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Feb 13, 2001 · Many of the black labor activists who heard Bustamante use the word walked out of the speech Friday night in Emeryville and were still angry yesterday, saying an apology the lieutenant governor...
Feb 19, 2001 · SACRAMENTO — It wasn’t exactly the way Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante wanted to resurface into the limelight: speaking at a Black History Month dinner and saying the n-word. It was inadvertent, to...
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Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He previously served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1999 to 2007, serving under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Feb 13, 2001 · Bustamante, a Hispanic Democrat who has focused on improving race relations, said he meant to use the word “ Negro ” but slipped and said the word “ nigger ” during his speech about the black union movement. About one-fourth of the 400 people at the event Friday left in protest, said Marshall Walker, master of ceremonies.
Feb 14, 2001 · SACRAMENTO (AP -- Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante used a racial slur during a speech to a labor group celebrating Black History Month, a move he calls a mortifying mistake.
Jul 29, 2001 · In February, California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante uttered the N-word while speaking to black trade unionists. He spent the next few months doing damage control.
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Sep 25, 2003 · In a speech in February, 2001 to a group of Black trade unionists Bustamante purportedly slipped and uttered the dreaded N-word. When a handful of Blacks in the audience stormed out in protest, Bustamante, knew he was in deep hock.
