Japanese public broadcaster NHK apologised and deleted from its Twitter account on Tuesday an animated video aimed at explaining the background behind U.S. protests for police reform but which sparked online outrage for its depiction of African Americans.
FILE PHOTO: Women gesture during a protest outside of City Hall against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon
But it made no mention of police brutality or the death of George Floyd, a black man who died on May 25 after being pinned by the neck for nine minutes by a white officer’s knee, which sparked the latest protests. “While we understand @NHK’s intent to address complex racial issues in the United States, it’s unfortunate that more thought and care didn’t go into this video,” the interim head of the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, Joseph M. Young, said on Twitter. “The caricatures used are offensive and insensitive.”
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