
LSU sophomore beam specialist Sami Durante performs on the gymnastic apparatus throughout the gymnastics regionals within the PMAC on Friday, April 5, 2019.
LSU athlete Sami Durante faced criticism
on social media Wednesday for
a circulated Snapchat that some have known as ‘racist’ and ‘insensitive.’
Durante’s Snapchat depicted writing in Mandarin on a room projector screen.
“Excuse me sir.
We’re in America,” her comment said.
Durante, a junior from Athens, Georgia, attained SEC All-Freshmen and
SEC academic Honor roll in 2018 and 2019, severally.