Candidate uses racially offensive term on radio show

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A longshot candidate for Louisiana governor is facing backlash for using a racist epithet on talk radio.
Gary Landrieu, a white independent, was on WGSO radio in New Orleans this week. The Advocate reports he was talking about names used against him when he was a child. One was a racially offensive term used against people who support African-Americans.
A Gary Landrieu spokeswoman said he was just bluntly explaining his childhood experiences as a nephew of former Mayor M