{"id":1337,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/nba-player-apologizes-after-apparent-racial-slur\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:46:39","slug":"nba-player-apologizes-after-apparent-racial-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/nba-player-apologizes-after-apparent-racial-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Player Apologizes After Apparent Racial Slur"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA basketball player JJ Redick apologised in a tweet on Monday (Feb 19) over a video in which he appeared to use a racial slur to address fans in China.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NBA basketball player JJ Redick apologised in a\u00a0tweet on Monday (Feb 19) over a video in which he appeared to use a racial slur to address fans in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“To all our NBA fans in China and everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year, I want to sincerely apologise to anyone I may have offended,” the Philadelphia 76ers star said.<\/p>\n

“After a recent 76ers game, I was asked by the NBA and Tencent to record a video wishing our NBA fans in China a happy new year. I was glad to do it. I was intending to say ‘NBA Chinese fans’ but it sounded weird in my mind so I changed it mid-sentence to ‘NBA fans in China’. It came out the wrong way,” he continued.<\/p>\n

In the online video compilation of NBA players sending seasonal greetings to fans celebrating Chinese New Year, Redick appears to refer to fans in China using a pejorative racial term.<\/p>\n

The video was made by the Chinese media company Tencent and a reworked version of the video without Redick was released.<\/p>\n

However in Monday’s tweet he was\u00a0adamant that he had not intended to use the racial slur.<\/p>\n

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“At the time we recorded it, no one in the room – not Tencent, not the 76ers PR team and certainly not myself – heard the word that I purported<\/a> to say,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Had I known it sounded anything like that, I would have been mortified and recorded the greeting over again. That is not a word in my vocabulary but I now understand how it sounds on the video,” he said.<\/p>\n

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American-born Chinese basketball player Jeremy Lin on Monday tweeted in defence of Redick.<\/p>\n

Saying that he had spoken to Redick on the phone, the Brooklyn Nets player said he believed Redick.<\/p>\n

“I truly believe he didn’t say a racial slur and that he has a great deal of respect towards Chinese people,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Being Chinese is so important to me and I will do everything I can to work with the NBA to help continue to teach fans about the depth and beauty of Chinese culture<\/a> and the importance of China to basketball culture.”<\/p>\n

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Redick had responded to the controversy on Twitter in an earlier tweet, in which he blamed\u00a0a verbal slip for his use of the word.<\/p>\n

“Just saw a video that is being circulated of me wishing a happy new year to NBA fans in China,” Redick wrote.<\/p>\n

“Clearly I was tongue tied, as the word I purportedly said is not in my vocabulary. I’m disappointed that anyone would think I would use that word.<\/p>\n

“I love and respect our friends in China.”<\/p>\n

Redick joined the 76ers this season, the latest stop on a career that has included previous spells with the Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n

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