Yep, good to know racism is dead in America and we're all holding hands and singing songs and crap.
Residents of Wolfeboro, N.H. are demanding that their police commissioner resign for calling President Barack Obama the n-word -- then refusing to apologize.
A Wolfeboro resident wrote to the town's manager to complain that she overheard Robert Copeland, 82, call Obama the n-word in March at a restaurant, according to Manchester TV station WMUR.
Copeland didn't offer an apology after the resident complained to his bosses.
"I believe I did use the 'N' word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse (sic)," Copeland wrote in an email to the resident, as quoted by WMUR. "For this, I do not apologize -- he meets and exceeds my criteria for such."
At least 100 residents gathered at a town meeting Thursday night to demand Copeland's resignation to no avail, according to WMUR. The police commission, which consists of Copeland and two others, planned to meet and determine what further action to take.
The takeaway from this is that Copeland is 82. His generation is dying out, and today's kids are growing up in an era where a black president is not only possible, but the guy got re-elected. Pretty sure he'll be joined by the first female president in a couple of years. But hey, this guy's a town police commissioner and stuff, so.
New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine all have a black population of about 1%, too. Just throwing that out there. By the way, if you're wondering, the state with both the smallest number of black residents and the lowest percentage is Montana, according to the 2010 Census. Kentucky's 7.71% is actually the median of US states.
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