Earlier this week a Penn State fan wrote a racist letter to a member of the Nittany Lions’ football team regarding his dreadlocks, calling them “awful” and “disgusting.”
The fan, David Peterson, maintains that making a racial statement was not his intent in an interview with Chip Minemyer of the Tirbune-Democrat— he just doesn’t want Penn State players looking like Florida State and Miami guys. (Seriously, you really can’t make this up):
Reached by phone on Tuesday, Petersen said making a racial or cultural statement “was not the intent at all. I would just like to see the coaches get the guys cleaned up and not looking like Florida State and Miami guys.