a real big coon

i was going to post about this yesterday, but i had been looking for an audio clip of St. Louis radio personality Dave Lenihan calling Condaleeza Rice "a real big coon" on his radio show Wednesday. unfortunately i couldn't find it, but i was amused what excuse black Conservative talk show host Larry Elder gave for Lenihan saying it:

Elder told The Associated Press that he suspects Lenihan morphed the words "coup" and "boon" to come up with "coon." He said prominent blacks have made disparaging remarks about Rice and gotten away with it, and feels Lenihan's firing was unfounded.

i'd say it's probably more likely that Lenihan has a deep seeded prejudice against African-Americans and the whole time his subconscious was probably saying "don't say coon, don't say coon" which is precisely what he said.

i think Linehan probably didn't mean to say that about Rice--after all, she's not an uppity black and has fallen in line. she may look African-American, but her ideology is 100% white conservative male.