Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett apologizes for e-mail about BOSTON , Massachusetts ( CNN ) -- Boston Police professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett uses phrase `` jungle monkey '' two times in the mass e-mail . Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett : `` I did not intend any racial bigotry , harm or prejudice in my words . '' Boston Police Commissioner Justin Barrett denounces the e-mail .
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett apologizes for e-mail about Boston Police professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett uses phrase `` jungle monkey '' two times in the mass e-mail . Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett : `` I did not intend any racial bigotry , harm or prejudice in my words . '' Boston Police Commissioner Justin Barrett denounces the e-mail .