Former Auburn coach and current US Senator has added another horrid title to his resume.
Islamophobe.
A little more than two years ago, I wrote this story on how Tuberville’s hidden racism should be a warning for all Black athletes to research the coaches they’re thinking of playing for.
No matter the size of the NIL payments, the national exposure you’ll receive or how you might thrive under their tutelage, nothing is worse than being under the rule of someone who “tolerates” your melanin in order to win but secretly hates you and those who look like you.
Tuberville has proved to be that person.
He refused to denounce white nationalists serving in the military, insulted teachers in urban areas and associated Black people a rise in with crime (which was a false claim). He also supported not certifying the votes from the 2020 election, wanted to overlook the January 6th insurrection and held up approval of over 600 senior military officers.
Yet he’s the same person who recruited and coached hundreds of Black football players at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati.
He’s the same person who recognized that in order to win at Ole Miss, which was hamstrung by sanctions and a loss of scholarships, he needed Black players. So he suggested that if fans stopped waving the Confederate flag at games, they would have a better chance at recruiting (Black) talent.
Not that the waving the flag was wrong or that it symbolized hate.
No. That it deterred the recruitment of Black players.
Yet after 21 years of coaching Black players, he was perfectly fine with playing racial politics to win, and keep, his US Senate seat.
Now that Tr**p is in office and racism is rampant without recourse in Congress (check the disgusting feed of Rep. Andy Ogles if you can stomach hate, ignorance and vile inhumanity), Tuberville decided to complement his racism with Islamophobia through this disgusting post about NYC Mayor Mamdani.
He then doubled down after Politico posted that he suggested that Muslims are the enemy.
“To be clear, I didn’t “suggest” Islamists are the enemy. I said it plainly,” responded Tuberville.
