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The state transportation secretary has apologized after a department newsletter on diversity offended minority employees by spelling out many of the slurs that it advised workers not to use.
Carolann Wicks said that the Diversity Spotlight newsletter tried to address workplace issues by letting employees know what’s not acceptable.
The newsletter published a racial epithet often directed at blacks and derogatory terms for homosexuals and Asians, advising people not to use the words.
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