A township trustee is under fire for using what many see as a racial slur in a Facebook post - which he quickly removed.

Anderson Township Trustee Andrew Pappas on Thursday posted a picture of a boudin, a southern type of sausage. His parents, who live in Louisiana, sent it to him, prompting the Thursday night post.

"Kroger shmoger. Look what mom and pop just shipped up from the great state of Louisiana!!!!!! Those coon asses sure do know how to eat."

Pappas, who has been a trustee for six years in the Cincinnati suburb, thought better of using the term and changed the word to 'Cajun' 15 minutes later. But not before somebody screen grabbed it and shared it around via text and on Facebook, including in The Enquirer's Greater Cincinnati Politics Facebook Group.

Pappas grew up in Houston and said the term means Cajun. In an interview with The Enquirer he suggested people do a Google search. On Wikipedia the word does come up as "a term for a person of Cajun ethnicity. Many Cajuns use the word in regard to themselves."

But it's also a racial slur.

"I posted it and then walked into the living room, but then thought people in Ohio won’t understand the term and I changed it to Cajun," Pappas said. "It was probably on my page for two minutes. It's not a derogatory term. I am not racist. It’s a regional term."

On Facebook, Pappas explained the post the same way and said, "Sad times we find ourselves in and rather than use Google or call me, use it politically. Sad times indeed."

That explanation isn't enough, said Joe Mallory, 1st Vice President of the Cincinnati Chapter of the NAACP.

"Clearly Andrew Pappas has no filter nor understanding of how insensitive, hurtful and racist his comments are," Mallory said. "His offensive comments are reprehensible and unacceptable. His judgment is lacking and shows his ignorance. he needs to apologize to the community and everyone should stand against his insensitivity, divisive and racist commentary and views."

Mallory added Pappas' justification doesn't help the matter.

"The bigger issue is he is doubling down and trying to justify his 'self-used slang' by using a google definition," Mallory said. "Appalling. He doesn't get it."

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