AMHERST, N.S.—A town councillor is under scrutiny after admitting to uttering a racist slur to staff at a pizza shop in this small Nova Scotia community. Amherst Mayor Robert Small said Councillor George Baker has admitted to saying “I’m not your n-----r” to workers at Bambino’s Pizzeria. Town council, which had met in private July 22 to discuss this “persistent rumour in the community,” held Monday’s meeting in part to discuss a letter from Hal Davidson, a member of the local black community. In this day and age, you don’t say those things.”“Whoever it was that was working, they were giving him a hard time, razzing him . Small said news that Baker used the racial slur spread throughout the town of roughly 9,700 and a letter of complaint was sent by a community member last week asking council to investigate the incident.

Source: thestar August 09, 2016 20:48 UTC