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Racing's racists scared no one, least of all Bubba Wallace

To the person or persons who tried to ruin everyone's weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, I have something I need to tell you. To the one(s) who thought they could dip into the tired, old 1934 or 1964 racist playbook and elicit fear by placing a symbol of hate -- a noose, for heaven's sake -- in the garage stall of a Black race car driver, I really need to make sure you are paying attention to what I have to say to you. Oh, and the grown adult or adults who spent hundreds of dollars to fly a "DEFUND NASCAR" banner and Confederate flag behind a plane over Talladega, you should listen up too. Same for you rednecks who drove a parade of pickups around the perimeter of the racetrack...
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