Wednesday, February 10, 2010

John Mayer apologized for the racial slur

Before the issue blows out of proportion, John Mayer is now apologizing for using the N-Word in his controversial Playboy interview.

In his Playboy interview: Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’"

John Mayer issued an apology on his Twitter page:

"Re: using the 'N word' in an interview: I am sorry that I used the word. And it's such a shame that I did because the point I was trying to make was in the exact opposite spirit of the word itself. It was arrogant of me to think I could intellectualize using it, because I realize that there's no intellectualizing a word that is so emotionally charged....Again, because I don't want anyone to think I'm equivocating: I should have never said the word and I will never say it again."



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