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Justin Bieber Issues Apology After Telling Racist Joke

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The past is coming back to haunt Justin Bieber. Over the weekend, The Sun posted a video of the now 20-year-old when he was 14, telling a racist joke and using the N-word on camera.

Following the video’s release, the singer took to Twitter to issue an apology for his actions. “As a kid, I didn’t understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt,” he wrote. “I thought it was ok to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn’t realize at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance.”

“Thanks to my friends and family I learned from my mistakes and grew up and apologized for those wrongs,” he continued. “Now that these mistakes from the past have become public I need to apologize again to all those I have offended. I’m very sorry. I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake. I was kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and not to make that mistake again.”

“Ignorance has no place in our society and I hope the sharing of my faults can prevent others from making the same mistake in the future,” he concluded. “I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say but telling the truth it always what’s right. Five years ago I made a reckless and immature mistake and I’m grateful to those close to me who helped me learn those lessons as a young man. Once again…I’m sorry.”

The video leak is just another item in a long list of controversial offenses committed by the Biebs. In January, he was arrested for DUI, and he’s been in a long-lasting feud with his neighbors over an egg-throwing incident.

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