Perhaps there’s such a thing as too much twaggin’.

Marion Barry got a little carried away Tuesday night celebrating his win in the Democratic primary for his Ward 8 seat. Barry has told people before he doesn’t want this or that in his ward, but what he said the other night, yeah, it was outright xenophobic whenBarry complained about the number of Asian-owned businesses in his turf:

We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go, I’ll just say that right now, you know. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.

NBC4’s Tom Sherwood spoke with Susan Au Allen, president of the U.S. Pan Asian Chamber of Commerce, who was pretty calm in the face of Barry’s remarks. “I was very surprised,” to hear Barry’s comments, Allen told Tom Sherwood. But she’s hoping for some reconciliation.

“We should utilize folks like Marion Barry to put people together so that the Asian-Americans who have made the decision to move into places like Ward 8, which need businesses to service them and to create jobs,” Allen said. “Keep them there and help them work together so that two sides of the community can come together and become a positive change.”

And on his noteworthy Twitter binge, he included a retweet of a complimentary message that used the phrase “illest nigga.” The Root D.C. says the retweet might have been in poor taste.

The Root’s Chris L. Jenkins called Barry about why a tweet containing what many consider to be a racial epithet was rebroadcast to the former mayor’s nearly 4,500 followers:

Among some black people, it’s a high compliment meant to show respect. The message was retweeted from Barry’s account. Barry said last night’s retweet was sent by a staff member who was at the Twitter helm for most of the night. “Sometimes she gets carried away,” he said. “But I love social media. It’s useful and informative. And I defied the odds last night, didn’t I? I defied all the odds.”

But Greta Fuller, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 8, was less amused. “He’s ill for real,” she told The Root about Barry.

Watch Barry’s comments about Asian-operated businesses in Ward 8:

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