May 12, 2022
Volume 52 - No. 19
By Friedrich Gomez
HONEST MISTAKES IN SPEAKING ARE NO LONGER TOLERATED “Good Morning America” co-anchor, Amy Robach, had to apologise for using the term “colored people,” instead of “people of color,” in a past newscast.
A subtle and honest mistake that many of us, including myself, could have, unintentionally, made.
And yet, the vociferous and unforgiving outcry, brought newscaster, The Paper - 760.747.7119
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Amy Robach, humbly, and ignominiously, to her professional knees.
Robach openly stated that she had no idea that she had even breached political correctness and its “play book,” which all Americans must now adhere to, or else suffer the severe consequences, including loss of employment.
Robach was arbitrarily branded as a racist, despite the fact that she had no clue at the time that she was being racially offensive.
In her humble and sincere apology, Robach released the following official statement: “This morning during a segment about Hollywood casting, I mistakenly said ‘colored people’ instead of ‘people of color.’ I sincerely apologize. It was a mistake and is not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.” Ironically, in her newscast, Amy Robach was, in fact, championing minority rights. In her condemned broadcast, she
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had also originally stated: “Now we all know Hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting White actors in what one might assume should be a role reserved for colored people.” And yet, that portion of her condemned report, in which Robach called attention to minority rights in the ABC TV morning show was, in the minds of many observers . . . conveniently overlooked, and did not take into account her honest and good intentions.