Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
- When a microphone at Fox News Channel caught Rev. Jesse Jackson’s cutting under-his-breath remarks about Barack Obama, it turns out that “nuts” was not the reverend’s only troubling N-word.
Besides whispering to another guest on the set that he would like to de-sex the Democratic presidential candidate, Jackson also accused Obama of “talking down to black people . . . telling niggers how to behave.”
Jackson has since issued two statements of apology for his self-described “trash talking.” He also might issue this word of advice: If you want to whisper something that could be damaging if traced back to you, don’t whisper it over a microphone.
Am I surprised by Jackson’s use of the racial slur? Not really. I was more surprised to hear that so many other people are shocked, especially non-African Americans.
