New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman isn’t mincing words after learning former NASCAR driver Kyle Larson used the N-word.
Larson, who’s part Japanese, said the racial slur during a virtual iRacing event that took place on Easter Sunday. The 27-year-old Larson was trying to communicate with another player.
Marcus Stroman (L) said he wants to fight race car driver Kyle Larson (R) for saying the N-Word. (Photo: Mary DeCicco/Major League Baseball via Getty Images/Matt Sullivan / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images)
“You can’t hear me? Hey n—-a,” he said, which was heard by drivers and others through live streaming platform Twitch.
Larson, whose NASCAR career had exploded in a few short years, now saw it all crumbling when auto racing organization Chip Ganassi Racing fired him for saying the word.
Stroman addressed the racial slur Tuesday, April 14 on Twitter and said he’d be glad to fight Larson after their careers are over.
First Stroman tweeted, “Racism still prospering in society. This is way more common than any of y’all know!”
He then followed that message with another tweet 53 minutes later.
“He should never be allowed to race again in @NASCAR,” wrote Stroman. “Said that derogatory word so nonchalantly. Your apology doesn’t matter. Post-career…I’ll fight this man in a @ufc event for charity. He needs his ass beat. Would love to hear him say that word in the octagon!”
In another tweet, Stroman brought up Jackie Robinson Day, which is April 15, and recognizes the day that Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947 by entering the Major League. Major League Baseball celebrates the day each year.
“And he was driving the 42 car,” Stroman wrote about Larson. “The irony. Jackie Robinson would be ashamed … He says it daily for sure.”
Larson was in his final year of his contract with Ganassi and was expected to become one of NASCAR’s top free agents before his downfall. He also lost sponsorship deals with Credit One Bank, McDonald’s, and Fiserv. a provider of financial services technology.
Larson issued an apology for the slur Monday, April 13 on Instagram.
“I made a mistake, said the word that should never, ever be said,” he stated. “There is no excuse for that. I wasn’t raised that way. It is just an awful thing to say. I feel very sorry for my family, my friends, my partners, the NASCAR community and especially the African American community.”
But many said they refuse to accept Larson’s apology, and his career should be over.
“Bye with that fake ass scripted apology,” someone wrote.
This the second time in as many weeks that someone using the N-Word has made headlines. In March, two women had a physical altercation when one of them, a Black woman, was called the N-word.
In that same month, Bun B recorded his wife approaching a woman who allegedly called them the N-Word and threatened to use her gun.
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