And I’ll continue to do that the rest of my life. I’m a guy that takes pride in leading people together. “I can’t remember a lot of the things that transpired 10 or 12 years ago, but I stand here in front of everybody apologizing. I have proven that my entire life,” Gruden told Vinny Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. I don’t have a racial bone in my body, and I’ve proven that for 58 years,” Gruden told Wall Street Journal reporter Andrew Beaton. I certainly never meant for it to sound that bad,” Gruden told ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez. “I never had a racial thought when I used it. I was just pissed and used a terrible way to insult a guy,” Gruden told Vic Tafur of The Athletic. “I have never had a blade of racism in me. He has, since the story came out, asserted on numerous occasions some form of the “I don’t have a racist bone” trope. I am not one that believes apologies are always sufficient. It was ten years ago but how is that important? He said what he said. His 2011 email to team executive Bruce Allen of the football team in Washington DC was exposed during an investigation by the Wall Street Journal. The latest iteration of that sad trope is Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden. Why is it that so many in the White community feel compelled to claim they don’t have a racist bone in their bodies after they are found out to have said something that is clearly racist. But I apologize.” – Jon Gruden, 2021 apology tour I had no racial intentions with those remarks at all. And I apologize for the insensitive remarks I had. But I feel good about who I am, what I’ve done my entire life. “Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of Michelin tires.” – John Gruden, 2011 email
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