A Boston cop insisted he was not a racist as he apologized for calling Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates a “banana-eating jungle monkey” in a mass e-mail.
“I did not mean to offend anyone,” Officer Justin Barrett told WCVB-TV.
Boston cop Justin Barrett suspended for calling Henry Louis Gates a ‘jungle monkey’ (via nickdouglas) (via mikehudack)
I love how “I did not mean to offend anyone” is somehow expected to magically erase an obviously offensive remark. I believe what he meant was:
“I did not expect so many people to publicly disagree with my blatant and obvious racism. I’m offering this apology in the hopes that it will somehow make me seem like less of a racist jackass whose views echo some of the most shameful aspects of our country’s past and recent history. Had I known that so many people disagreed with me I would have sent the email to fewer people, or only to people who would have nodded in appreciation of my opinion. As it stands, my opinion still stands; I just hope that by publicly disassociating myself with it, I can continue to deny it publicly while strongly reiterating it privately.
Thank you.”
Source: nickdouglas
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