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Isaiah Washington STILL Refuses To Shut Up

Weeks have passed since Isaiah Washington was fired from Grey’s Anatomy, but the actor has been on the defensive ever since, and now attributes the dismissal to racism.

Now that Isaiah Washington has been fired from Grey’s Anatomy, he wants to set the record straight about his so-called trip to rehab.

“There is no rehab for homophobia – that was just some crap being put out by the network,” Washington, 43, tells Newsweek of the treatment he received after using a homophobic slur during an argument with Grey’s costar Patrick Dempsey.

“I went into an executive counseling program which many people in this industry know about and go to. They knew what the program was but chose to call it what they wanted to fit their agenda. And more importantly, I volunteered for it because I wanted to understand my fight with Patrick and how it got out of hand like that.”

Washington says he even paid half the fee for his treatment, and adds: “I thought [ABC] sending me meant they actually wanted me to succeed and come out on the other end.” The network declined to comment for the story.

The actor also describes race as a factor in his downfall. During his fight with Dempsey, he says, “Someone heard the booming voice of a black man and got really scared and that was the beginning of the end for me.”

On his subsequent firing: “I apologized and showed my remorse for what I said and for the pain I caused anyone. If a black man can’t get forgiveness in this country, when so many other people like Robert Downey Jr. and the governor of California get second and third chances … I think that says a lot about race and this country where we stand.“

Later in the article, he says: “It didn’t help me on the set that I was a black man who wasn’t a mush-mouth Negro walking around with his head in his hands all the time. ? I had a person in human resources tell me after this thing played out that ’some people’ were afraid of me around the studio. I asked her why, because I’m a 6′1″ black man with dark skin and who doesn’t go around saying ‘Yessah, massa sir’ and ‘No sir, massa’ to everyone?’‘

I don’t deny that racism is still as ugly and as prevalent as ever in America. At the same time, though, Isaiah Washington is just kind of a dick. I’m not entirely sure what Arnold Schwarzenegger has to do with anything, but I do know that Marion Barry got reelected, and I don’t think he was running around acting like a caricature from an old minstrel show. And Robert Downey Jr. got fired from Ally McBeal because of drugs. But why should something like facts or truth make a difference, right Isaiah? Rock on with your bad self!

Source: People

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