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Mel Gibson sees backlash over race remarks
Many doubt Gibson's career would survive this scandal,after several other anti-semitic and racist diatribes.
Hollywood superstar Mel Gibson is facing a major backlash after tapes,where he uses a racial slur against African Americans,were made public.
The Academy Award winning actor who is in a court battle with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva over allegations of domestic violence,used the racist word during a argument with the Russian musician. The Brave Heart actor launched a tirade against the mother of his eight-month-old love child,claimed the website Radar online which has obtained the audio tapes.
In one jaw-dropping outburst,Gibson,54,is allegedly heard telling Grigorieva that the way she is dressed will get her “raped” as she looks like a “pig in heat.”
The actor who was arrested in 2006 for DUI after he hurled racist obscenities at police officers,uses a racial word to describe African-Americans in the tape,telling Grigorieva that she will be “raped” by a “pack” of black men.
While his career has so far managed to bounce back from controversies,there is speculation that his professional life will not be able to endure yet another racist scandal,reported Daily Mail online. “Mel Gibson’s outburst demonstrates once again that we are far from a society that is beyond race and racism. His penchants for anti-Semitic and racist diatribes reveal the actor’s fundamental character flaw. He needs help,” civil rights activist and Baptist minister Reverend Jackson said.
A spokesperson for America’s National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People said,”An apology is insufficient given his history of racism,sexism and anti-Semitism. No amount of words will change his image as an out of date and out of control racist.”




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