{"id":1456790,"date":"2022-04-28T12:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456790"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:44:49","slug":"nascar-driver-ordered-to-attend-sensitivity-training-after-posting-offensive-family-guy-clip-mocking-asian-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-ordered-to-attend-sensitivity-training-after-posting-offensive-family-guy-clip-mocking-asian-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Driver Ordered To Attend Sensitivity Training After Posting \u2018Offensive\u2019 \u2018Family Guy\u2019 Clip Mocking Asian Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-driver-ordered-to-attend-sensitivity-training-after-posting-offensive-family-guy-clip-mocking-asian-drivers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456790&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1393177352.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>NASCAR has ordered driver Denny Hamlin to attend sensitivity training after the driver posted a video to Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a now-deleted tweet, Hamlin posted a \u201cFamily Guy\u201d clip, which depicts an Asian woman cutting across multiple lanes without putting on her turn signal. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nascar\/news\/nascar-mandates-denny-hamlin-take-sensitivity-training-over-racially-insensitive-tweet-about-kyle-larson\/\">CBS Sports<\/a>, the tweet was intended to make fun of NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, who caused a crash at last weekend\u2019s race at Talladega Speedway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Larson, who is half-Japanese, caused Kurt Busch and Bubba Wallace to crash at the end of the race after attempting to pass the race leader on the final lap. Busch and Wallace both race for <\/span><span>23XI, which is co-owned by Hamlin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hamlin deleted the initial tweet and apologized on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI took down a post I made earlier today after reading some of the comments,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cIt was a poor choice of memes and I saw how it was offensive. It came across totally wrong. I apologize.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I took down a post I made earlier today after reading some of the comments. It was a poor choice of memes and I saw how it was offensive. It came across totally wrong. I apologize.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dennyhamlin\/status\/1518799403968090112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, NASCAR <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2022\/04\/26\/cup-series-2022-denny-hamlin-sensitivity-training\/\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> that Hamlin must begin his sensitivity training by the end of the week. NASCAR\u2019s rulebook prohibits posts such as Hamlin\u2019s on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNASCAR members shall not make or cause to be made a public statement and\/or communication that criticizes, ridicules, or otherwise disparages another person based upon that person\u2019s race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, or handicapping situation,\u201d NASCAR <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobpockrass\/status\/1519025343855841282?s=20&#038;t=HXn1SEvTh6_zElDduRcl3g\"><span>states<\/span><\/a><span> in its rulebook.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last November, NASCAR driver Kyle Busch was required to attend sensitivity training after using the R-word in a post race interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At a November NASCAR Cup playoff race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, Busch was bumped by Brad Keselowski, angering Busch in his post-race interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell, he drills my a** coming out of [turn] four for no reason,\u201d Busch <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nascar-driver-kyle-busch-to-attend-sensitivity-training-after-using-r-word-in-interview\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the race. \u201cI mean, where was he going? What was he going to do? Spin me out? He was trying to do a [Kevin] Harvick is what he was trying to do. For what? For second place? To do what? He wasn\u2019t going to transfer through with that. It\u2019s freaking r*******, man. So stupid. I don\u2019t understand these guys. I should beat the s*** out of him right now is what I should do. But that doesn\u2019t do me any good either.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Busch apologized for his choice of words, and was required by NASCAR to attend sensitivity training prior to the start of the 2022 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNASCAR officials will require Kyle Busch to take sensitivity training before the start of the 2022 season following offensive comments made after Sunday\u2019s Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway,\u201d NASCAR <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2021\/11\/01\/nascar-requires-kyle-busch-to-take-sensitivity-training\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in a statement.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cThe two-time series champion used a term that disparages those with intellectual disabilities when describing an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/video\/franchise\/nascar-cup-race-recap\/race-rewind-bowman-bests-the-field-secures-grandfather-clock-at-martinsville\/\"><span>on-track incident<\/span><\/a><span> with Brad Keselowski. Both drivers were eliminated from title contention ahead of the Phoenix Raceway finale.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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