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“After hours of reflection, I would like to apologize for the racist, inappropriate and, most importantly, offensive meme I posted yesterday. Although at the time I wasn’t really thinking about the racist implications, I should have been. As soon as I realized, I removed it (in a few minutes.) It is not an excuse for not living in Romania, I should have investigated more carefully and realized that it was not fun, especially before distributing it on a public platform.
There is no excuse. I will do better in the future, I will learn from it. I know that some may not accept these excuses or believe what they say and their right is. I know there are no magic words to repair the pain I caused. “, writes Vladimir Tismăneanu on the Facebook page, the message is published in English.
We remind you that in Vladimir Tismaneanu he promoted on his Facebook page a racist photo sent by Denisa Comănescu, director of the Humanitas Fiction Editorial. The photograph depicted a group of cori on a fence, with the text: Țăndărei Airport. All flights were canceled.
The harsh reaction of the president of the Council to Combat Discrimination has made this racist slippage go unnoticed.
“In the unlikely situation, when we receive no complaints on Monday, the CNCD will initiate the self-evaluation procedure in the case of Vladimir Tismaneanu.” In parallel, we will forward the case to the University of Maryland in the United States, where Mr. Tismaneanu is a professor. We will ask the University of Maryland to comment on the message published by its teaching staff, in relation to the principles of ethics and non-discrimination that apply in their organizational and academic culture, ”Asztalos Csaba, president of CNCD, wrote on Facebook.
In his published message, Vladimir Tismaneanu also said, rather strangely, that he appreciates the photo above as a joke:
Having said that, I declare my willingness to work with those who work in the Roma community on the issue of hatred, intolerance and intolerance. I also understand that no one owes me a debt in this regard.
And, as I said, I will learn from this mistake and I hope that my reaction has shown others that jokes like this are not funny and hurt many.
As for me, I intend to continue spending my Easter reflecting. On Monday I return to my usual activities. I thank those who wrote to defend my reputation, as well as those who were critics in good faith. “Vladimir Tismaneanu concluded.
