{"id":268680,"date":"2016-11-15T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=268680"},"modified":"2016-11-15T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:09:38","slug":"michelle-obama-ape-in-heels-post-causes-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/michelle-obama-ape-in-heels-post-causes-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama ‘ape in heels’ post causes outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"
A racist Facebook post about Michelle Obama has caused a major controversy involving a town mayor in the US state of West Virginia.<\/p>\n
Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who runs a local non-profit group in Clay County, referred to the first lady as an “ape”.<\/p>\n
“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,” she said.<\/p>\n
Local mayor Beverly Whaling responded with “just made my day Pam”.<\/p>\n
Ms Whaling is mayor of the town of Clay, which has a population of just 491.<\/p>\n
It has no African American residents, according to the 2010 census. In Clay County as a whole, more than 98% of its 9,000 residents are white.<\/p>\n