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02-22-2016, 06:50 AM
Rob Thomas apologises after making racist joke about Aboriginal Australians
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It's been a humbling few days for American singer and Matchbox 20 frontman Rob Thomas, who apologised after making a racist joke about Aboriginal Australians at a concert.
Thomas was playing at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena in Australia as part of his "The Great Unk**wn World Tour" on Saturday, when in between songs he conversed with the audience.
See also: 15,000 Australians protest against Sydney's controversial nightlife laws (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/thousands-in-sydney-take-to-streets-to-protest-controversial-lockout-laws/)
"When you get on the plane on the way here, you start drinking," Thomas told the crowd in a video released by TMZ (http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/20/rob-thomas-black-austrailian-melbourne-video/). "And then I drink until I think I'm Australian."
"And then I keep drinking until I think I'm a black Australian," Thomas added, eliciting a mix of boos and reluctant laughter from the crowd. Thomas soon received plenty of heat for his remarks. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/rob-thomas-racist-joke/)
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It's been a humbling few days for American singer and Matchbox 20 frontman Rob Thomas, who apologised after making a racist joke about Aboriginal Australians at a concert.
Thomas was playing at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena in Australia as part of his "The Great Unk**wn World Tour" on Saturday, when in between songs he conversed with the audience.
See also: 15,000 Australians protest against Sydney's controversial nightlife laws (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/thousands-in-sydney-take-to-streets-to-protest-controversial-lockout-laws/)
"When you get on the plane on the way here, you start drinking," Thomas told the crowd in a video released by TMZ (http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/20/rob-thomas-black-austrailian-melbourne-video/). "And then I drink until I think I'm Australian."
"And then I keep drinking until I think I'm a black Australian," Thomas added, eliciting a mix of boos and reluctant laughter from the crowd. Thomas soon received plenty of heat for his remarks. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/rob-thomas-racist-joke/)
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