ESPN sports pundit Paul Finebaum apologized for saying black people aren’t oppressed in America.

“I really don’t understand, not to look at the country back then, this country has issues, but this country is not oppressing black people,” Finebaum said during an appearance on ESPN.

He is now backing off of his comments. (VIDEO: ESPN Pundit: Black People Are Not Oppressed)

“I could spend the rest of my life trying to talk my way out of it, but I can’t. I blew it. I simply did not have a good grasp of the situation. I know better. I’ve lived in this country. I see what is going on all across the country from north to south, east to west, and I have no excuse,” the outspoken pundit said.

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