bubba will not play aging :Bubba Wallace showed a “middle finger” and Spoke full of Hatred to NASCAR officials after Being fined while Kyle Larson Escaped Without punishment…
Bubba Wallace showed a “middle finger” and Spoke full of Hatred to NASCAR officials after Being fined while Kyle Larson Escaped Without punishment…
The documentary, which opens with Wallace telling an anecdote in which he asserts he “could have been another George Floyd incident,” also includes the driver’s own bit of media criticism. Journalists, he argues are too eager to publish “clickbait” focused on his race.
It also included the moving story of Wallace’s cousin, who was shot by police when he reached into his pocket for his cell phone after being asked to keep his hands in the air, as well as a description of the various challenges Wallace faced as he tried to make a name for himself in a sport with few fellow black drivers. Most interesting of all, perhaps, was the interlude about Wendell Scott, the first black driver to win a race in NASCAR’s Grand National Series.
But while Wallace’s journey to prominence in the world of racing is included, the noose incident serves as the film’s climax, and is presented as confirmation of the indictments of America that Wallace lays out as it progresses.
And despite the evidence to the contrary, Wallace and his family continue to believe that a noose was placed in Wallace’s garage to send a message. In the documentary, Wallace submits that the fifteen FBI agents sent to investigate got it wrong, offering of the knot, “that took time to do. It’s a noose.”
His sister, meanwhile, called the investigation “bullsh**,” and insisted that “we’re never going to find out who did it.”
NASCAR president Steve Phelps disagreed, telling ESPN “there wasn’t a hate crime, isn’t that a good thing? There wasn’t a hate crime, thank God there wasn’t a hate crime.”
“Look at the picture, what’s it look like to you? Is that a noose to you?” Wallace asked his interviewer in Fistful of Steel. “You tie your shoes like that?”
“It’s so sad that people don’t want to take the time to read the facts, and just make a judgment off of B.S.,” reflected Wallace.
