Many parents call their children ape, but that does not mean that they say it in a racist way: Esha Gupta

New Delhi: After suffering a backlash on social media for making racist remarks against Nigerian footballer Alexander Iwobi, Bollywood actress, Esha Gupta, acknowledged that she had wrong not to understand the suspicion of racism. She says that it will no longer be acceptable to be described as racist because she is no longer.

When asked if she felt wrongly taken, Esha told IANS in a phone interview: "Wrongly accused, what I say from the beginning." You talk in groups, you discuss 20 other things, but concerning the game Of course, we are discussing the game We are all fans of Arsenal People said: "Oh, she laughs", but they do not even know What I'm laughing at.

"I've clearly mentioned in chat that" Oh! it should be put on the bench "… People do not understand words like" gorilla "and" monkey "in India, we do not even know it means something racist … I know so many parents who call their children " Bandar lag raha hai yaar " (resembling a monkey) .This does not mean that they say in a low voice. "
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On January 28th, social media was evoked as a snapshot of a conversation on WhatsApp that Esha Gupta told about her Instagram stories and who compared Iwobi to a gorilla.
In the conversation, a friend from Esha called Iwobi a "Gorilla" and said that "the evolution was stopped for him". He even said that the footballer had not gone from "Neanderthal man". Esha laughed and said, "Haha … I do not know why they do not put him on the bench anymore."

The actress added: "I accepted the error, it is certain that I did not understand the subtext of racism. my fault and apologize, people apologized on Twitter, they do not give you time to explain … "

Esha said she knew it was a sensitive topic for people. and for them she is sorry.

"But most of them are trollers.They come to realize that she is at a low moment, so" Let's do everything they have to do ". I do not think I would be okay to be accused of being a racist in my life and I am not, "she added. After the incident, the actress wrote a letter of apology to Iwobi and the Arsenal football club.

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