America's zaniest racist, Michael Richards, appeared on the Rev. Jesse Jackson's radio show a few days ago to say he was sorry for last week's racist tirade at a Los Angeles comedy club. The man best known as Kramer from Seinfeld said he felt "shattered" by his actions towards a group of African-American hecklers who attended his Nov. 17 act at the Laugh Factory:

"The way this came through me was like a freight train," Richards said on Jackson's nationally syndicated program, "Keep Hope Alive. After it was over, when I went to look for them, they had gone," he said of the targets of his tasteless tirade. "And I've tried to meet them, to talk to them, to get some healing."

Richards said he hopes his words won't influence young people.

"I fear that young whites will think it's cool to go around and use that word because they see very cool people in the show business using that word so freely," Richards said. "Perhaps that's what came through in that ... the vernacular is so accessible."

I like how Kramer thinks his words might influence 'young whites' to start acting racist. That might be a concern if these 'young whites' knew who the hell Michael Richards was. As far as they know, he's the funny looking guy on that show their parents used to watch. In other words, he's not relevant and 'young whites' couldn't give a crap about what he says. It's analogous to members of the local Civil War club being concerned that their yearly 'Battle of Antietam' reenactment contributes to inner-city violence.