MavKiki ...In other cases, I would almost always be saying the same thing you are.
But in this case, where the speaker has already been trying to spew that sort of racial/slavery/uncle tom/house boy type connotation, and where he is specifically speaking to a black audience, I think you have to be skeptical that there was any innocence on his part. I think the term was chosen carefully, hoping to stir up some uneasy connections for the listeners.
And he got caught, pandering to the audience with a racist tack. The voters - the broader audience - will get to be the final judge of what the proper punishment should be.
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