Jay Severin began his first WTKK Radio show since he was suspended a month ago by reading an apology for his hateful remarks about Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. Here’s a portion:

“My remarks were hurtful, unkind and wrong. For those remarks and for failing to meet the standards you are right to expect of me, I am sincerely sorry. Most especially to the members of the Mexican community and Mexican-American community, I regret my remarks and I apologize for them. I am sorry. I want you to be an engaged and proud member of this audience, but I appreciate I must earn that privilege, every day….

To every person I have offended by my recent remarks: I am truly regretful and extend my apology. And to those who were not offended, I have still let you down by appealing to something less than the “best and brightest” in you, and for this I am also sorry.”

You can read the rest on the station’s Web site or courtesy The Boston Globe.