“Keep your stinking paws off my kid, you damned dirty ape.” Those words by Republican Jim Coughlan, the Dutchess County controller and a candidate for state Senate, was directed at Melissa Harris-Perry in response to remarks she made about child-rearing that upset many conservatives. Coughlan said he had no idea that Harris-Perry is black and… Continue reading Republican Candidate Calls Melissa Harry Perry a “Dirty Ape”
