Where is Harry Reid's "Teachable Moment"?

Sorry again for the long delay in between posts.

This time I want to talk about Senate majority leader Harry Reid from Nevada. Recently he made comments implying that President Obama does not have a typical African American sounding voice and that President Obama has light colored skin for an African American. I was paraphrasing in the previous sentence, but I feel it is for the most part an accurate paraphrase of what he said.

This incident reminded me of Professor Gates' incident several months ago. Remember Professor Gates? He was that African American Harvard Professor who was arrested because he came home and had to break into his own house because he accidentally locked himself out of his house. A passerby saw him and called the cops thinking someone was breaking into the house. When the police arrived Prof. Gates got angry and they arrested him because he was being very defensive and tried to accuse the police of being racist.

Because Gates was a friend of President Obama's, the President came to his defense. Then the President, Prof. Gates, and the officer who arrested him decided to have a meeting at the White House where they discussed the issue while they had some beers. This is what was then referred to as a "Teachable Moment."

So now back to Senator Reid from Nevada. The President quickly accepts Sen. Reid's apology as if nothing offensive was even said. Sadly the majority of Republicans had to criticize the Senator and President over the way President Obama and Senator Reid reacted to the situation. Sadly the majority of Democrats had to defend Sen. Reid, one of their fellow senators, on the Sunday morning talk shows. One news person on the Sunday morning talk shows even went so far to say that Sen. Reid's comments were NOT racist! Don't know what world that news reporter is living in.

My question to President Obama would be the following: "Where is Senator Reid's Teachable Moment?"

It all seems like politics as usual for President Obama who campaigned on change, as well as the Senators from both parties. However I have to side with the Republicans on this one. Referring to someone's skin color and dialect in the context that Sen. Reid did and using the word Negro and the fact this comment was made kind off the record are signs that this was definitely a racial comment by Senator Reid.

Anyone out there reading this want to let me know what they think?