Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Carlton Davis Releases Statement After Using Anti-Asian Slur
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis has apologized for using an anti-Asian slur in his Tweet from Sunday night. "Gotta stop letting gooks in Miami," the now-deleted Tweet read.
The 24-year-old apologized in his subsequent Tweets, saying he wasn’t aware of the meaning. He claimed that he was referring to a specific producer from Miami and thought the word meant “lame.” He included an Urban Dictionary definition to show his intended connotation of the word.
I would never offend any group of people .You reporters can look for another story to blow up . The term was directed towards a producer claiming he “ran Miami “With that being said I’ll retire that word from my vocabulary giving the hard times our Asian family are enduring ❤️. pic.twitter.com/bJEOjmZuRr
— C-Murda ™ (@Carlton_Lowkey) April 5, 2021
He ended his apology by acknowledging that it comes during “tough times.”
During these tough times
— C-Murda ™ (@Carlton_Lowkey) April 5, 2021
The Buccaneers GM Jason Licht followed up Davis’s apology with a statement explaining how he and the organization will work harder to understand and learn from the incident.
Statement from GM Jason Licht: pic.twitter.com/pBtEUHOl8t
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) April 5, 2021
Davis's messages come during a time of increasing anti-Asian bias and violence reported throughout the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Many famous athletes including Jeremy Lin and Chloe Kim have spoken about the recent anti-Asian incidents. Feature Image vie Getty
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