“Feeling as though race was not real and it didn’t matter, he tweeted the word “nigga” on a few occasions just as many Africans in America do on a daily basis. But he was acting black while white so he was called a racist and might not get a job. Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white”.–Peter H.
Zach Houchins (above) says he is not a racist, nervous about future with the Nationals By Adam Kilgore
Nationals draft choice Zach Houchins apologized for the offensive statements he made on his since-deleted Twitter and admitted he is nervous they will affect his future with the Nationals, he told the Post in a telephone interview this morning.
Houchins, 18, said felt remorse for making the statements he made on Twitter, which included racial epithets, objectionable references to women and homophobic slurs, and understood why they had provoked anger. But he also defended himself as someone who is not racist, who has lived with a black roommate for the past four years and said he commonly a racial epithet used to depict black people among black friends in casual, friendly conversation.