The black U.S. ambassador to the Philippines has apologized for saying that 40% of male tourists visit the country for sex

Ambassador Harry Thomas sent a cellphone text message to Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, who was on a visit to Vietnam, expressing regret for his comments, foreign affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said. "I should not have used the 40% statistic without the ability to back it up. I regret any harm that I may have caused," Thomas said in the text message, which Hernandez forwarded to journalists. If a white ambassador had done something this stupid, he would probably have had to resign.