Charlotte Atkins Lucas, the wife of Lucas Oil founder Forrest Lucas,
goes on a bigoted rant (since deleted) against Atheists, Muslims, and other "minorities." She and her husband's company own the naming rights for the Indianapolis Colts stadium, called
Lucas Oil Stadium. They also own
MAVTV, a cable network.
Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk:
The owner of Lucas Oil has complained in the past about the lack of prime-time, high-profile games at the stadium that bears his company’s name. His company recently has gotten a very different kind of publicity.
Charlotte Lucas, the wife of company founder Forrest Lucas, posted a Facebook rant on Friday regarding “minorities.”
Via RTV6 in Indy, Mrs. Lucas said, “I’m sick and tired of minorities running our country! As far as I’m concerned, I don’t think that atheists (minority), muslims (minority), or any other minority group has the right to tell the majority of people in the United States what they can and cannot do here. Is everyone so scared that they can’t fight back for what is right and wrong with this country?”
The post was deleted, but Lucas confirmed to RTV6 that she had written it.
Justin Baragona at Politicus Sports:
Charlotte Atkins Lucas, co-founder of Lucas Oil Products and the company’s executive vice president, posted comments on her Facebook page disparaging atheists, Muslims and other minority groups, claiming she is sick and tired of them “running our country.” Lucas Oil has naming rights to the stadium that the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts call home. Lucas and her husband Forrest are prominent members of the community in Indianapolis. Mrs. Lucas actually won a Spirit Award in April. Spirit Awards are given out to “recognize leaders in business, philanthropy and arts and culture.”
[...]
Oof. A screed like that can only come from the mind of someone ensconced in white privilege. For an extremely wealthy woman to complain that atheists, Muslims and other minorities are somehow running things in this country and making white Christians do things they don’t want to do is just plain ludicrous. Mostly, this just comes across as a conservative rich person whining about the pushing of the ‘liberal agenda.’
What a conservative sourpuss.
Hashtag: #BoycottLucasOil