A man who resigned from a college advisory board in Pennsylvania after being caught on video hurling racist slurs recently apologized for the remarks, drawing reactions from local leaders and community members.
Jonathan Spanos, a restaurateur in York, Pennsylvania, issued a public apology after a video surfaced on X showing him shouting the N-word and admitting he’s a racist during a confrontation with another person.
In the 40-second clip, Spanos can be heard yelling, “Your half n— brother,” multiple times and saying, “I am a racist.”
During a press conference last week, Spanos said that after the video caught the attention of the local community, a “small group of pastors and leaders reached out” to challenge and correct him. He said that leaders of the Black Ministers Association, NAACP of York County, and the Confronting Racism Coalition reached out to offer him guidance.
Spanos explained that the video caught him in the middle of a heated family confrontation in which he “intentionally used the most ugly language” to “lash out in anger.”