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Justin Bieber Apologizes for the 2nd racist slur quoting the bible!!!
Justin Bieber Apologizes for the 2nd racist slur quoting the bible!!!
With yet another video of Justin Bieber spouting racist slurs comes another apology, this time in the form of Scripture posted to the singer's Instagram page.
Part of the Scripture in the photo reads, "When your sins weigh heavily upon you, come to Me. Confess your wrongdoing, which I know all about before you say a word. Stay in the Light of My Presence, receiving forgiveness, cleansing and healing."
True to form, Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, is backing his friend, posting his own statement to Instagram. "Some mistakes have no excuses. They are just wrong. But how a man reacts to those mistakes... How he owns it and learns from it... That defines him more than the mistake itself," the passage reads.
True to form, Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, is backing his friend, posting his own statement to Instagram. "Some mistakes have no excuses. They are just wrong. But how a man reacts to those mistakes... How he owns it and learns from it... That defines him more than the mistake itself," the passage reads.
Braun isn't the only one backing the young star. Recently R&B singer Usher opened up to Nylon Guys magazine about how he's tried to help the Canadian-born star navigate his way through superstardom.
"I gave every bit of advice and always told him it was up to him if he really wanted this," Usher says. "Now that he has it, as an adult, it's his to manage," "The Voice" coach added saying, "Do I turn my head in shame based off of what I see, what I know? Nah, I don't because it's all part of life's process. And I am in it with him. Yeah."
Guiding The Biebs to 12 million in record sales, the 35-year-old "Good Kisser" singer says he's been less successful in keeping Justin out of trouble when he's not on stage.
"It's unfortunate," he says regarding Justin's laundry list of incidents. "I hate some of the things I hear. Is it all true? I don't know. But I will tell you this: Success comes with a price. Every person that has grown up, grows up with something. It ain't just perfect from the beginning."
Someone who you wouldn't expect to touch this topic with a ten foot pole, actor Russell Brand has come to the defense of Justin Bieber, making a statement about the pop star's recent racist video on YouTube.
"It was ages ago when he used to have THAT hair cut. You can't do him for stuff he [has] done when he had that haircut," Brand says. "Unless we are going to explicitly say the role of celebrities is we're going to make them really, really famous and then we're going to destroy them and rip them up in a public square with fish hooks, which, I'm not against but we might as well own up to it if that is what we're up to, otherwise just let him off. Of course it's wrong to say the 'N-word', but he's a child."
A New York City pastor, Carl Lentz has also spoken out about Justin's Scripture apology, tweeting:
"I hate to see peoples past mistakes cause pain in the present.. I'm proud of @justinbieber, the man he is/is becoming, despite old videos...AND Doesn't condone or excuse anything. But around here? We don't desert people when things get messy.. Have a great day!!"

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A few days ago, Justin Bieber issued a formal apology for telling a racist joke, calling it a "childish and inexcusable mistake." It was recently revealed that Bieber let fly a much worse racial slur 5 years ago, when he was just 14 years old.
Today the British Sun newspaper released more footage of a young Justin Bieber, smiling into the camera, singing a parody version of his song "One Less Lonely Girl", twisting the lyrics to replace "girl" with the n-word, as well as detailing joining the Ku Klux Klan and killing black people.
Justin and and his team claimed to TMZ that they wanted the video released so that he could own up to what he did. They explained that the video was meant to be a portrayal of a parody Justin came across online, in which a comedian parodied his song in a similar way. Justin decided to perform his own rendition.
TMZ were told that both Usher and Will Smith were aware of the videos at the time, and that Justin regretted it immediately. Usher reportedly took him into a room afterward to show him historically racist videos to drive the point home.
Justin has since apologized, saying, "I learned from my mistakes and grew up and apologized for those wrongs. Now that these mistakes from the past have become public I need to apologize again to all those I have offended. I'm very sorry," but, as we have learned with other public figures such as Rob Ford, apologies eventually lose their power of erasure.

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