纳什维尔市立赛车场赛车车顶现邦联旗：NAACP与市议会党团要求调查问责
田纳西州戴维森县纳什维尔市的市立赛车场Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway近日陷入争议：一辆赛车在11月6日晚的比赛中带着车顶上的邦联旗图案参赛，赛车照片随后在社交平台流传。纳什维尔NAACP分会与纳什维尔市议会少数族裔党团已先后发声，要求都会区公平委员会调查此事并追责。
据赛车场官方日程，这场比赛是第41届All American 400周末（11月6日至8日）周五晚的Pure Stock组别赛事，车手为Joseph West Jr.。赛车场11月10日发表官方声明称，本场馆不容许也不允许展示邦联旗，场方已注意到此事，正直接与车手及车队处理。据Short Track Scene报道，赛事推广人Bob Sargent表示这是一次疏漏、本不该发生，检查人员赛前没有发现车顶图案；他已与NAACP沟通，并承诺今后每辆车进场前都检查。West对Axios表示，这是这辆车本赛季第一次在该赛车场出赛，Sargent已来电告知不允许展示，他会把旗帜图案换成美国国旗，并称其家人中有少数族裔成员、在他家里这面旗不是种族或政治上的侮辱。
纳什维尔NAACP分会会长Timothy Hughes于11月12日致信赛车场执行主任Laura Womack，对此事表示深切失望并要求问责。信中要求场方书面说明这辆车为何能带着邦联旗参赛、此前是否曾带着该图案出赛、现行政策如何处理邦联旗等仇恨符号、公平委员会依管理合同有哪些追责手段，并要求在十个工作日内书面回复、把此事列入公平委员会下次会议议程。市议员Quin Evans Segall另在信中称这面旗是仇恨言论，并称据她了解这辆车此前曾在该场出现过。
纳什维尔市议会少数族裔党团11月13日发表声明，与NAACP站在同一立场，要求公平委员会彻底调查、复查现有政策与监管程序，并制定清晰且可执行的标准，防止类似事件再发生。公平委员会主席Jasper Hendricks对本地媒体Nashville Focal表示，他已与赛车场工作人员会面，相信场方今后会更好地执行有关冒犯性文字与图案的标准，但同时表示公平委员会作为政府机构不能规管言论。据Short Track Scene报道，公平委员会下月的会议将传唤赛事运营方Track Enterprises到场说明此事。截至发稿，公平委员会尚未公布具体的处理决定。
Confederate Flag on Race Car Roof at Nashville's City-Owned Speedway: NAACP and Council Caucus Demand Investigation
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, a city-owned track in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, is facing demands for an investigation after a race car competed on the night of November 6 with a Confederate flag graphic on its roof and photos of the car spread on social media. The Nashville branch of the NAACP and the Metro Council Minority Caucus have both called on the Metropolitan Board of Fair Commissioners to investigate the incident and hold those responsible to account.
According to the speedway's official schedule, the race was the Pure Stock feature on Friday night of the 41st All American 400 weekend, held November 6 to 8, and the driver was Joseph West Jr. In an official statement on November 10, the speedway said it does not condone or permit the display of the Confederate flag at its facility and that officials were working directly with the driver and race team to address the matter. Short Track Scene reported that promoter Bob Sargent called the incident an oversight that should not have happened, saying inspectors missed the roof graphic before the race, that he had been in communication with the NAACP, and that every car would be inspected before entering the track in the future. West told Axios that this was the first time the car had been driven at the speedway this season, that Sargent had called to say the display was not allowed, and that he planned to replace the flag graphic with an American flag. He said there are minorities in his family and that, for his family, the flag is not a racial or political slur.
Timothy Hughes, president of the NAACP's Nashville branch, wrote to Fairgrounds executive director Laura Womack on November 12 expressing profound dismay and demanding accountability. The letter asked how the car was permitted to compete while displaying the flag, whether it had appeared at the speedway with the flag before, what policies govern Confederate flags and other hate symbols at the facility, and what authority the Fair Board holds under its contract with promoter Bob Sargent and Track Enterprises. It requested a written response within ten business days and asked that the incident be placed on the agenda of the Fair Board's next regular meeting. Councilmember Quin Evans Segall wrote separately that the flag is hate speech and said she understood the car had appeared at the track before.
In a statement on November 13, the Metro Council Minority Caucus stood with the NAACP and asked the Fair Board to thoroughly investigate the incident, review existing policies and oversight procedures, and establish clear, enforceable standards to prevent a recurrence. Jasper Hendricks, chair of the Metropolitan Board of Fair Commissioners, told the Nashville Focal that he had met with speedway staff and was confident they would do a better job enforcing standards on offensive language and imagery, while also saying that, as a government body, the Fair Board cannot regulate speech. Short Track Scene reported that Track Enterprises will be called before the Fair Board at its meeting next month to discuss the incident. As of publication, the Fair Board had not announced a specific decision.
来源：Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
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图片来源：Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway资料图，Marco Espino-Ovalle摄，公共领域，经Wikimedia Commons；非本次赛事画面。/ File photo of Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway by Marco Espino-Ovalle, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; not a photo from this story's race.
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