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Carlton Davis Tweets Anti-Asian Slur, Says He Didn’t Know ‘Connotation’ – HuffPost
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback played defense in his apology.
Carlton Davis went from Super Bowl champion to another sports figure accused of racism on Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback issued a tweet containing an anti-Asian slur, seen in full in the tweet below.
So Carlton Davis thought gooks meant lame?! pic.twitter.com/N4ZBNAsbiY
— Ren (@gswcowboy) April 5, 2021
Davis apologized in later tweets, claiming he used the word as a south Florida put-down for lame, referencing a 2017 entry in an unofficial online slang dictionary.
I did not realize…
