Dear Editor, Thanks to the Austin hockey fans I was introduced to the darker side of the Austin population. The game was between the Austin Ice Bats and the Laredo Bucks. I go for the Laredo Bucks. I've been to many different sports games before, and I never have experienced such racist remarks toward another group of people. This wasn't your usual bashing of the opponents. Of course at the hockey game I heard people yell out that a certain player “sucked” and they were “ice princesses.” Which is all part of rooting for your own team, but to hear fans make racist remarks toward the citizens of Laredo (not the players) is disturbing. As we stood in line for our tickets, a white man tells his son to go tell the people handing out jerseys that “he can name all the players on the Laredo Bucks team, like Julio and Juan.” Lets remind everyone that 95% of the Laredo Bucks team is from Canada, not Mexico or Laredo. I thought that it was just some ignorant man passing on prejudice remarks to his son. We sat on the visitor's side, and it was what you would think a typical game would be. Bucks win 5-3 against Ice Bats. And as we were leaving, an obese white man stops me and my friend, asking “who owns Laredo?” Me and my friend were not sure what he was asking. The man continues to say, “It's the drug cartel, right?” I was completely offended that first of all he would stop us deliberately and make this remark. Why? Because his team lost? Get over it, it's a game! I've lived in some of the most prejudiced places in Texas, and not once have I heard such racially aimed remarks toward a city. The citizens of Laredo have nothing to do with the performance of a Canadian-based hockey team.