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Condoleezza Rice Accepts Apology for Radio Host 'Slur'
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that she forgave St. Louis talk radio host Dave Lenihan, who was immediately fired last week after he referred to her in a slip of the tongue as "a big coon." Asked if she was surprised that "this kind of thing still happens" in America, Dr. Rice told "Fox News Sunday's" Chris Wallace: "My understanding is that he apologized, that he didn't mean it." "I accept that," she said. "Because we all say things from time to time that we shouldn't say or didn't mean to say. And so I accept it." Broadcasting on KTRS, Lenihan got into trouble on Wednesday while discussing Rice's often-stated ambition to one day become chancellor of the National Football League.
Story Continues Below "She's been chancellor of Stanford," he argued, praising Dr. Rice. "She's got the patent resume of somebody that has serious skill. She loves football. She's African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon. Oh my God. I am totally, totally, totally, totally, totally sorry for that." Within 20 minutes KTRS's program director announced on-the-air that Lenihan had been terminated, calling the slip "unacceptable, reprehensible and unforgivable." Dr. Rice said the episode showed that "even mature democracies like the United States have our difficulties" with race. On the other hand, she insisted: "Anyone who says that we haven't come a very, very long way and that for the most part Americans interact with each other as Americans, I think is also not giving you the full picture." Editor's note:
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