Charlie Sheen faces backlash after racist Obama tweet

Charlie Sheen tweeted:

Barry Satera Kenya u won’t attend a soldier’s funeral uhkros da street that u kild yet u hav time 4 brackets? s a d c http://t.co/KM1in5MPio

— Charlie Sheen (@charliesheen) March 19, 2015

Barry Satera Kenya refers to Obama’s African heritage, as his father Barack Obama Sr came from Rachyuonyo District in Kenya even though Obama himself was born in Hawaii. The meaning of word “Satera” is still left unexplained.

His anger appeared to be fuelled by Obama’s appearance at the bracket on ESPN, an annual tradition during his presidency, instead of attending a soldier’s funeral.

The soldier’s funeral that Sheen refers to may be the funeral of a two-star general, Major General Harold Greene, who was killed in Afghanistan.

However, his accusation that the funeral had been ignored by the administration was incorrect since the ceremony was attended by the US Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel.

The tweet sparked an outburst from other Twitter users. One of the comments from a user who responded to Sheen’s tweet read, “He can’t attend every funeral, grow up.”

Others said that mentioning Kenya in his tweet was racist.