Phoenix NAACP Boss Likes "Tits," not N-Word

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"It doesn't fix anything," Harris replied on camera. "We're on a pathway now to making things better."

"Thank you so much, I appreciate it," Griego told him, then immediately introduced herself to another meeting participant.

Harris turned to New Times as a reporter asked, "Can you just talk about the . . ." and made his enthusiastic comment about Griego. Then, a few seconds later, he said it again: "Nice tits."

Griego said she wasn't authorized by her station to comment about the incident.

New Times called Harris today at the NAACP office to ask a few questions about his ribald observation.

"The meeting was over," he says. "I apologize if anyone was offended. I could have said nothing . . . I'm really fricking sorry."

Harris reiterated that the meeting concerning the n-word had concluded — a meeting in which he had pledged $5,000 for the anti-N-word effort.

Asked if any kind of effort should be waged to eradicate sexist comments, as well as racist, Harris went off on a tear.

"I'm going to slash my wrists," he spews. "Better yet, I'm going to throw myself out of a fricking window, except I'm on the first floor . . . I'm one of the best goddamned people in the state."

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