[From article]
FBI Director James Comey waded into the volatile issue of police-community relations Thursday by saying the “hard truth” of life and law enforcement is: “Everyone’s a little bit racist.”
The reference to the hit Broadway song came during a rare and sweeping talk about race relations between police and communities in the aftermath of controversial shootings.
“Many people in our white-majority culture have unconscious racial biases and react differently to a white face than a black face,” Comey said in a speech at Georgetown University.
“We all — white and black — carry various biases around with us.
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A Google search can quickly reveal how many people bought a book on Amazon, yet “It’s ridiculous that I can’t tell you how many people were shot by the police last week, last month, last year,” Comey said.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/13/fbi-chief-james-comey-everyones-a-little-bit-racist/
FBI chief James Comey: ‘Everyone’s a little bit racist’
By Marisa Schultz
New York Post
February 13, 2015 | 12:08am
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