Posted on 04/05/2021 12:10:03 PM PDT by Red Badger
Super Bowl champion Carlton Davis is in hot water for tweeting out a VERY offensive Asian slur -- though Davis claims he didn't know the "dark" history behind the word.
"Gotta stop letting g***s in Miami," the Tampa Bay Bucs cornerback posted on Sunday evening in a since-deleted tweet.
Obviously, the tweet went viral and people couldn't believe an NFL player would hurl such an offensive word around so casually.
Davis initially offered an explanation -- and actually had the balls to attack the media for criticizing him in the first place.
The 24-year-old posted a screenshot from the Urban Dictionary definition of the word (which, conveniently, wasn't even the top definition).
"A term commonaly [sic] used in South Florida to describe a person who is Lame. Synonym for Lame, wack, Fool or Stupid."
Davis added, "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."
Just minutes later, Davis was changing his tune in another statement.
"I used a term that from where I come from has always meant 'lame' but I did not realize it has a much darker, negative connotation. I have learned a valuable lesson and want to apologize to anyone that was offended by seeing that word because we need to focus on helping each other during these tough times."
FYI, the g-word is an incredibly offensive anti-Asian slur that's been around for decades. It was widely used by American soldiers against Koreans and Vietnamese people during military conflicts.
Ans since Davis is into using definitions ... how about this one from Merriam-Webster.com:
"offensive -- used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a nonwhite, non-American person and especially for an Asian person."
No word if the NFL plans to take action.
Davis was a 2nd-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and had a pretty solid 2020 season ... logging 68 tackles and 4 interceptions during the Bucs' championship run.
gURKas?
did anybody see the ucla/gonzaga game the other day.....they have this part Vietnamese player..Juzang...incredible....
Ugh, TMZ. Never go to them anymore since they cancelled comments. That was absolutely the best part of their website.
I guess he wasn’t around in the Vietnam days and just after. That’s when I first heard the term.
I worked with a guy Vincent Ho, I called him Ho Chi Vin, Vincent Van Ho, he thought it was hilarious, but he was not a little pussy and knew it was just a bit of fun.
This guy is a douche with a capitol D
Let’s see.....
Five letter word starting with g and ending with an s.....
Golfs?
Gastroenterologist?
These puzzles are always so hard on Free Republic.
“-ooks”started in Korea and kept right on truckin all through Vietnam.
I had a Gastroenterologist once.
I couldn’t stomach him...................
Asian racism?
The left are experts at manufacturing victim groups.
Nips is racist because of Nippon , then there is Nigeria, slave trade capitol of the world, its all ridiculous we know what he meant and we know when its just a word
I just wish someone would keep the Euros and their speedos off of South Beach. There are some things I don’t need to see and old German guys sporting banana hammocks are near the top of the list.
Gooks is pretty disgusting. Apology accepted.
I remember it being used on M*A*S*H and apparently Hawkeye did not like that word.
Release him from any obligation to play professional sports again.
Its just a word based in asian entomology
We truly live in a nation of poosies. Words act like sledgehammers to the mentally ill.
To demonstrate the true power of words just hold up your hand in front of your face and call it terrible names and curse it. You can do this all day long and it will be just fine.
Why should anyone get all triggered just because some jerk said something? Those people are worse than the jerk.
Awwwww atsa good one, boss!
I agree. and we know he was a racist jerk.
Why hang me?
In case anyone wants to know where it came from, the Korean word for “Korea” is “한국,” pronounced han-gook. “Gook” is actually the general word for country. “Mi-gook” is America (literally “beautiful country” when written in Chinese characters 美国, following the Chinese Mandarin “meiguo,” which also means “beautiful country).” China is “Chun-gook,” Thailand is “Tae-gook,” and so on. Other countries don’t follow the rule like Japan, Germany, France, a lot of it is historical happenstance.
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