Sally Kern

Oklahoma House Reprimands GOPer For Saying 'Blacks' Don't Work As Hard

Jillian Rayfield | May 4, 2011, 4:17PM

State Rep. Sally Kern (R-OK)

The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted this week to reprimand state Rep. Sally Kern (R) for saying that she's seen "a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them."

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Sally Kern

OK GOPer Apologizes For Saying Black People Don't Work As Hard

Jillian Rayfield | April 29, 2011, 10:02AM

State Rep. Sally Kern (R-OK)

Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (R) has apologized for her comments about black people not working as hard, saying that "my words were, obviously, not spoken correctly and for that I humbly apologize."

But, she added: "Unfortunately, when we take 'words or sentences' out of the total context of a speech debated on the floor, there can be false misrepresentations, but the most important part is to always go to the heart of the matter."

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