Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
This just came on my Dutch news site and i am linking the NY Times here.
What Conor Daly (The racing son, who's affected by this) says:
Derek Daly has expressed his apologies:
More at the link.
So basically this diabetic race driver is given the boot on support by Lily Diabetes because of a slur made by his dad 30 years ago and he has not ushered this phrase since.
EDIT: I am only referring to the NY Times link. It may very well be that there is additional information that shifts the onus of wat to the father or the racing son instead. If such information is available, please tag me and ill adjust the thread accordingly.
EDIT 2:
Some context as to what Derek Daly said in the 80's by his own admission.
Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly’s No. 6 car in the Nascar Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racial slur made by the driver’s father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
“Unfortunately, the comments that surfaced this week by Derek Daly distract from this focus, so we have made the decision that Lilly Diabetes will no longer run the No. 6 at Road America this weekend,” Lilly said.
What Conor Daly (The racing son, who's affected by this) says:
Derek Daly has expressed his apologies:
Daly said he was “mortified’” when he learned how the term was used in the United States and has never used it since then. Conor Daly, 26, was notborn when his father made the comment.
“Finally, I want everyone to know I deeply regret and sincerely apologize for what I said more than three decades ago,” Daly said in his statement.
More at the link.
So basically this diabetic race driver is given the boot on support by Lily Diabetes because of a slur made by his dad 30 years ago and he has not ushered this phrase since.
EDIT: I am only referring to the NY Times link. It may very well be that there is additional information that shifts the onus of wat to the father or the racing son instead. If such information is available, please tag me and ill adjust the thread accordingly.
EDIT 2:
Some context as to what Derek Daly said in the 80's by his own admission.
“In the early 80’s, after I had recently relocated to the United States, I was interviewed by radio reporter Larry Henry and I was asked about my situation with my new American team,” Daly said in an email to IBJ, which appears in its entirety at the end of this story. “I responded by explaining that I was a foreign driver now in America, driving for an American team, with an American crew, and with an American sponsor—and that if things did not go well, the only 'n***** in the wood pile' would be me.
“At the time, I meant that I, as the new foreigner on the team, would shoulder the blame and I would be the scapegoat. This was not in any way shape or form meant to be a racial slur. This phrase was commonly used in Ireland, Britain, and Australia. When I used that phrase in the early 80’s, I had no idea that in this country that phrase had a horribly different meaning and connotation, as it was commonplace in Ireland.”
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