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The Art of the Apology – What We Can Learn from Melissa Harris-Perry & Others

Don Lemon

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“Words%20are%20important.%20I%20understand%20that

aapologized%20to%20black%20people

also%20for%20having%20used%20a%20derogatory%20slur%20in%20the%20past%20saying

“I%20beg%20you

a%20apologized%20to%20America%20for%20what%20fact%20checkers%20are%20calling%20the%20biggest%20lie%20of%20the%20year

p%20pAnd%20Bashir’s%20colleague

Melissa%20Harris%20Perry

a%20for%20showing%20on%20TV

a%20family%20photo%20with%20his%20adopted%20grandson

who%20happens%20to%20be%20black

p%20pThere%20is%20nothing%20funny%20about%20that.%20The%20first%20rule%20of%20comedy%20is%20that%20it%20should%20be%20funny

“The%20exchange%20was%20a%20cold%20reminder%20of%20us%20of%20just%20how%20easy%20it%20is%20to%20flippantly%20do%20harm

and%20also%20of%20the%20dearth%20of%20understanding%20and%20sensitivity%20surrounding%20race%20and%20adoption.”%20You%20can%20read%20her%20article%20for%20more%20details

p%20pIn%20his%20apology%20he%20said

p%20pThat’s%20good%20advice%20to%20Melissa%20Harris%20Perry

her%20colleagues%20at%20MSNBC%20and%20all%20of%20us.%20We%20should%20choose%20our%20words%20very%20carefully

p%20pHer%20words

“I%20am%20sorry.%20Without%20reservation%20or%20qualification

The Art of the Apology – What We Can Learn from Melissa Harris-Perry & Others was originally published on blackamericaweb.com

Alec Baldwin , Don Lemon , Melissa Harris-Perry , Mitt Romney , Paula Deen