NSACAR driver Denny Hamlin was ordered to complete sensitivity training after he posted an ‘anti-Asian’ meme on Twitter.
Hamlin trolled fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, whose mother is Japanese, with a video clip from “Family Guy” of an Asian woman getting into a car accident after cutting across lanes without looking.
Hamlin posted the meme to troll Larson over the crash he caused over the weekend during the Geico 500.
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WHAT A FINISH. RETWEET TO CONGRATULATE @RossChastain ON HIS WIN AT TALLADEGA! pic.twitter.com/Wz4onpm5es
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 24, 2022
Denny Hamlin was forced to apologize after offending people with the meme.
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.
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) April 26, 2022
Here is the now-deleted Asian meme Denny Hamlin tweeted:
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Here's the removed Denny Hamlin tweet https://t.co/XVuhfTNID4 pic.twitter.com/lFRfDJev6z
— That LEGACY Jones Fan (@thatjonesfan) April 26, 2022
Now Denny Hamlin has to undergo sensitivity training and he must begin the process by the end of the week.