Well, I don’t know what the full story may have been. He told the interviewer something to the effect that “you don’t dare speak the name of the place [because you’re white, understood], but it was Niggerhead.”
Now possibly the interviewer filled him in before the interview and told him that off the air, or possibly he saw the story and read it. If he DIDN’T see the story, then certainly he had no business attacking Perry until he knew all the details. You shouldn’t go charging in on something like this without knowing them—especially the fact that this was ancient history and that Perry and his father had absolutely nothing to do with naming the place.
Yes it’s a bit reminiscent of events leading to Obama’s “beer summit”.
White guy, is always presumed guilty, as a more-PC direct substitution for the other sort of racism.
Thought we were beyond that. America is far different now.
Let it go.