Bill O'Reilly Racist

- First reported by Media Matters For America
- Al Sharpton said that O'Reilly was not offensive during the dinner
- O'Reilly addressed the comments on September 25, 2007
- Comments were part of a conversation with Juan Williams, who claims they were taken out of context
- O'Reilly accused Media Matters For America of distorting the conversation

On the September 19, 2007, edition of his syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly discussed a dinner outing with Al Sharpton at Harlem's Sylvia's Queen of Soul Food restaurant. O'Reilly's description of his experience has been criticized as racially insensitive.
Quotes
1. "It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun...And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all."USA Today: Bill O'Reilly's comments about Harlem restaurant draw fire(September 26, 2007)
  - Bill O'Reilly, USA Today
2. "The band was excellent, but they were dressed in tuxedos, and this is what white America doesn't know, particularly people who don't have a lot of interaction with black Americans...They think the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris and Snoop Dogg."USA Today: Bill O'Reilly's comments about Harlem restaurant draw fire(September 26, 2007)
  - Bill O'Reilly, USA Today
3. "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M.F.-er, I want more iced tea."USA Today: Bill O'Reilly's comments about Harlem restaurant draw fire(September 26, 2007)
  - Bill O'Reilly, USA Today