UPDATED (May 17, 2015)
With the hope of clearing his name from the racist remarks posted on social media, Craig Thompson finally broke his silence and issued a letter of apology addressed to the Filipino community on Saturday night.
In a response to PinoyThaiyo through his personal Facebook account, Thompson denied any knowledge about the racist ad discriminating Filipinos. He stressed that it was not him who posted those bigotry and disparaging remarks on BANGKOK EXPATS Facebook group.
“Hi Jezreel, Yes it was not me posting these comments! I have tried to explain but NO ONE is listening!”
On Thursday evening, aghast expats of different nationalities came to the defense of Filipino teacher applicants in Thailand following a racist advertisement posted on social media.
However, Thompson denied any involvement to the said advertisement saying that his mobile phone and wallet were actually stolen last Thursday evening when he went out together with his friends and fiancee.
“This is what happened. I was out with my friends and my fiance on Thursday evening. We had a couple of drinks and we left to go out side. I smoke so we went and when we got back the group of people sitting next to us had already left.”
Thompson added that he already reported the incident to the police. However, when PinoyThaiyo asked about the police report, he did not give any answer as of the writing of this post.
“I reported this to the police and left it as it was and tried to enjoy the rest of our night together.”
He also shrugged off insinuations that he is a racist by saying he is engaged to an Asian woman. According to Thompson, he is about to marry his Thai fiancee. Most of the comments tagged him “racist” and many left negative reviews to his Facebook pages (Go Teach Thailand TEFL and Study Inc.). He further explained that he set up his business to help other people and not to bring anyone down.
“People are calling me racist.! How is this even possible if my fiance is Asian…. It doesnt even make sense! I started this business to help people, I did not do this business to run people down! that certainly would not be good for business….”
Thompson also revealed how he fears for his and his family’s lives as he already received 280 death threats since the post became a trending topic on social media. He retorted how he sent numerous messages saying sorry and explaining himself but nobody listened to him. He was even blocked to different Facebook groups.
“Its not fare and its cruel! Why would i as a person say such cruel and harsh things! I have gotten over 280 death threats from this!”
He also appealed to netizens to stop posting and sharing his pictures online as it has already put his entire family at risk.
“Please remember that myself and my family are walking the streets with people who don’t know the full facts. People have posted my face and my fiances face all over the net, and this has put both me and my family at risk.”
Below is the letter of apology which Thompson sent through PinoyThaiyo.
I would like to send my deepest apology to the Filipino community. These posts were not made by myself at all and i feel deeply that this has happened to you and me. These racist comments should not be tolerated. I myself have a fiance that is Thai, So I know i am not racist. Be that as it may, I still feel that those posts were not acceptable. I have many Filipino friends and everyone knows me, that I am a warm and a honest person. I do feel this was act against me, maybe even someone wanted this to happen and maliciously attacked me in this manner. I truly hope you all can understand and accept my deepest apologies.
With all of this Myself and my family have been recieving death threats from readers and by sharing the posts I feel I have been unfairly judged without the facts. The fact is nobody has contacted me to ask why you posted these things, but instead they just accepted these things as facts. I’m not asking for special treatment, but only to be judged by the full facts. Not just one sided.
Please remember that myself and my family are walking the streets with people who don’t know the full facts. People have posted my face and my fiances face all over the net, and this has put both me and my family at risk.
Again I would like to send out my deepest appologizes. I hope you all can understand where I am coming from and that I understand how you all feel.
Thank you for taking the time to read my side of the story. God Bless
Kind Regards
Craig Thompson
This is bullshit. I’m not buying the stupid excuse. I hope Pinoy Thaiyo would not not fall for his version of the “truth”.
Yeah let the hate flow thru you stupid Peenoise. That’s a much better mentality.
I do believe him. His account was totally hacked.
Account hacked? – definitely NOT TRUE!
Brain hacked perhaps or demon possessed!
He doesn’t have any idea that his Facebook account was hacked? Oh c’mon that was a lame excuse! Nobody contacted him? He’s running an agency for sure that most of the time he’s facing his computer it’s really impossible that he won’t see these things! I’ll will not buy these excuses from him!
There was time to shut down his organisation’s Facebook page, but they couldn’t find the time to clear his name and air his side of the story.
assuming that he was hacked, he is still responsible for securing his account. our company requires that we should lock our computers when not in use, not to share our account info and to run a security software to protect us from identity theft. failure to do so means that we are accountable for any private information we share and can be sanctioned ranging from disciplinary, suspension, dismissal and/or filing of administrative/legal action.
