Official Suspended For Racist E-Mail

The U.S. Postal Service suspended a postal official in New York on Tuesday after he allegedly sent a risque glossary of ebonics terms on the service’s electronic mail system.

The list of 16 words and their supposed meanings in common parlance among blacks was rife with sexual and racial stereotypes. A postal workers’ union labeled the e-mail a “vicious, racist message.”

Roy Betts, spokesman for the Postal Service, said it was investigating the incident to determine what disciplinary action should be taken.