Asia Todd, a guard on Liberty University’s women’s basketball team, said she’s leaving the school and transferring because of what she considers to be a racially insensitive tweet that was sent by the school president.
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. tweeted a photo last month of a person in blackface and another person dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member.
Todd announced that she was leaving the Virginia school in a Twitter video and said while she’s fond of her coaches and teammates, she just can’t stay after Falwell’s tweet.
In a letter, Liberty University alumni, 35 Black pastors, and church leaders implored Falwell to apologize for the tweet, which he has.
Todd’s mother, Latoya Todd, said the death of George Floyd affected her daughter’s decision to leave Liberty.