Pitiful grammar…. can’t believe this guy works at a language school anyway.
If only his apology were more grammatically precise than the original post and subsequent comments, it would have been more believable. I’d say it was the beers talking that night.
I like native speakers complaining about a non-native speaker’s grammar and English… How many other languages do you speak you fucking cunt? You should respect non-natives that they learn the world language almost perfectly to teach young kids (who DON’T care about difficult grammar problems anyway) and speak at least 2 languages fluently. Unlike you, why bother learning another language if I already speak the world language? Such loser mentality, get a life and respect other’s language skills. I would like you to hear speaking fluent French/German/Finnish or any other language on the level of being able to teach it. And you know what? Americans and other ‘native’ speakers DO make more mistakes in their everyday life because they are lazy to learn their own language. Of course you’re now going to write a sentence without any mistakes to look like a fag. Truth must be spoken.
Of course, you’ll resort to name calling and obscenities to get your point across. But I’ll humor you anyway. Seems like you missed my point. I wasn’t merely commenting on his grammar, or lack thereof, per se. I was pointing out that the original post and his apology statement had a similarity, and it would have been easier to believe that a different person actually made the original post if the apology statement were properly worded than it was.
No, I am not a native English speaker. I am very much fluent in my native tongue and one other and yes I could teach them to anyone interested. I do know how difficult English is and make an effort not to butcher it if I can help it. With that said, I do have respect for people who can speak more than just one language much more than you do for people on the internet. Of course, it’s very easy to be aggressive on the internet but I refuse to be like you.
Fuckin p noid!!! Tryna survive thailand???. U brokeass dogs and nannys. Ur lucky u havent met classic
Bad thai motherfuvking cunt like me. I skin out p noid family members like Hitler did to jews!!!*!psy lol
I’m from Europe btw and I respect others learning several languages. I just hate to see people bragging about grammar mistakes, like they got nothing intelligent to say.
Interesting how you hate people making a comment on other people’s grammar but have no qualms about shooting down a person you don’t even know, basing only on a couple of sentences, with a paragraph full of obscenities and profanity. Pretty much shows how intelligent you are to resort to such language and jump into conclusions.
Because saying “Look at his grammar! LOL!” is more intelligent. *claps*
You, on the other hand, are of the special kind. (Go figure that one out.) I am hopeful that the young kids you teach will learn to use a language that’s fit for civilised people.
Why even apoligize to fucking nanny people?
Only wack mofo or kids get drunk on beer!!!!!
Wtf? Is that asshole really a teacher? Wrong grammars, wrong spelling, poor sentence construction. You should quit your job. You think high of yourself yet you sound like you did not finish any course in college.
“deepest appologizes” – I would not want this man teaching me English!
“not fare”
On the real tho. Im thai and fucking got no love for p noy dogs in my country
shame on you
P noy doggs
i will pray for you and your soul 🙂
should that be spelt as Pignoys instead? haha
Classic Thai
You are Thai? What a shame are you for Thailand and its people. Better go to visit temple and get some Dharma lessons from monks. It can still save your black soul. สาธุ
Do not worry feeling is mutual
Dont worry we dont like you too. Just for you to know we just deported one filthy thai just like you in our country. You need us in your country because you lack talent and skills
too bad your so called talent and skills are limited to – English language and that’s all. When it comes to Math and Science, Filipino people are really really low in the global rankings of Math and Science. You guys are sooooo obsessed with English and always make fun of other people. Your ego is really sky high. Go lick your White masters’ asses and stand behind them like a dog as always.
seriously english only? ha ha ha no wonder you can all find our talents all over the world. we are highly sought skilled workers.
Racism will always exist!!!This aint the land of equal
Opportunity USA. This the land of pimp daddy Prayut! U
Sons of bitchs /sluts white people . nothing makes me happier than when i hear somewhite dude got fucked in thailand by my homeboys!!!
“USA the land of equal opportunity”??? Oh man, give us a break!!! What a BS statement!!! You know nothing either about USA or life if you are making such stupid comments.
Pavel u fucking old russian cunt. Fuck u !
