Boston Mass. – Officer who sent ‘jungle-monkey’ e-mail: ‘I am not a racist’

This is another case where one should just go ahead and resign.

When one holds such positions and/or serve in an elected office and makes ignant comments, they should just quit. There is no excuse and I have no sympathy for their consequences. You see this is very unprofessional and things like this should not happen on or off the record. When one holds such positions and/or serve in an elected office and makes ignant comments, they are always on record. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

‘jungle-monkey’ email

The Boston police officer who sent a mass e-mail in which he compared Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to a "banana-eating jungle monkey" has apologized, saying he’s not a racist.

Officer Justin Barrett, 36, told a Boston television station Wednesday night that he was sorry about the e-mail, a copy of which he also sent to The Boston Globe. He repeated his apology Thursday night on CNN’s "Larry King Live." (CNN)

San Jose, Cal. – What if Henry Louis Gates Were Not an Acclaimed Professor?

Professor Henry Louis Gates, recently arrested, gets to share a beer with the man who arrested him, Sgt. James Crowley, at the White House with the President of the United States. It is a highly uncommon ending to an unfortunately very common occurrence – a man of color citing racial profiling after an arrest. (New America Media)

Durham NC – Gates called Duke experience racist

The arrest of renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Cambridge, Massachusetts home is once again highlighting his controversial tenure at Duke University. (ABC 11 News)

See related:

Speaking Truth to Power – *We Need a New Campaign to Protect An Important Victory of the 1960’s: Naming the Enemy "Racism" and Putting on this Generation’s Agenda the Historical Duty of all People of Good Will to Dismantle Racism.*