I can understand why they thought it was racist to begin with. It looks like one of those small-town, Southern areas, where shit is like walkin on glass when it comes to topics like that. Not to mention that they're obviously not "hip", and into today's modern, city culture where a phrase like that is clearly not racial at all... they just don't know any better, and the media doesn't give a fuck cause it has a potential, conversational piece-evoking article to air lol