Justin Bieber apologizes for racist jokes
Justin Bieber is apologizing for some off color remarks he made years ago. Over the weekend, TMZ.com released video of a then-15-year-old Justin proudly cracking racist jokes. Despite the advice of one friend telling him to stop, Justin said “Run n*gga, n*gga, n*gga, n*gga” while imitating the sound of a chain saw.
On Sunday, Justin’s camp went into damage control mode as the “Beauty and a Beat” singer spoke out on the video.
“As a young man, I didn’t understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt,” Justin said in a statement. “I thought it was okayĀ to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn’t realize at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance.”
Justin, 20, was discovered by Usher and he has quite a few Black people in his entourage. He has also been part of a team that walked Floyd Mayweather into the ring before one of his fights. As such, Justin immediately pointed to his associations as evidence that he isn’t racist while apologizing for his remarks.
“I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake,” Justin stated. “I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.”
Check out the offending video below.
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Daily Buzz 6.2.14: Justin Bieber apologizes for racist jokeĀ was originally published on s2smagazine.com
