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Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs
By Reuters
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel apologized to an Arab-American group on Thursday for comments disparaging Arabs made by his father.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent a letter to Emanuel calling on him to distance himself from remarks made by the elder Emanuel in an interview with an Israeli newspaper following his son's appointment last week.
In the interview, Benjamin Emanuel was reported as saying: "Obviously, he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House."
While some political analysts have said Rahm Emanuel, a veteran Democratic congressman, should not be held responsible for the actions of his father, there was also a sense that an apology was unavoidable.
Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs - Haaretz - Israel News
Hmmm. Let's see if this will get as much attention on FYM as if a prominent Republican's father had made a similar statement. My guess is, no.