Deaker and the N word

Stuff reports:

Sports commentator Murray Deaker is in the firing line after describing someone on his Sky TV show as “working like a nigger”.

His network has described the phrase as “widely used” but the race relations commissioner has condemned the words.

Deaker, who has hosted several controversial moments on his talk show, was describing a person who ran a sheep farm on Wednesday night.

He slipped in the controversial phrase without missing a beat and it has since been doing the rounds on social media sites.

Sky Television spokesman Tony O’Brien said the network had not received any complaints about Deaker’s comments.

“I’m not defending him, but that’s a phrase that’s widely used.”

Not anymore. Just apologise. I doubt anyone thinks Deaker was meaning any offence, but it is an offensive word to many and not appropriate to be used on air. Deaker should apologise asap.