On Tuesday, NASCAR ordered Denny Hamlin to begin sensitivity training this week after he posted an anti-Asian meme from the television comedy “Family Guy” on Twitter.
Hamlin was trying to make light of a crash fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Larson caused during the Geico 500 on Sunday, going to Twitter to share a “Family Guy” clip of an Asian woman getting in a car wreck and superimposing the Hendricks driver’s name over it.
Watch the video below:
WHAT A FINISH. RETWEET TO CONGRATULATE @RossChastain ON HIS WIN AT TALLADEGA! pic.twitter.com/Wz4onpm5es
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 24, 2022
Hamlin deleted the tweet Monday night and apologized, he wrote:
“I took down a post I made earlier today after reading some of the comments. It was a poor choice of memes and I saw how it was offensive. It came across totally wrong.”
I took down a post I made earlier today after reading some of the comments. It was a poor choice of memes and I saw how it was offensive. It came across totally wrong. I apologize.
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) April 26, 2022
Watch the now-deleted Asian meme of Denny Hamlin reposted by That Jones Fan on Twitter:
Here’s the removed Denny Hamlin tweet https://t.co/XVuhfTNID4 pic.twitter.com/lFRfDJev6z
— That Jones Fan (@heebygeebies) April 26, 2022
Now Denny Hamlin has to undergo sensitivity training and he must begin the process by the end of the week.
Denny Hamlin’s tweet with an Asian meme last night has resulted in a NASCAR order to complete sensitivity training. NASCAR says it has told Hamlin he must begin the process by the end of this week.
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) April 26, 2022
Worth noting — Hamlin and Larson are great friends … so it’s highly unlikely he meant any real harm before sharing the vid.
Source: TheGatewayPundit