LAS VEGAS (TNS) \u2014 When Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray received a message on social media earlier this week that contained a racist insult, her reaction was to take a screenshot in order to preserve it.<\/p>\n
She first sent it to her wife before dropping it into a group chat with teammates A\u2019ja Wilson, Jackie Young and Jewell Loyd. Wilson told her to post it, and Gray informed the group that she had planned on doing so. She wanted to show what people are messaging to athletes like her so that this one couldn\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n
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