His remarks came during a discussion of Obama's reaction to the arrest of Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Gates is black and was arrested for disorderly conduct by a white police officer over a misunderstanding about a break-in at Gates' home.
There was no immediate response from the White House.
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