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NASCAR united in unanimous support for Bubba Wallace

There is no escaping it: NASCAR is a white-dominated sport with a predominantly white fan base and a longstanding reputation as being far from inclusive. Its evolution, such as it is, has been halting and awkward. One step forward, seemingly a half step back writes Jenna Fryer for the Associated Press. The stock car series listened to Bubba Wallace — far from the first to ask — and banned the Confederate flag from its events earlier this month. In some sports, that might have been enough. Not in NASCAR; everyone figured some fans would ignore it and force someone to somehow enforce the ban. No one figured on what came next and that was this: NASCAR held a race on Monday while federal...
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