UCLA gymnastics stood united against racial injustice, then was ripped apart by it
LOS ANGELES — The black T-shirts read "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," but the message meant to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. during UCLA's season-opening meet rang hollow for several Bruins gymnasts.
Wearing matching T-shirts did little to cloak wounds from months of internal strife within the UCLA program. After two gymnasts told The Los Angeles Times a teammate used a racial slur, which prompted a university response that some gymnasts of color found to be insufficient, the Bruins produced their worst team score in seven years. Senior Margzetta Frazier, along with a teammate who spoke with The Times on condition of anonymity because she feared repercussions, described a negative atmosphere and cracks within the famously joyful facade of one of the nation's most visible and successful
