MSNBC host apologizes for using the ‘n-word’ but not for calling Mitt Romney a racist
MSNBC host Touré came under fire yesterday for claiming that because Mitt Romney called the Obama campaign ‘angry’ that he was guilty of niggerizing the president.
That really bothered me,” he said. “You notice he said anger twice. He’s really trying to use racial coding and access some really deep stereotypes about the angry black man. This is part of the playbook against Obama, the ‘otherization,’ he’s not like us.”
“I know it’s a heavy thing, I don’t say it lightly, but this is ‘niggerization,’” Touré said to the apparent shock of his co-panelists. “You are not one of us, you are like the scary black man who we’ve been trained to fear.”
Today Touré kinda, sorta apologized, but not really: Touré apologized for using the ‘n-word’ but he did not apologize for basically calling Mitt Romney a racist:
I muddied the discussion by using the ‘n-word.’ I could’ve made the same point without that word. “I shouldn’t have used it and for that I’m sorry
Touré is sorry because by using the racial slur to make his argument the focus of his comment was aimed at the word he used and not the substance of his claim. He is simply sorry that his choice of words took focus away from the point he was trying to make, he is not sorry for calling Mitt Romney a racist and in fact he seems to be standing by that portion of his claim. He still believes Mitt Romney was ‘niggerizing’ Barack Obama, he simply wishes he had put it differently.
In my opinion calling Mitt Romney a racist for calling out Barack Obama’s divisive campaign tactic and hate filled rhetoric is just as offensive–if not more so–than using the ‘n-word’ and he owes Mitt Romney a full apology, not a half-hearted one which came only because he was feeling the heat for his words.
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Can anyone explain to me why any netwrk would hire this guy? He is what we call in Spanish a “don nadia”, a nobody. Who cares what is opinions are. He has no standing to make comments about politicians or anyone else. What is he? A hairdresser or something?
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Well, for starters, Jim, you are talking about MSNBC! Maybe he is a nobody, but obviously somebody is watching him and most likely they will vote. So, any amount of damage or doubt they can put into those brains is worth having to apologize, just a little . Sickening, isn’t it?
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MSNBC doesn’t have many viewers but they ones they do have must like this kind of rhetoric because MSNBC seems to like to air this type of politics.
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I never heard of him before, but then again, I don’t watch MSNBC. But he seems to be the type of person that network likes to have on the air so it isn’t surprising he is employed there.
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How many times does MSNBC apologize for some kind of gaffe? It’s routine.
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Maybe they should just run a disclaimer before every program apologizing in advance.
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Ignorance gone to seed is what this is. How can anyone take these people seriously?
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They have been programmed to believe this sort of junk. After all, if you hear it or see it on the news it must be true, right?
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It is hard to believe anyone takes them seriously, but apparently there are a few who do.
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kids swallow this crap and assume it’s news, especially since our public schools don’t teach anything but community organizing and protests. The kids around here only show up when school starts and they’re ALL OVER our streets starting gang trouble at night but the police get in trouble more than they do. Yesterday while driving a Phoenix Policeman had his lights flashing and attempting to get thru traffic but 3 cars in front of him remained in his way and he had to turn to get away from them.
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That is a good point, our young people do not understand how biased and corrupt our media has become and they think what they hear on the news is always the truth.
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