Loser. Uglyass bastard. I bet u couldnt get get yourself a girl in ur hom, that u had to come across the world n buy yourself a ladyboy looking wife. Loser
Hahaha, no I am not Russian at all and I am not old either. I have wife and children and very happy heterosexual. Anything entertaining more to say?
don’t talk to him he has issues 🙂 hahaha
i don’t really comment on this kind of things but, i do understand how many of us feel about the post that this person made but he made an apology. why not accept it. we’re not perfect. I am a Filipino. And yes i was offended by what was posted but clearly, he went out of his way to apologize. Most of you see he’s errors in his grammars, or how fake it is or still cant find it in your hearts to forgive. We’re humans, we make mistakes…But only GOD has the right to judge us because he can see our heart and our real intentions.
People seem to be ignoring that he claims he did not make these comments and that his phone had been stolen…
He never did make any mention of his stolen phone in his statement above, only that this act was made against him and maybe someone wanted this to happen to him. Also, how come it took him several days to issue a statement/apology? That’s a legit question, by the way.
yep a very legit question – maybe he didn’t realize someone was posting on his account. That being said it’s pretty stupid to leave your phone in a bar – especially with no passcode.
I highly doubt he wasn’t aware. His organisation’s FB account was shut down (due to bad reviews after this incident) long before he issued his statement. He only did so when things got out of hand and the damage has been done. Things like this don’t die down so easily.
Could be he never thought it would get this out of hand, could be he texted all this when he was drunk. If what he said in the post about losing his phone is true then it appears someone really had it in for him and this whole story has hurt him very badly.
This has hurt him and the Filipino community in Thailand both. This is really an unfortunate incident, and one that is truly unnecessary. Whatever happened that night, the responsibility to make amends and clear his name rests on Mr. Thompson’s shoulders. The apology statement he has given does count.
Not ignoring, simply not believing them. The guy is a liar. I still don’t believe the apology. It only comes after the consequences of his (possibly drunken) rant are too much for him. He says his phone was stolen but that sounds like BS to me. I mean, seriously, you steal a phone… what’s the first thing you are going to do? A> Sell it, B> wipe it and use it for yourself, or C> write a racist job advertisement? Also notice that his spelling and grammar are equally bad in both the rant and the so called apology. What kind of idiot has an argument with people in a bar then leaves his phone on the table while he goes outside to smoke? It’s like “Hey moron! Your mom is a fat cow! Oh by the way can you look after my phone while I go outside?” Also, who doesn’t password protect their phone? Not to mention this is the 2nd time he’s changed his story. Yesterday he was telling people that his ex gf hacked his account. Now he’s saying it happened in a bar.
For the record, Travel Partners made that comment before the story was updated when the story only contained Mr. Thompson’s apology which to me counts for something, by the way. I have to agree with you though about Mr. Thompson’s claim that his phone was stolen being BS. Very convenient for him to pass on the blame to an unknown party. Besides, he can’t even substantiate his story with a police record and he just waves it off like its no help to his case.
exactly! who would steal a phone and post stuff on your social media account. It wouldn’t surprise me if one day he’d be on the news… news about him being killed.
Are you his lawyer
no, smartass
This guy is such a bad liar. What kind of idiot has an argument with people in a bar then leaves his phone on the table while he goes outside to smoke? It’s like “Hey moron! Your mom is a fat cow! Oh by the way can you look after my phone while I go outside?” Also, who doesn’t password protect their phone? Not to mention this is the 2nd time he’s changed his story. Yesterday he was telling people that his ex gf hacked his account. Now he’s saying it happened in a bar.
I still don’t believe the apology. It only comes after the consequences of his (possibly drunken) rant are too much for him. He says his phone was stolen but that sounds like BS to me. I mean, seriously, you steal a phone… what’s the first thing you are going to do? A> Sell it, B> wipe it and use it for yourself, or C> write a racist job advertisement? Also notice that his spelling and grammar are equally bad in both the rant and the so called apology.
Mr. Thompson picked letter C. LOLS.
Yep, noticed the bad spelling and grammar too in both. And he wants to teach English? -__-
Although I can smell the stench of insincerity here, whether he is telling the truth or not, it’s up to Mr. Thompson’s to bear the consequences of his words and actions. He can own up or deny the wrongdoing – if he doesn’t take responsibility of his racist rants, then we don’t have that heavy weight of guilt hanging on our shoulders. We can all sleep well while Mr. Thompson might have sleepless nights (if he has conscience at all)….thinking that in the morning somebody might just whack him. Cheers.
