“I am deeply sorry that we
suggested that interracial families are in any way funny, or deserving
of ridicule,” Harris-Perry said at the beginning of the morning edition
of the ”Melissa Harris-Perry” show.
Her voice cracking and her eyes
welling over, Harris-Perry said she apologized to the Romney family
“without reservation or qualification” and added, “My intention was not
malicious, but I broke the ground rule that families are off-limits. For
that, I am sorry.”
Harris-Perry has been fiercely criticized for presiding over a segment last weekend that used an image of the
Romney family to illustrate what it claimed was the monochromatic nature
of the Republican Party.
“It sums up the diversity of the
Republican Party and the [Republican National Committee], where they
have the whole convention and they find the one black person,”
panelist Dean Obeidallah joked.
During the segment, Harris-Perry
said she would like to see the Romney’s African-American grandchild grow
up and get married to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s daughter, North.
“Can you imagine Mitt Romney and Kanye West as in-laws?” she mused.
The MSNBC host said that her comments were glib and not representative of the ideals her show espouses.
“On this program, we are
dedicated to advocating for a wide diversity of families, it is one of
our core principles,” Harris-Perry said. “And I am reminded that when we
do so, it must be with the utmost respect. We’re genuinely appreciative
of everyone who offered serious criticisms of last Sunday’s program,
and I am reminded that our fiercest critics can sometimes be our best
teachers.”
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