SEE IT: Disney apologizes for 'inappropriate joke' in inner email

Jenny Goldsberry

October 06, 06:18 PM October 06, 06:18 PM

Disney issued an apology Monday over an "inappropriate joke" it integrated in its newsletter e-mail to workers.

Screenshots of a "Keep Linked" e mail showing up to be from Disney, as properly as a observe-up apology email, have been shared on Twitter Wednesday. The e-newsletter provided Disney's 19 Emmy wins throughout its ABC Information, Forex, Hulu, and Countrywide Geographic subsidiaries. This email also features a "dad jokes" section, which was the coronary heart of the controversy.

"My four yr-aged son has been studying Spanish all calendar year and he continue to are unable to say the term 'please.' Which I believe is poor for 4," the joke browse.

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"In present day Stay Connected e-newsletter, there was an inappropriate joke," Disney appeared to write in an emailed reply to the first electronic mail. "It was in no way our intention to marginalize a language or a young person's discovering skills, and we apologize to any person offended. We strike to keep a perception of belonging and uphold our belief in variety, fairness and inclusion within the firm. We will do greater."

"Disney Common Enjoyment compelled to apologize for...I am not seriously guaranteed what," reporter Karol Markowicz tweeted Wednesday. "Recall, you can hardly ever be woke adequate so it's generally far better not to consider."

The joke came all through National Hispanic Heritage Thirty day period, which Disney celebrates with a particular segment on its Disney+ streaming provider and various Hispanic decorations across its parks.