Justin Bieber Gives an Apology After Video of His Racist Joke is Released!

Justin Bieber has apologized following the release of a video featuring him telling a racist joke when he was 15-years-old.

“As a young man, I didn’t understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt,” the 20-year-old singer posted in a statement on Twitter.

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Justin continued to say, “I thought it was ok to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn’t realize at the time that it wasn’t funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance. I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake. I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again.”