The gay community aren’t the only ones baffled by Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson and his rash of homophobic tirades earlier this week; Larry has also hurt his father. Larry Johnson Sr. remembers his childhood in the Jim Crow American South and understands inequality and discrimination all too well.

“I went through that,” he said. “My generation.”

As a young man, he vowed that he would teach his children to treat everyone with respect. He says he raised them to consider everyone equal, regardless of race, gender, beliefs, or sexual orientation. That’s why the 56-year-old is so ashamed that his son used gay slurs in public two times in just 24 hours. Larry — who was indefinitely suspended by the NFL on Tuesday — hurled the “f-word” at reporters in the Chiefs’ locker room on Monday. He also posted disparaging anti-gay remarks about coach Todd Haley on Twitter.

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“That’s just not who we are and not what we believe,” says Larry’s dad. “It’s not how he was raised. It’s tough for me as a father.”