Amy Schumer apologises for race-based jokes

Amy Schumer has admitted some of her early jokes were in poor taste. Photo / Gettys

US comedienne Amy Schumer has fallen on her sword and admitted that some of her older jokes, namely one that mocks hispanic men, were not in great taste.

Schumer took to twitter on Monday to apologise, directly replying to Twitter user Martine Joelle who quizzed the comedienne about her "responsibility as a storyteller".

"I used to do a lot of short dumb jokes like this," Schumer replied.

"I played a dumb white girl onstage. I still do sometimes. Once I realised I had more eyes and ears on me and had an influence I stopped telling jokes like that on stage.

"I am evolving as any artist. I am taking responsibility and hope I haven't hurt anyone and I apologise it (sic) I did. Thanks again for asking," she wrote.

.@martinejoelle @FeministaJones pic.twitter.com/JFeGohu7dr

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) July 6, 2015

Schumer has been under fire in recent months for the content of some of her jokes, including this particular one: "I used to date Hispanic guys, but now I prefer consensual."

Recently, Monica Heisey for The Guardian newspaper called her out for having a "shockingly large blind spot to race" and just two days ago The Washington Post published an opinion piece saying "only white America was laughing" at Schumer's jokes.

Previously, Schumer has tried to justify her material, saying audience feedback has been positive.

"You can call it a blind spot for racism or lazy but you are wrong," she tweeted in response to the Guardian article.

"It is a joke and it is funny ... I'm not going to start joking about safe material," she tweeted in June.

-AAP