Quote of the Day: Colin Powell on Henry Louis Gates: “He Should’ve Chilled Out!”

Colin Powell was on Larry King Live yesterday, and he discussed the Henry Louis Gates’ incident and said this:

I think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal…There is no African-American in this county who has not been exposed to this kind of situation.

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I think Skip, perhaps in this instance, might have waited a while, come outside, talked to the officer and that might have been the end of it. I think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal…There is no African-American in this county who has not been exposed to this kind of situation. Do you get angry? Yes. Do you manifest that anger? Do you protest? Do you try to get things fixed? But it’s the better course of action to try and take it easy and don’t let your anger make the current situation worse.

Damn, we can’t believe Colin is still in the house, shouldn’t he be in the field by now?