Rev Jesse Jackson hosts comedian’s apology for racial tirade

COMEDIAN Michael Richards said yesterday he did not consider himself a racist, and said he was “shattered” by the comments he made to two young black men during a tirade at a Los Angeles comedy club.

Richards appeared on the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s nationally syndicated radio program, Keep Hope Alive, as a part of a series of apologies for the incident.

He said he knew his comments hurt the black community, and hoped to meet with the two men.