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Originally Posted by Mathguy
I did a quick google search and both Jesse and Al spoke out against Fox.
It was 7 years ago so your memory on this subject has likely suffered.
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Very wimpily -- actually I do remember this very well -- they even went down there to Mexico to confront him but came back with their tails between their legs -- he obviously smacked them down. They really did not stand up to him at all. Right after that the Mexican government released their racist Memin Pinguin postage stamp. And Jesse and Al said nothing at all about it.
Yes supposedly Fox told Jesse and Al that he "regretted" his racist statements and they accepted that as an apology --- but Fox never publically apologized at all. It was more -- "sorry if your feelings happened to get hurt" kind of apology.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7887982/...-about-blacks/
Facing international criticism, Fox spoke by phone Monday with Jackson and Al Sharpton, another prominent black civil rights leader, and expressed regret for “any hurt feelings caused by my statements.”