{"id":30745,"date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/councillor-says-he-s-not-racist-i-m-married-to-a-filipino\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:00:00","slug":"councillor-says-he-s-not-racist-i-m-married-to-a-filipino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/councillor-says-he-s-not-racist-i-m-married-to-a-filipino\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor says he\u2019s not racist \u2026 \u201cI\u2019m married to a Filipino\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A Campbelltown councilor says there\u2019s no possible way he could be racist &#8212; because he\u2019s \u201cmarried to a Filipino\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p>Councillor John Kennedy left some scratching their heads when he appeared to speak in an Indian accent during a council meeting in which he opposed SA\u2019s Punjabi Association\u2019s Diwali celebrations in Thorndon Park &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re accusing me in anyway of being racist or discriminatory, I\u2019m actually married to a Filipino, so there\u2019s no possible way that\u2019s the case,\u201d Mr Kennedy told FIVEAA on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/279447146&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Kennedy was adamant his recorded comments at the council meeting were a Sergeant Schultz impression &#8212; not an Indian accent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must apologise for my Sergeant Schultz quip there,\u201d he said &#8230; \u201cIn a heated debate certain things do come out from time to time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an Indian accent at all \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings come out in the heat of the debate, and things were said that shouldn\u2019t be said \u2026 and in this case I\u2019m apologising for that quip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve already said that once and I\u2019ll say it again &#8230; I can\u2019t do anything else than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/eddie-betts-generous-comments-to-david-koch\"><strong>EDDIE BETTS\u2019 GENEROUS COMMENTS TO DAVID KOCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/not-racist-says-father-of-woman-who-threw-banana-at-eddie-betts\"><strong>\u2018NOT RACIST\u2019 &#8212; DAD OF WOMAN WHO THREW BANANA CALLS FIVEAA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Campbelltown councilor says there\u2019s no possible way he could be racist &#8212; because he\u2019s \u201cmarried to a Filipino\u201d. 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