In 2010 Sen. Harry Reid said Obama was a "light-skinned" African American "with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one"

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4/27/14, "ESPN Analyst: Where Was Outrage After Harry Reid Said Obama Had 'No Negro Dialect'?" Breitbart News

"Robert Smith, the former Ohio State and Minnesota Vikings running back who is now an ESPN analyst, wondered on Sunday, regarding  the Donald Sterling controversy, why there was no outrage when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called President Barack Obama a "light-skinned" African American with no "negro dialect" in 2010.

Reid apologized for the comments, which were in Game Change. Mainstream media journalist Marc Ambinder was the first to uncover Reid's remarks in the book when he discovered an early copy of the book at a D.C. book store. Ambinder published the excerpt below in 2010.:...

"He was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a "light-skinned" African American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one," as he said privately.  Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination."



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