Sports reporter Lindsey OK has apologized “to anyone who may have been offended” by a series of racist tweets in 2010 and 2011 against Asians, Blacks and gays.
The tweets were uncovered and reported by Blacksports Online.
OK, who is a contributor on Ravenswire.com, took to Twitter to respond to the story and the subsequent outrage.
She said the tweets were “taken out of context” and do not “reflect my personality, my beliefs or the way I think and carry myself. I am truly sorry for anyone who may have been offended by those tweets.”
She acknowledges being dumb, young and unaware, but not racist or homophobic.
— lindsey ok (@lindseyyok) July 24, 2018
275 people liked her apology, but not everyone was buying it.
So what’s the explanation from Lindsey Ok gonna be? I’m going with, ” I was young and dumb, but I’ve changed and grown up.”
Somehow, when I was young and dumb, I avoided racial stereotypes or using the N word, but maybe that’s just me.#Baltimore #Ravens #NFL
— Mark (@Dust113010) July 23, 2018
Ain’t been on for a few days… coming back to see the Lindsey ok trick getting what she deserves makes my day! I gone round with her and she deserves everything coming get way. #Riseup #Falconstwitter #DirtyBirds ain’t to be messed with.
— DirtyBirds Boo (@SenoraNalgona) July 24, 2018
@lindseyyok Dear future employers of Lindsey Ok: She has a history of racism and homophobia directed at her coworkers. She made national news making racists comments as a reporter. The Internet Doesn’t Forget #MAGA https://t.co/Vr0AhNvsJC
— Housewives_OnAcid (@HouseWifeOnAcid) July 24, 2018
Some on Twitter called on Raven Wire to fire her. Others said she has already been fired.
As of right now Lindsey Ok has taken https://t.co/PQPyWNfkrN off her official Twitter Bio. They have not made an official comment. From what I can see she’s only written 5 posts ever, so she may have been overstating her importance to their operation https://t.co/6QCkkHUkdL pic.twitter.com/gzHxG8BziS
— Robert Littal (@BSO) July 24, 2018
Her tweets made stereotypical jokes about Asians and used racial slurs against Blacks and gays. In one tweet uncovered by Raw Story,one post read “Help Me There’s Asians Everywhere.”
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RE: Sports Reporter Apologizes for Racist Tweet: The standard non apology of the unrepentant. They’re sorry you have a problem not that they did something wrong.