Absurdity alert

From The Cavalier Daily

University President issues statement regarding alleged racial epithet used by Medical Center employee….

Howell reported that the offender “said something like this: ‘I can’t believe in this day and age that there’s a sports team in our nation’s capital named the Redskins. That is as derogatory to Indians as having a team called Niggers would be to blacks.'”

Though Howell said no staff members said they were personally offended by the remark, they said they would have preferred if the word had not been used….