Mexican actor apologizes for racial slur against ‘Roma’ actress
CITY (Reuters) — A Mexican soap opera star on Friday apologized for using a racial slur to describe actress Yalitza Aparicio, whose performance in the critically acclaimed film ‘Roma” made her the first indigenous woman to be nominated for a best actress Oscar.
Video footage surfaced on Twitter on Friday in which actor Sergio Goyri, 60, can be heard criticizing the film community for nominating “a fucking Indian who says, ‘Yes, Ma’am; no, Ma’am.’”
Aparicio, a 25-year-old from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, played a domestic worker in director Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” which received 10 Oscar nominations, including a nod for best actress for Aparicio.
Later on Friday, Goyri posted a video on social media site Instagram apologizing for his remarks.