Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he, "could have used a better choice of words" when he made seemingly-racial remarks about then presidential-candidate Barack Obama.
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Showing posts with label Harry Reid. Show all posts
Monday, January 11, 2010
Whites Should Be Offended by Reid’s Words
By: Deborah Mathis, BlackAmericaWeb.com
What if Jesse Jackson had said that America is ready for a black president as long as he is “light skinned” and has “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Who would be offended then?
President Obama Accepts Sen. Reid's Apology
President Barack Obama doesn’t like to talk openly about race, but he was quick to publicly forgive Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, who reportedly said Obama would become America’s first black president because he is a “light-skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Steele: Reid Should Resign, But I Shouldn't
By: Frederick Cosby, Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com
Embattled Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele said Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should resign for using racially offensive language in praising President Barack Obama, even though Steele didn’t volunteer to quit his job for using a phrase last week that many Native Americans consider a racial slur.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Reid Compares GOP to Opponents of Emancipation
By: Frederick Cosby
Congress’ heated debate over revamping the nation’s health care system got even hotter Monday when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compared opponents of reform to conservatives who tried to block the emancipation of slaves and equal rights for women.
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