Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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Apology demanded
Presidential candidate Ralph Nader, in a letter yesterday to the Congressional Black Caucus, demanded an apology from Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat and caucus chairman, for luring him to a meeting under the premise that issues would be discussed.
"Instead, exclamations at the meeting descended into vituperative, (e.g., Congresswoman [Carolyn Cheeks] Kilpatrick's tawdry, anatomical comment yelled loud enough so the press could hear it outside) and ending with the obscene, racist epithet repeated twice by Yale Law School alumnus Congressman Melv
n Watt of North Carolina," Mr. Nader wrote in his letter.
"Just as African-Americans demanded an apology from [Nixon-Ford era] Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and Senator Trent Lot
t --prior to their resignation and demotion, respectively
--for their racist remarks, I expect that you and others in the caucus will exert your moral persuasion and request an apology from Congressman Watt.
"Attached are the exact words of Congressman Watt's loud remarks, as heard by all in the meeting room without anyone admonishing him. In fact, some members rather enjoyed what he said, judging by their outward demeanor.
"The remarks: You're just another arrogant white man --telling us what we can do --it's all about your ego --another [expletive] arrogant white man."
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Wake up America and smell the negro.
T.N.B.
Apology demanded
Presidential candidate Ralph Nader, in a letter yesterday to the Congressional Black Caucus, demanded an apology from Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat and caucus chairman, for luring him to a meeting under the premise that issues would be discussed.
"Instead, exclamations at the meeting descended into vituperative, (e.g., Congresswoman [Carolyn Cheeks] Kilpatrick's tawdry, anatomical comment yelled loud enough so the press could hear it outside) and ending with the obscene, racist epithet repeated twice by Yale Law School alumnus Congressman Melv
n Watt of North Carolina," Mr. Nader wrote in his letter.
"Just as African-Americans demanded an apology from [Nixon-Ford era] Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and Senator Trent Lot
t --prior to their resignation and demotion, respectively
--for their racist remarks, I expect that you and others in the caucus will exert your moral persuasion and request an apology from Congressman Watt.
"Attached are the exact words of Congressman Watt's loud remarks, as heard by all in the meeting room without anyone admonishing him. In fact, some members rather enjoyed what he said, judging by their outward demeanor.
"The remarks: You're just another arrogant white man --telling us what we can do --it's all about your ego --another [expletive] arrogant white man."
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Wake up America and smell the negro.
T.N.B.