maybe that is what he apologized for . On Jan 18, 10:46 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > If she is black and bitter why is an apology needed?? If not, > apologize for the bitter part. > > On Jan 18, 4:05 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Tanner apologizes for saying he liked his coffee ‘Mary Frances Berry > > style — black and > > bitter.’»http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/tanner-apology/ > > Earlier > > this week, the Justice Department’s inspector general and Office of > > Professional Responsibility released a report laying out former > > official Bradley Schlozman’s illegal and illicit activities at the > > department. In one particularly “horrifying” incident described in > > the > > report, Scholzman forwarded around an e-mail from then-Voting Section > > Chief John Tanner that contained a racial remark about an African- > > American colleague: > > > In that incident in August 2004, Voting Section Chief John Tanner > > sent > > an e-mail to Schlozman asking Schlozman to bring coffee for him to a > > meeting both were scheduled to attend. Schlozman replied asking > > Tanner > > how he liked his coffee. Tanner’s response was, “Mary Frances Berry > > style - black and bitter.” Berry is an African-American who was the > > Chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from November 1993 > > until late 2004. Schlozman forwarded the e-mail chain to several > > Department officials (including Principal DAAG Bradshaw) but not > > Acosta, with the comment, “Y’all will appreciate Tanner’s response.” > > Acosta said that when he was made aware of the incident, he required > > Schlozman to make a written apology to him for his role in forwarding > > the e-mail and that Schlozman did so. > > > TPMmuckraker reports today that Tanner has sent a letter of apology > > to > > Berry, claiming that he only used the phrase because he had recently > > heard an African-American customer at a coffee shop order coffee > > “black and sweet — like me.”- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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