Noted: At a basketball game against Maryland in early January, the Badgers student section felt inclined to send a message to freshman Diamond Stone, a highly-touted recruit from Whitefish Bay who spurned the University of Wisconsin–Madison and chose to attend the University of Maryland. For a long time leading up to his decision, there were unfounded rumors that Stone couldn’t meet UW–Madison’s academic standards and might not have been able to attend UW even if it had been his preferred choice. So, when Stone headed to the free throw line at his team’s game against the Badgers at the Kohl Center, the UW student section chanted loud and clear: “You can’t read!”
That’s not only poor sportsmanship; it’s demeaning and arguably racist.
Try walking down Breese Terrace before a Badgers football game with visitors from the opposing schools. You won’t believe what you’ll hear. (Article written by Vince Sweeney, former vice chancellor for university relations.)