If you think the n-word is an American tradition/phenomenon/slur, think again.
A British lawmaker has been suspended after a recording surfaced of her using the racial slur to describe the UK leaving the European Union without a deal.
Anne Marie Morris, the ruling Conservative Partyโs chief whip, made the remark Monday during a public meeting, the Huffington Post UK reports.
Morris noted that only 7 percent of financial services in the UK would be impacted by its departure from the union.
โNow I am sure there will be many people whoโll challenge that, but my response and my request is look at the detail,โ Morris was recorded as saying. โIt isnโt all doom and gloom.โ
โNow we get to the real n-gger in the woodpile which is in two yearsโwhat happens if there is no deal?โ she added.
Well.
After the remark was made public, Morris apologized, saying, โThe comment was totally unintentional and I apologize unreservedly for any offense caused.โ
Yet that was too little, too late, because Morris is out, and there is there has been no update on the timetable for the investigation, to be carried out by the Conservative Party.
Atlanta Black Star reports that this is the second time a British MP has used the word. In 2008, Robert Dixon-Smith apologized for letting it โslip outโ during a session in the House of Lords, adding that โit was a common parlance when I was younger.โ
According to the Atlantic, the phrase dates back to 1843, during the era of the Underground Railroad in the U.S. It was often used in song lyrics to reference enslaved Blacks who concealed themselves in piles of wood during their escape to the North.
Today, the phrase is used to describe a hidden problem.
In a statement, Prime Minister Theresa May said: โI was shocked to hear of these remarks, which are completely unacceptable. I immediately asked the Chief Whip to suspend the party whip. Language like this has absolutely no place in politics or in todayโs society.โ
I got nothing.
