Following the announcement of his new role, NASCAR driver and team owner Jesse Iwuji was attacked on social media because of the color of his skin.
Jesse Iwuji serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. He also competes part-time in NASCAR, doing so in both the Truck Series and the Xfinity Series.
Last week, he announced that he had partnered with NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith to form a full-time Xfinity Series team for the 2022 season: Jesse Iwuji Motorsports.
Unfortunately, some were not fans of this news, and for no other reason than the fact that Iwuji happens to be a black man.
The 34-year-old Carrollton, Texas native shared a racist message he received after this news was announced.
It read:
“Stop trying to make everything black. It’s not our fault that you guys are the minority and that the whites were in this great country first. Go back to your shitty ass country.”
Not only does Iwuji hail from the United States’ own state of Texas, but he has also served his “shitty ass country” honorably for the last decade-plus.
Separated by two pictures was another message that read:
“The only black NASCAR driver in this board is Bubba Wallace and his is shit. That should tell you black people ain’t good at NASCAR.”
We are going to assume that “this board” means “this sport” and “his” means “he”. But who knows what goes through this individual’s head. He could be praising Bubba Wallace as the greatest driver of all-time for all we know.
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