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A Cleveland Fox 8 news anchor has been suspended for three days after using a racist term on the air. On Monday, Kristi Capel was reporting on the Oscars when she said that she appreciated Lady Gaga’s version of ā€œThe Sound of Musicā€ā€”despite the accompanying ā€œjigaboo music.ā€

ā€œIt’s hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music—whatever you want to call it—jigaboo!ā€ Capel stated.

Capel later apologized on Twitter for using the word, claiming that she had no idea what it meant.

https://twitter.com/Kristi_Capel/status/569931262934306816

According to Raw Story, Cleveland Fox 8 issued a statement Wednesday regarding Capel’s suspension.Ā ā€œKristi Capel will not be anchoring Fox 8 News in the Morning for the remainder of the week,ā€ the station said. The station also went on to defend Capel’s reputation.

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ā€œThis incident has prompted thousands of social media comments and emails from across the viewing area and the nation. Unlike many who have commented, co-anchor Wayne Dawson and many of us at Fox 8 have the advantage of knowing Kristi Capel personally and her work in our community,ā€ the station stated. ā€œIt is for that reason that we join with the pastors she met with on Tuesday to begin the process of forgiveness and healing.ā€

Capel is quite fortunate to have only received a suspension, especially since there’s aĀ petition circulating that calls for her termination.

Pastors, though? Really? Did they lay hands on her and rebuke her racist tongue? This is just too much.