GMA Anchor Says Sorry for Racial Slur
/Good Morning America's Amy Robach says that she is sorry for making a racial slur on ABC's morning news program.
During a segment about Zendaya’s rumored role as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Robach said, “We all know Hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting white actors in what one might assume should be a role reserved for colored people.”
"Colored people"!
What the hell?!
Robach realeased a statement said she meant to use the more modern, accepted term “people of color,” and that the mix-up was “a mistake” that was “not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.”