*“Good Morning America” correspondent Amy Robach took things back to the 50s this morning when she used the racial term “colored people” to describe non-whites.
During a segment about Zendaya’s role as Mary Jane in the upcoming “Spider-Man” reboot, 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.”
Watch below:
@GMA Please let Amy know many people find the phrase “colored people” highly offensive ? #ZendayaWillSlayAsMaryJane pic.twitter.com/8zZ72tuWmB
— ZsaVette Ellis-Frye (@ZsaZsa_ATL) August 22, 2016
@ZsaZsa_ATL Now I have to stop watching @GMA SMH
— Raven Carter (@talktoraven) August 22, 2016
@ZsaZsa_ATL @GMA The lilly white world has no clue and sad to say nor do they care they just speak out of ignorance.
— Roy G (@MCRuelas) August 22, 2016
Once the backlash hit, Robach issued an immediate apology, telling the Associated Press that she meant to use the term “people of color.”
She called the incident “a mistake” and said it’s “not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.”
