The University of Wisconsin has banned a fan who made an anti-Asian gesture at the Northwestern student section.
Earlier this week, a video of a Wisconsin fan flipping off and making a “slant-eyed” gesture at the Northwestern student section at Tuesday night’s basketball game in Evanston went viral. There was a collective, audible gasp from the group of Northwestern students the gesture was directed at.
When the fan was ejected, he made the anti-Asian gesture again.
The University of Wisconsin condemned the act and announced that the unnamed fan is banned from its future athletic events.
“We join with @UWBadgers and all #Badgers in condemning the abhorrent anti-Asian actions of an attendee at the Northwestern game this week,” UW-Madison tweeted. “We applaud NU for removing him. He is no longer welcome at UW Athletics events – we are barring him from buying tickets on our platform.”
