Was it a racist remark- Sean Penn makes a blunder

Something happened at the just concluded Oscars you'all may not know about that's causing so much media hype in the states. Now the states is extremely sensitive when it comes to immigration.

Sean Penn was meant to present the Oscars for Best Picture, and the winner movie director Alejandro González is Mexican. So just before presenting the award Penn made a comment, he said, “Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?" and laughed. Ofcourse it was meant as a joke but Americans were not having it.

Twitter went into a frenzy, as users denounced what the actor likely thought was a joke. Many said the comment was "insensitive" to the plight of many immigrants in the United States and "racist."

The problem w Sean Penn's statement is that it limits #Latinos are entitled to--certainly nothing which belongs to whites #oscars

— Nina Terrero (@Nina_Terrero) February 23, 2015

— carly aquilino (@carlyaquilino) February 23, 2015

Others, like Fusion's Mariana Atencio and Entertainment Weekly's Nina Terrero, pointed out that the comment promoted Latino stereotypes because none of the British actors in attendance were questioned about their immigration status.

And Mexican-American host Mario Lopez seemed particularly bothered by the comment.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and actor Sean Penn in 2003 at a premiere for "21 Grams."

González Iñárritu, who worked with Penn in the film "21 Grams," went on to give an inspiring acceptance speech and dedicated his award to Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. The director's final words during the ceremony were quite timely:

I want to dedicate this award for my fellow Mexicans, the ones who live in Mexico," González Iñárritu said. "I pray that we can find and build the government that we deserve. And the ones that live in this country, who are part of the latest generation of immigrants in this country, I just pray that they can be treated with the same dignity and respect of the ones who came before and built this incredible immigrant nation.

Now to the question and the issue.. Do we consider that a racist remark?