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Why Kyle Larson deserves his second chance in a cancel culture

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Charles Bradley

Oct 29, 2020, 5:02 PM

“You can’t hear me? Hey n*****” Those fateful words uttered by Kyle Larson, spoken into his esports headset on April 12, were directed at his sim racing spotter – but instead they quickly became amplified around the world via social media, including his own Twitch stream.

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In a split-second, Kyle Larson, NASCAR’s rising star, just became Kyle Larson, toxic N-word-using racist in a cancel culture.

It led to the 28-year-old, six-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner’s professional world collapsing around him. His team, Ganassi Racing, immediately suspended him. Then sanctioning body NASCAR did likewise.

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Charles Bradley is Motorsport.com’s Global Editor in Chief. After spending five years in the aerospace industry in his native North Wales, while working weekends as a freelance writer at racetracks around the UK, Charles joined the staff of Motoring News in the heart of London. He transferred to the nascent Autosport.com team in 2000 before transitioning to the magazine, becoming its Editor between 2011 and 2014. Charles then upped sticks to work in America, as Motorsport.com’s Editor in Chief, where he created the multi-national and multi-lingual editorial team that quickly became the world’s most-read motorsport website. He was instrumental in delivering three of the biggest Global F1 Fan Surveys in sports history and is also a multiple award-winning scriptwriter. Charles is an overseas member of the Guild of Motoring Writers and lives in Miami Beach with his wife Helen – and a cat that’s named after Serbia’s top football club.