Sunday, 19 January 2014

Madonna Apologizes for Racial Slur




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NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna is apologizing for using a racial slur to refer to her white son on Instagram.


On Friday night, she posted a picture of her 13-year-old son Rocco boxing and used a hashtag that contained a variation of the n-word.


When fans objected, she defiantly called them haters, but in a statement to The Associated Press on Saturday she was contrite, saying: "Forgive me."


Madonna said she is not a racist and she did not mean to use the word as a slur but knows there is no way to defend its use. She said she used it as a term of endearment.


She said she apologizes if it gave the wrong impression.


Besides Rocco, Madonna has three other children, including two black children adopted from the African nation Malawi.






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