The anchor said that his colleagues were criticized by netizens for racial discrimination like orangutans
Recently, a white female anchor in the United States said to her black male colleagues' it looks a bit like you 'when reporting on the Zoo Gorilla. After being angered by netizens, the female anchor apologized to her colleagues in tears the next day.
According to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), the speechless woman's name is hauston. She is a female anchor of koco-tv news station in Oklahoma City.
On the 22nd, the news station was broadcasting pictures of gorillas in the local zoo. When a young gorilla appeared on the camera, Houston blurted out to his black colleague Hackett: 'it looks a bit like you'.
Houston's words triggered controversy in public opinion, and many netizens kept leaving messages attacking her as' racism '. Houston hurried out to put out the fire.
On the next day's program, Houston apologized to Hackett in tears: 'I said something inappropriate yesterday. It's very inappropriate. I hurt someone.'
Houston stroked Hackett's arm and said, 'I hope you all know that I apologize from the bottom of my heart for what I said. I know it's wrong. I'm very sorry. " She said that Hackett was her best friend in the past few years and would never do anything intentional harm.
Hackett immediately accepted her apology, but also admitted that these words "deeply hurt himself".
He patted Houston on the knee and said, 'I hope this is an education to let everyone know that the use of words is very important. There is no doubt about that. We must understand each other's different backgrounds and replace those hurtful words with love. "