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Comment Indiana resident Samuel Hendrickson may have titled his four-and-a-half minute video Why I'd Hate To Be Asian (Totally Not Racist),' but plenty of viewers thought it totally was. YouTube Indiana resident Samuel Hendrickson may have titled his four-and-a-half minute video Why I'd Hate To Be Asian (Totally Not Racist),' but plenty of viewers thought it totally was. He may have called his video "Totally Not Racist" -- but an Indiana student has sparked outrage with a clip where he ticks off his top ten reasons on why he'd hate to be Asian. Samuel Hendrickson has been blasted for his foul four-and-a-half-minute video where he calmly explains to viewers why he's glad he is Caucasian. He lists "looking alike," sweatshops, a hatred of sushi and "getting double chink eyes" when he gets high as his rationale. racist3_0308 YouTube The first 'totally not racist' reason Hendrickson said he's glad to be Caucasian: 'Most Asians look alike. I don't want to look like everyone else," he lists as his first point.
RELATED: DUKE FRAT SUSPENDED AFTER HOSTING ASIAN-THEMED PARTY "If I was an Asian man, chances are I'd probably be with an Asian woman and guess what: I don't find Asian women attractive. Indiana University has also moved to say he is not one of their students.
racist2_0308 YouTube Hendrickson followed his first quasi-apology with a more sincere mea culpa: 'I am honestly very, very sorry. I will take on your hate and words but I would like you to know, that I know what I was wrong.
Hendrickson was slammed by hundreds of social media users who labeled him a "moron," "ignorant" and "a loser." The video services removed the clip and replaced it with a note that said, "This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting hate speech."
tweet an apology which said: "Well, I'm hated by the entire Asian race apparently over a joke #bummer." And so he took to the site again to say: "I am honestly very, very sorry. I will take on your hate and words but I would like you to know, that I know what I was wrong.
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