A Denver sportswriter and his newspaper apologized late Sunday after he tweeted his discomfort with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend.
After Takuma Sato became the first driver from Japan to win the iconic race, Terry Frei of The Denver Post dispatched this missive:
The now-deleted tweet earned him plenty of backlash.
Here’s a sampling:
Frei issued a long-winded apology, linking his sentiments to a Sunday gravesite visit of his father, who flew missions over Japanese targets during World War II.
That didn’t go over well either. Users called him a “racist” and an “embarrassment” and also criticized the effectiveness of the apology.
His employer also sent out an apology.
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