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Mexico's Fox Defends Comment on Blacks
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus May 16, 2005 05:16pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, May 16, 2005 11:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox refused to apologize Monday for saying Mexicans in the United States do the work that blacks won't — a comment widely viewed as acceptable in a country where blackface comedy is still considered funny and nicknames often reflect skin color.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City had raised the issue with the Mexican government. "That's a very insensitive and inappropriate way to phrase this and we would hope that (the Mexicans) would clarify the remarks if they have a chance," Boucher said.
Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, said the remark has been misinterpreted as a racial slur. He said the president was speaking in defense of Mexican migrants as they come under attack by the new U.S. immigration measures that include a wall along the U.S.-California border.
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