US black leaders said Monday they had unreservedly forgiven Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for racially insensitive comments, adding it was time to focus on pressing policy issues.
Reid created a firestorm with remarks published in the just-released book “Game Change,” saying that Americans had warmed to the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama because he was a “light-skinned” African-American with “no Negro dialect.”
Representative Barbara Lee, leader of the Congressional Black Congress, said Reid had phoned her over the weekend, and she had accepted his apology without qualms.
“He apologized for his unfortunate remarks concerning the president, and he understands the gravity of such remarks,” said Lee, who said it was time to move past the controversy.
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