Mike Greenberg has released a formal apology for greeting his audience on Martin Luther “Coon”, he means King day. After a little research we discovered that Greenberg’s statement may indeed be a common accident. We here at The Afro Pick have dug into the PBS archives where this accident of saying “Coon” instead of “King” seems to be a common mistake. Don’t believe us? Listen to Mike Greenberg’s statement below, then listen to the same mistake made by Mayor Joseph Smitherman of Selma, Alabama in 1965. Hey, Maybe Mike Greenberg did slip up and call Dr. King, a coon by accident. NOT!
Mike Greenberg’s 2010 King/Coon Slip
Mayor Joseph Smitherman of Selma, Alabama in 1965 King/Coon slip
Mike Greenberg’s statement about the “accidental slur”
I just came home from the Knicks game and found out about the mess that was created by my garbling a sentence on our show this morning; I apologize for not addressing it sooner.
And I’m sorry that my talking too fast – and slurring my words – might have given people who don’t know our show the wrong impression about us, and about me.
I feel horrible about that, because nothing could be further away from who I am and what our show is about.
I would never say anything like that, not in public, or in private, or in the silence of my own mind, and neither would anyone associated with our show, and I’m very sorry that my stumble this morning gave so many people the opposite impression.
Mike Greenberg should be fired as swiftly as the slurs from his tongue.
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The KKK calling black people “ni**er” is something you could dig up too… then compare it to Jesse Jackson calling Obama the same thing.
So Jesse is responsible for the KKK right? Same thing?
Mike is not responsible for things that HAPPENED BEFORE HE WAS BORN. Move on. Go after Jesse Jackson.