GMA' Host Apologizes For Actually Saying 'Colored People' In 2016

Good Morning America host Amy Robach has made an apology for her recent foot-in-mouth moment on air.The talkshow host came under fire Monday, after she reported a story about Zendaya in which she used the term colored people. Robach said:We all know Hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting white actors in what one might assume should be a role reserved for colored people.After the broadcast, social media users on Twitter criticized Robach for her choice of words:#amyrobach says "coloured people" live on air and literally no1 in the room even batts an eye. How interesting. https://t.co/fbnPswdq5Z CaMARVINS BathROOM (@TheBabyMambas) August 22, 2016 @Csampson71 @arobach - Wow!!! Really! @GMA - COLORED PEOPLE'' Well... Good Morning America Orsayor (@Orsayor) August 22, 2016 In a statement issued on Monday afternoon, Robach clarified that she had mistakenly said colored people when she really meant to say people of color.I sincerely apologize, Robach added. It was a mistake and is not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.Robach made what seems to be an honest mistake, but its one that definitely needed a correction. In the past, colored people was an accepted term used by white and black people alike (the CP in NAACP stands for Colored People). Today, however, in addition to negro and Afro-American, it is considered an outdated term which offends many black people.So, to anyone still using colored to refer to black people in 2016: do better. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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