Tag: apologizes

Lyft passenger apologizes for racist rant over wearing mask

November 20, 2020
The Lyft rider from a caught-on-video racist rant against his driver — who’d asked him to wear a mask in the car — would like everyone to know he was drunk at the time and that he’s now very sorry. Both he and his wife have lost their jobs since video of his ugly rant

Amanpour apologizes for comparing Trump presidency to Kristallnacht

November 17, 2020
CNN International anchor Christiane Amanpour has apologized for comparing President Trump’s four years in office to Kristallnacht after drawing condemnation in both the US and Israel. The veteran correspondent told her viewers Monday that she regrets any pain her remarks caused. “And finally tonight, a comment on my program at the end of last week.

National Museum of African American History apologizes for chart listing attributes of ‘whiteness’ after criticism from Donald Trump Jr and the conservative media

July 18, 2020
The National Museum Of African American History & Culture on January 11, 2020 in Washington, DC.Jared Siskin/Getty ImagesThe National Museum for African American History and Culture removed a chart listing “whiteness” attributes after receiving criticism from Donald Trump Jr and conservative media.The chart listed “hard work,” “respecting authority,” and “objective, rational linear thinking” as some

Transit System Chief Apologizes to Black Rider Detained for Eating a Breakfast Sandwich

November 20, 2019
(SAN FRANCISCO) — The head of a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train system apologized to a black rider who was detained and cited by police for eating a breakfast sandwich on a train platform after an outcry from people who assailed enforcement of a no-food rule as racist. More than two dozen people staged…