A racist Facebook post about US First lady Michelle Obama has caused a major controversy involving a town mayor in the US State of West Virginia.
Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who runs a local non-profit group in Clay County, referred to President Barack Obama’s wife as an “ape”.
“It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified first lady in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels,” Taylor said.
local mayor Beverly Whaling responded with “just made my day Pam”.
Whaling is mayor of the town of Clay, which has a population of just 491. It has no African American residents, according to the 2010 census. In Clay County as a whole, more than 98 per cent of its 9,000 residents are white.
The Facebook post about Michelle, 52, was first spotted by local news channel WSAZ3.
