We all know that word has a long history of being derogatory, degrading and dehumanizing. Did he use this word in historical context? But lets continue to give him a pass, and and allow a person like him to marginalize the usage and what it represents, especially coming from someone like him - considering people like him have a long history of using it to degrade and dehumanize. He also made a comment about referring to certain people (guess which) as apes, and that certain people (guess which) have different types of brains. Maybe theres no basis in reality for thinking he is racist for that too.