The words “negro†and “neighbor†both begin with “ne†and have a “g†and an “r†and an “o†somewhere later on.
But accidentally typing one word for another seems pretty hard - different hands involved and all that. Still, a Democratic candidate for the State Assembly from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, is citing a “typo†in a flier his campaign sent out to thousands of voters blaming the incumbent for allowing “crime to go up over 50% in our negrohood.â€
The candidate, Ben Akselrod, who is challenging Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz in next month's primary, issued a statement Wednesday night taking “full responsibility for this inadvertent error†and apologizing to a nyone who was offended, reports the blog Sheepshead Bites, which broke the story of the campaign flier last week.
Mr. Akselrod's campaign treasurer, whose address appears on the flier, has now resigned, saying he had not authorized the use of his address and had had nothing to do with the gaffe.
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