That’s odd, the guy who stole his phone posts a job ad for the school he works in?
Oh well after the way it turned out what could he do?
Doubt anyone would have sympathy for him
Tell that to your parents Mr. Craig Thompson. Maybe they’ll believe you because I don’t. Your actions are an absolute disgrace to you family and your race. I now wonder if you were ever taught good manners and right conduct by your parents and/or the schools that you went to study.
He can’t even write… Alibi to the dumbest! He is just making up a shitteeeeeee story. If he is sincere he should have a police statement of blotter posted here… Hey Craig! We were not born yesterday!
total BS. when he posted his comments; there were several comments that he replied to hence making it an active issue. He is making excuses. and even if he is apologetic, it doesn’t sound sincere.
What nationality is craig?
really craig thompson? a desperate move to clear things up?
drop the act!!! bite me!!!
sorry but i guess he really meant it… 4 pages(photos) of critism? what the heck?
really craig thompson? a desperate move to clear things up?
drop the act!!! bite me!!!
sorry but i guess he really meant it… 4 pages(photos) of criticisms? what the heck?
Totally BS! Who do you think will buy your pathetic move? Attention-seeker! Get lost.
Craig is not the first person who posted foul words against us. i was just thinking that people like him used filipinos to be popular all over the net lol why? Why it should be always us?
I think he didn’t intend to say those things that way in a public post, but he got so drunk, he spit it out. Lesson don’t rant on social media when you’re drunk. LOL
Death threats are a bit too much though
Everytime there is an incident like this they always say their account has been hacked or their gadgets has been stolen or lost. This is already an old excuse Craig Thompson. No one will ever believe your excuses. Just like the stupid thailander we just deported, he claimed that his fb account is also been hacked. Stupid and pathetic excuses. Now its easy to say anything bad to anyone just say your account has been hacked. Hope you die craig thompson for your information not all filipinos are willing to do anything just to become white. Well just for your information you stupid man just like any other white guy or girl who also willing to do anything just to have even a tenth of our skin color, die in vain.
Seriously!!Your a fucking faggot with no ballsuck!! Who the fuck are you insulting #filipinos like that! #craigthompson be good for you to be abducted by isis and behead you ,people like you should be wipe out!! Fuckin liar twat!! Apologies not accepted!!
-why would a cellphone thief bother posting a racist job hiring ad?
-sure his fiance is thai, but the racist ad wasn’t targeting asian people in general or thai. it specifically targeted filipino people
i think what really happened is.. during the night out where he and his fiance and friends had some drinks together, he went home and posted that ad intoxicated and didn’t think it through.
oh well he apologized, i guess that’s what’s important
but i think he’s a liar and a closet racist
To all the Filipino people, next time when you yell at someone being
racist, look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if Filipino
people are really that friendly and hospitable to people of colour.
Filipino people are one of the most racist ethnic groups in Asia and the
world as they look down on Chinese, Indians, other Asians. Middle
Eastern people and especially Blacks. These people of colour are often
subject to prejudice and being treated rudely in the Philippines and
even outside of the Philippines. White people on the other hand are
being treated like kings – of course for some specially reasons…
Filipino
people have serious inferiority complex that they wanted to get rid of
their culture, languages and their looks which is really unfathomable to
the outsiders.
Filipino people always blame the Filipino Chinese
for their own poverty and misery yet they do not realise there are so
many jobs the Filipino Chinese have created for the ethnic Filipino
people. In terms of arrogance, Filipino people can claim the top spot as
their ego is always as high as the sky with their own “Filipino pride”.
This is really funny … Anyhow, I should stop wasting my time here on
educating you Filipino people as you people are just hopeless. Go on
blaming other people and carry on with your “Filipino pride”.
Some samples
http://goo.gl/VFBZux
http://goo.gl/r6YsKU
http://goo.gl/P2xawi
http://goo.gl/qfG8Tj
http://goo.gl/W5gWrp
https://goo.gl/W663kw
https://goo.gl/HUrwBY
https://goo.gl/HJ1LSB
More on the net. If you don’t use your “selective seeing” you’ll sure come upon them.
I am a filipino, lived in Makati all my life, and sadly HK Person’s comments are painfully accurate, to a large degree. Yeah I feel like strangling you, but the truth hurts. You’ve said enough, bro.