Whitey Ford
08-25-2018, 11:30 PM
Losing sponsorship cuz yr dad said "nigger" 30 years ago! Wow. (https://www.theindychannel.com/sports/indianapolis-500/nascar-xfinity-driver-conor-daly-loses-sponsorship-over-remark-his-father-made-over-30-years-ago)
Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly’s No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver’s father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
In a statement, Daly said he admitted to using a racial slur for African-Americans during a radio interview in the early 1980s. Daly, who had just moved to the United States then, said the term had a different meaning and connotation in his native Ireland.
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, wasn’t born when his father made the comment.
Wasn't even born when his dad said nigger, still loses sponsorship. Our society truly has lost its way.
Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly’s No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver’s father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
In a statement, Daly said he admitted to using a racial slur for African-Americans during a radio interview in the early 1980s. Daly, who had just moved to the United States then, said the term had a different meaning and connotation in his native Ireland.
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, wasn’t born when his father made the comment.
Wasn't even born when his dad said nigger, still loses sponsorship. Our society truly has lost its way.