match.
‘Hey #NCAT, this is Spencer brown, a tennis player at Appalachian state,’ he tweeted on Sunday night.
‘During our match today, along with other racist comments, Spencer told me, “At least I know my dad.” Their coach responded by saying, ‘..wAppalachian State University,.’ Black twitter, do ya thing.’
The tweet included a photo of Brown.
Appalachian State apologized in a statement on Monday morning, calling the conduct ‘derogatory and offensive’.
The university said Brown has been suspended indefinitely.
The statement read: ‘After yesterday’s men’s tennis match, an Appalachian State student-athlete engaged in behavior that was derogatory and offensive.’
‘This student-athlete has been suspended indefinitely from the team, effective immediately, for violating the student-athlete discipline policy.’
‘We have reached out to #NCAT to convey our apologies on behalf of Appalachian Athletics and the university for the conduct of this member of the team.’
John Wilson, the black player who is also A&T’s senior class president, has revealed he hasn’t heard back from his rival’s university.
But says he’s happy to hear about the suspension.
He tweeted on Monday: ‘Update: Even though I have yet to be reached out personally from the administration of Appalachian State.’
‘The athletics program suspended Spencer indefinitely! Thank you all for the help, this is something I’ve always dealt with being a black tennis player. #NCAT.’
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