New York paper article, blasting the right -- "The N---r in the White House"

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A newspaper that’s based in the Manhattan borough of New York City, West Village, has sent shockwaves through the community with a Monday headline that references the “N-word” in the White House — only spells it out.

As shocking as the headline is, however, the story itself by James Lincoln Collier is pro-President Obama, the New York Post said. It’s titled “The [N-word] in the White House” and blares across Page 15 in the opinion section, above text that then blasts the “racism” of far-right voters against Mr. Obama.

Despite the pro-president message, West Villages were outraged, the New York Post reported.

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The newspaper’s 86-year-old editor, George Capsis, said in a written explanation that “the editorial staff continues to object” to use of the racial slur, the New York Post reported. “In this article, however, [the writer] reminded me that The New York Times avoids using the word, which convinced me that West View should. [Collier] wanted to use the word [to] shock us into accepting that there are people who believe and use this outrageous word.”

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