Photo: Facebook - Speed Edge Sports
A football trainer in Georgia has been caught on camera ranting about Black people in several racially-fueled videos that have surfaced on social media.
In the videos, Mark Taylor, the owner and head trainer of Speed Edge Sports, used racial slurs while complaining about how there are too many Black people in the city of Atlanta, per the Atlanta Black Star.
Taylor appeared to be driving in downtown Atlanta when he went on a rant about how the city's demographic has changed.
“I ain’t seen a white person in sight. Homeless ones on the street. Every restaurant looking in here is Black. Every car beside them is Black. They can have Atlanta,” the football trainer said in one of the videos.
In another video, a Black woman appeared to cut Taylor off while driving, prompting the trainer to say "Look at this n***** trying to pull out right in front of me right here."
“Do you see that tree right there? Ro will hang you from that tree,” Taylor said in the video, referring to the Black driver.
In a third video, Taylor appeared to be in a hotel room when he referred to Atlanta as a “n***** town." The Speed Edge Sports owner called room service and requested hotel workers bring him "chicken wings and two hoes."
“Room service,” he said in the video. “I need you n****** to bring me some chicken wings and two hoes: a redbone and a white girl.”
The videos have gone viral on social media and sparked outrage. Taylor cites in his Twitter bio that he has coached over 60 Division l athletes and that 16 of his students have made it to the NFL.
On Tuesday (April 11), activist Shaun King reposted the videos on Instagram, calling on D1 coaches Dabo Swinney of Clemson, Dan Mullen of the University of Florida, Kirby Smart of the University of Georgia, and Nick Sabin of Alabama, all of whom reportedly have ties to Taylor, to publicly denounce the football trainer.
Watch the videos here.
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