...the "C" word instead...

Despite that incident, Mesley said that she still used the racial slur in the recent meeting because she thought she was “shining a light on anti-Black racism.”
“I now realize that I did the opposite and I am now one example of the problem.”
COMPARE AND CONTRAST:
"Toronto–St. Paul's NDP candidate Jill Andrew, a self-described black, queer, fat activist posted on social media that she was giving Toronto’s Black Police Chief the 'Coon Award.'"
Hey, at least she didn't hang him in effigy.