The amount of coverage this is getting from the national media is absurd. It will only stop when people complain that this is a at most a minor issue. I don't like her but no one should have their career ruined because they use a racial slur...not any race. If there is a patter of racist behavior or maltreatment, then this is completely appropriate. Racial jokes aren't appropriate in the workplace and discriminatory behavior intolerable but otherwise people need be stop being so fucking overly sensitive, which makes these things a much bigger deal than they need to be.