"I'm not a racist"

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A radio talk-show host was suspended for two days Monday for alluding to Rochester's black mayor as a monkey.





Bob Lonsberry (search) apologized to Mayor William Johnson Jr. (search) in taped remarks at the beginning and end of his three-hour show on WHAM radio, which was handled by a stand-in host Monday.

"I would certainly apologize for any interpretation of my words which would appear to be racist," and Lonsberry, who is white. "I am not a racist. But then racism is in the eye of the beholder, not in the heart of the speaker."

Another new club?? :shrug:

In the great words of Howard Cosell 'look at that monkey run,'



When he said of an african american running back, 'look at that monkey run,' many branded him a racist, but he explained that, he refers to his own grandchildren as monkeys.

I went to high school with a guy we called monkey, he was white and his mouth protruded like that of a chimp. He wasnt too smart either.