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Fragile White Man Goes on Racist Rant While Announcing a Race in Iowa

I regret to inform you that the whites are at it again.

White people canโ€™t seem to do anything these days without getting in their feelings about how the world is changing. For some reason, a race announcer in Iowa decided to go on a racist rant against Black people and NFL players who kneel before a race last week.

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According to NBC News, race announcer Lon Oelke was the announcer during a race last Thursday at Kossuth County Speedway in Algona, Iowa. Before the National Anthem began playing, Oelke took to the mic to give what he called โ€œa social service announcement,โ€ that was really just a long-ass Facebook rant. Further proving that the far-rightโ€™s idea of freedom is mandatory patriotism, Oelke was in his feelings over NFL players who โ€œwonโ€™t stand for our flagโ€ or who โ€œtake a knee.โ€

โ€œIโ€™ve got four words for you: Find a different country if you wonโ€™t do it,โ€ he said. โ€œGet the hell out of dodge.โ€ Bro, Iโ€™m sorry, but I think you need to be more concerned about the fact you canโ€™t do Sesame Street-tier math than what National Anthem the NFL plays. I just personally think itโ€™s funny that a man is doing the whole โ€œkeep politics out of sportsโ€ bit while literally talking about his racist politics during a sporting event.

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The race was broadcast on livestream service FloRacing, and the company removed the race from their platform and said Oelkeโ€™s โ€œopinions and language do not reflect our core values or have a place on our platform.โ€

The speedway released a statement announcing it will no longer work with Oelke. โ€œIt was not okay, and it will not be happening again,โ€ the statement said. โ€œKossuth County Speedway looks forward to proving to our fans, drivers and crews that we can and will do better.โ€

The promoter running the race was totally fine with it, though. Fairmont Raceway promoter Jon McCorkell wrote on Facebook that Oelke will โ€œabsolutely be announcingโ€ races this Friday and added he agreed โ€œwith all of Lonโ€™s comments and opinions.โ€

Racist assholes agree with other racist assholes. Who knew?

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