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Title: Insanity: NASCAR driver Conor Daly loses sponsorship because his father used the “N word” in an interview – before Conor was born
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URL Source: https://www.blacklistednews.com/art ... her-used-the-n-word-in-an.html
Published: Aug 27, 2018
Author: Daily Mail
Post Date: 2018-08-28 09:34:13 by Deckard
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Views: 379
Comments: 3
From Daily Mail: NASCAR Xfinity driver Conor Daly has lost one of his sponsors because of a racial slur made by his racing driver father in the 1980s before he was even born. Lilly Diabetes said in a statement on Friday that it was pulling sponsorship of Conor’s No.6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing the racially insensitive remark made by his father Derek Daly that surfaced this week. The company said in a statement that its sponsorship was intended to raise awareness for treatment options and resources for people living with diabetes. ‘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. Primarily an IndyCar driver, Conor will make his NASCAR debut at the rural Wisconsin road course on Saturday with Roush Fenway Racing. ‘The last (24 hours) have been quite an unnecessarily difficult ride for my family. There is A LOT I want to say… but I’m still here and still racing,’ Conor wrote on Twitter on Friday night. He found himself caught up in controversy this week after his father Derek and Indianapolis Colts radio voice Bob Lamey both admitted to using the N-word. The elder Daly, who is a former Indy 500 and Formula One driver, was fired from his job as a WISH-TV racing analyst this week following the news that he had used the N-word in an interview 30 years ago. It resurfaced after longtime Indianapolis Colts radio voice Bob Lamey used the word during a training camp last week as he retold the story of Derek’s radio interview from the 1980s. Lamey abruptly retired in the wake of the comments. In a statement, Derek said he admitted to using the slur during the interview. Derek, who had just moved to the US at the time, said the term had a different meaning and connotation in his native Ireland. He said he was ‘mortified’ when he learned how the term was used in America and has never used it since then. His 26-year-old son wasn’t born when he made the comment. ‘Finally, I want everyone to know I deeply regret and sincerely apologize for what I said more than three decades ago,’ the elder Daly said in his statement. Lilly Diabetes is still sponsoring the RFR-owned cars of drivers Ty Majeski and Ryan Reed at Road America. ‘We remain committed to our mission of supporting people with diabetes,’ Lilly said. Conor thanked Roush Fenway and Twitter followers for their support in the wake of the controversy. He also thanked his former sponsor. ‘Lilly Diabetes has been a big part of my career and I’m very thankful,’ Conor wrote.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Insane.
Orwellian.
If a wall is massive enough and well guarded enough to keep them out, it is also massive enough and well guarded enough to keep you in.
I think it's beyond Orwellian because he's not even being punished for anything he did, or even believes. To hold a child responsible for what his father did .... or no, not *did*, but simply said eons ago is actually more of a religious or racial bigotry in of itself. Racial discrimination is when you treat a person differently because of his skin color, and the idea behind that is that none of us has a choice in what race we are. Well, this guy didn't have a choice about who his parents are, but they are punishing him because of his family origins. What they've done against this guy is every bit the same discrimination that the PC world rails against. It's beyond Orwellian. It's hypocrisy.
#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)
Insane.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
Orwellian.
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