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  • Mexico's Fox Defends Comments on Radio

    05/22/2005 6:27:53 PM PDT · by madfly · 133 replies · 2,282+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | May 22, 2005 | MORGAN LEE, Associated Press Writer
    President Vicente Fox on Sunday defended his commitment to minorities and human rights on a U.S. radio program, in his first public response to his controversial comment that Mexicans take the U.S. jobs that "not even" blacks want. U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson pressed the Mexican president for an apology for the remark that has strained already tense relations between U.S. blacks and Hispanics, during an interview on a Chicago gospel station. "I very much regret the misinterpretation," said Fox, touting laws created under his administration that outlaw discrimination and protect minorities. Fox met with Jackson behind closed...