US news anchor compares black colleague to ape, apologizes Nigerians
A television news anchorwoman in the US apologized on-air after comparing her black colleague to a gorilla, NBC News reported Tuesday.
When a video of a baby gorilla appeared on screen, Housden, who is white, turned to her black co-anchor, Jason Hackett, and said that the ape “kind of looks like you,” NBC reported. “I want you all to know from the bottom of my heart, I apologize for what I said. I know it was wrong and I am so sorry.”“I want this to be a teachable moment and that lesson here is that words, words matter,” he said. “There’s no doubt about that.”
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