Justin Bieber has been accused of using racial slurs on multiple occasions, including a 2016 fight in Cleveland, Ohio, and in videos from his teenage years that surfaced in 2014. He has apologized for his past actions, stating that he was uneducated and did not understand the power of certain words. Bieber has not been criminally convicted of any racism-related charges, but has faced civil lawsuits and public backlash for his actions.