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The question we're asking tonight is was the joke really out of line? "outfront" tonight, columbia university professor mark lamont hill, cnn contributor and columnist elzi anderson. gentlemen, welcome on this friday night. dean, i'm going to let you have first crack at this here because people have been jumping all over him online, on twitter as you can imagine. should he be canned over the comment? >> absolutely not. the joke was not -- look, we're adults. we know the difference between somebody demonizing and someone being playful. he is joking around with co-workers. it doesn't mean people...

Over him online, on twitter as you can imagine. should he be canned over the comment? >> absolutely not. the joke was not -- look, we're adults. we know the difference between somebody demonizing and someone being playful. he is joking around with co-workers. it doesn't mean people won't be outraged. people go on twitter and type in all capital letters, i'm outraged and retweet. we live in a world of hyper sensitivity and instant outrage. he is a victim of that. > with the prosecution's main witnesses being challenged on appeal, the case against amanda knox and raffaele sollecito seems to be h...

Over him online, on twitter as you can imagine. should he be canned over the comment? >> absolutely not. the joke was not -- look, we're adults. we know the difference between somebody demonizing and someone being somebody demonizing and being playful. he's joking around with his colleagues. that doesn't mean people won't be outraged. people tweet in capital letters i'm outraged. we live in a world of hyper sensitivity. this man is just a victim of that. if he was truly being racist, i would be there criticizing as well. it was a playful joke. that's it. let's laugh about it or don't laugh. >>...