"To quote those words out of context and draw unnecessary attention to them looks to me more (inadvertantly) 'racist' than his use of them in the first place."
You mean if we ignore racism it will go away?
Now there's a piece of good news.
This moron is reckoned to be one of the top comedians.
"It sounds to me as if he's overestimated the intelligence of his audience."
What is intelligent about accepting or spouting racism? Beer bellies like Bernard Manning made a career out of it and I doubt if even his best friends would have accused him of being 'intelligent'.
Jim Carroll