O'Reilly has condemned white [[racist]] prejudice against US blacks, although recently some remarks he made underscoring the fact that black-owned and [[Italian]]-owned restaurants are comparable were concluded to be [[passive racism]], instead of intending to inflict racial harm. The incident involved O'Reilly being genuinely surprised that a black owned restaurant contained mature and respectable adults and wasn't laden with profanity and insolence. Somce have claimed the remarks were taken out of context by the far-left "watchdog" group [[Media Matters]]. [http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260003?f=h_top] Some asserted outrage over his use of the term "lynching party" when discussing [[Michelle Obama]], though in actuality he was defending her and not using the term in a racist context.
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O'Reilly has condemned white [[racist]] prejudice against U.S. blacks, although recently some remarks he made underscoring the fact that black-owned and [[Italian]]-owned restaurants are comparable were concluded to be [[passive racism]], instead of intending to inflict racial harm. The incident involved O'Reilly being genuinely surprised that a black owned restaurant contained mature and respectable adults and wasn't laden with profanity and insolence. Some have claimed the remarks were taken out of context by the far-left "watchdog" group [[Media Matters]]. <ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260003?f=h_top</ref> Some asserted outrage over his use of the term "lynching party" when discussing [[Michelle Obama]], though in actuality he was defending her and not using the term in a racist context.