Carlton Davis Tweets, Then Deletes Anti-Asian Slur, Apologizes

Carlton Davis has acknowledged people can sometimes use words without understanding the meaning behind them. The former second-round pick for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made that clear in his apology after he tweeted out an anti-Asian slur on Sunday evening.

Davis tweeted, "Gotta stop letting g--ks in Miami," which is a derogatory term used to refer to Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese people. That tweet was quickly deleted, however, and an apology post soon followed. According to Davis, he didn't know what that term meant. He thought it meant "lame."

“I would never offend any group of people,” Davis wrote. “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 ❤️.

"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.”

 

Will anything come of this deleted tweet, either from the NFL or from the media? Eh, it's doubtful, but who knows. The masses will probably move on and wait for the next Meyers Leonard story.

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