Buccaneers Carlton Davis apologizes for tweeting anti-Asian slu

• Posted by John Short July 18, 2022 - Filed in Arts & Culture - 376 views

  Buccaneers defensive back Carlton Davis i sued an apology Sunday after tweeting out an anti-Asian slur, saying Tobias Harris Jersey he didn't understand that the term had a "darker" meaning.

  "Gotta stop letting gs in Miami," Davis posted in a since-deleted Wesley Johnson Jersey tweet.

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  Davis, a former second-round pick out of Auburn who has played in 41 career games for Tampa Bay, later apologized on Twitter Landry Shamet Jersey and explained that he thought the term meant "lame." He posted a screenshot of an , though it was the second definition on the page after "a derogatory term used against Louis Williams Jersey Korean and Vietnamese individuals."

  "I have learned a valuable le son 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," Carlton Jerome Robinson Jersey tweeted.

  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 Blake Griffin Jersey that being said Ill retire that word from my vocabulary giving the hard times our Asian family are enduring .

  C-Murda (@Carlton_Lowkey Chris Paul Jersey )

  I used a term that from where I come from has always meant lamebut I did not realize it has a much darker, negative connotation. I have learned a valuable le son and want to apologize to anyone that was offended by seeing that word because we need to focus on helping each other

  Los Angeles Clippers Jersey C-Murda (@Carlton_Lowkey)

  During these tough times

  C-Murda (@Carlton_Lowkey)

  The Asian American Journalists A sociation Sports Task Force saying that the group is "disappointed by Davis' sentiment, especially at a time Rodney McGruder Jersey when Asians in the United States are experiencing a sharp increase in anti-Asian hate which has resulted in hara sment and attacks."

  As of Monday morning, the Bucs and Avery Bradley Jersey NFL had not yet commented on Davis' tweet.