Jesse Jackson, uses the N-Word, Saying "Obama tells N*****S how to behave" on Fox Interview

Rev. Jesse Jackson apparently did use the n word in a controversial conversation caught on tape by Fox News last week, but he did not use it to describe Barack Obama.

TVNewser.com has obtained the previously unreleased transcript of the conversation and reports that Jackson's use of the n word was edited out of the video that aired on Fox.

"Barack...he's talking down to black people...telling n--s how to behave," Jackson reportedly said during what he thought was an off-mic moment.

Jackson's use of the word appears to contradict his public statements condemning the use of the n word by others. Last October, Jackson issued a statement condemning rapper Nas for his plan to release an album call "Nigga."

"The title using the 'N' word is morally offensive and socially distasteful," Jackson said in his statement back then. "Nas has the right to degrade and denigrate in the name of free speech, but there is no honor in it. Radio and television stations have no obligation to play it and self-respecting people have no obligation to buy it," he said. Jackson also suggested that Nas should "use his talents to lift up and inspire, not degrade, making mockery of racism."

In the last week, Richards has become better known for hurling the N-word at black hecklers after attempting a lynching joke during the same riff and, later, for apologizing—or trying to, anyway.

“My best friends were African-Americans,” Richards said Sunday on Jackson’s Premiere Radio Network show.

The Jackson gig was the latest in Richards’ reaching-out effort to African-American men who have run for president. Before the radio appearance, the actor was said to have placed contrite phone calls to Jackson and the Reverend Al Sharpton. There was no word if Alan Keyes, a 1996 and 2000 Republican presidential candidate, was sought out.

On his show, Jackson said he hoped the Richards “crisis” would create an opportunity.

On Monday, the civil-rights leader joined others in calling on everyone—blacks, whites, Seinfeld players, presumably included—to refrain from using the N-word, on stage and off.

“Its roots are rooted in hatred and pain and degradation,” Jackson told a Los Angeles press conference. “And whether it’s hatred toward African-Americans or whether it’s self-hatred, a concession toward it is still wrong.”

Wrong–except when he uses it himself:

JACKSON: “Barack…he’s talking down to black people…telling n—s how to behave.”

N-word for me, but not for thee, eh, Jesse?

Nuts!

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