Sentence examples for race comments from inspiring English sources

In December, Putin referred to Trump as a "colourful" person who was the "absolute leader" of the US presidential race, comments which prompted Trump to respond in turn that he was flattered by the praise.

At one extreme there was the bald outrage of Geraldine Ferraro, who complained that Barack Obama would not have come as far as he had if he were a white man or a woman of any race — comments that led her to resign from the Clinton campaign last week.

The playwright and author says Neeson's race comments were a "silly, stupid thing to do".

"I'm not hooked forever," he said before today's race, commenting on his future cup plans.

"Technically the Brits did a perfect race" commented  veteran US racer Chris Horner, racing his first Olympic Games at 40, "I would have done it exactly as they did".

"These people I'm describing are using history to make contemporary critiques on race, commenting on the deeply fragile state of race relations".

A Kansas county commissioner who made a "master race" comment to a black city planner has resigned amid swift backlash over what many officials saw as more than just a poor attempt at a joke. Louis Klemp insisted in a resignation letter Tuesday that his comments were "well-meaning," not racially motivated, and misinterpreted.

Button, who retired during the race, commented on his collision: "I got a good start and was alongside Bourdais.

Thompson proclaimed to Pajamas Media that he would be "shocked" if he did not win the straw poll, and in his own personal analysis of the race, commented: "I wouldn't say Romney's in trouble, but I'd say I think it's going to be between Romney and myself".

Vettel did not apportion blame to Kvyat in his post-race comments, saying only that he was "disappointed that I made contact in lap one".

Archive footage from the 1989 race – his last as a Cambridge blue – features an interview with him as captain of the losing eight, after a race marred by frequent clashes of oars and acrimonious post-race comments.