BET Wire: Being a Racist Can Cost You Your Job

The N-Word is a fast track to the unemployment line.

In Case You Missed It - Republicans leave President Obama scratching his head; Ben Carson kind of blames the spread of measles on immigrants; one lawmaker thinks it's OK if your food service worker doesn't wash his hands after a bathroom break — and more. — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)

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In Case You Missed It - The police commissioner who called President Obama a n----r is on the unemployment line; FBI director James Comey doesn't really plan to hire pot heads; Rep. Charles Rangel is hoping for a Bill de Blasio endorsement — and more. — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick) (Photo: BET)

Done - Recently Robert Copeland became the former police commissioner of Wolfboro, New Hampshire, after proudly and publically calling Obama the N-word. When local residents, including Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who owns a home in the town, called for his resignation, he was forced to step down.(Photo: AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Done - Recently Robert Copeland became the former police commissioner of Wolfboro, New Hampshire, after proudly and publically calling Obama the N-word. When local residents, including Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who owns a home in the town, called for his resignation, he was forced to step down.(Photo: AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Rep. Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee chairman, says immigration reform will be a "top priority" in 2014. House Speaker John Boehner has hired an expert on the issue and the White House has signaled it would support passing a series of bills. But Democrats and Republicans are on opposite sides of creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, which could be problematic.  (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Another DREAM Deferred - Getting an immigration reform bill to the House floor this year is looking even less likely after GOP leaders blocked the ENLIST Act, which would enable immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to receive a green card if they serve in the military. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

Will He or Won't He? - Rep. Charles Rangel is in another tight race for re-election and an endorsement from Mayor Bill de Blasio could go a long way. Whether that will happen, however, Rangel does not know. "I have no idea. None, absolutely none," said Rangel who recently met with the mayor. "He wouldn't say." (Photos from left: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Will He or Won't He? - Rep. Charles Rangel is in another tight race for re-election and an endorsement from Mayor Bill de Blasio could go a long way. Whether that will happen, however, Rangel does not know. "I have no idea. None, absolutely none," said Rangel who recently met with the mayor. "He wouldn't say." (Photos from left: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

"Thinks He's God" - Here's a GOP climate change theory one doesn't often hear often. Arguing against federal funding to fight climate change, Texas state senator and lieutenant governor candidate Dan Patrick said, "I understand why Obama thinks he can change the weather — because he thinks he's God." He also said the issue should be in God's hands. "He's handled our climate pretty well for a long time," Patrick said. (Photo: Courtesy of Dan Patrick) 

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"Thinks He's God" - Here's a GOP climate change theory one doesn't often hear often. Arguing against federal funding to fight climate change, Texas state senator and lieutenant governor candidate Dan Patrick said, "I understand why Obama thinks he can change the weather — because he thinks he's God." He also said the issue should be in God's hands. "He's handled our climate pretty well for a long time," Patrick said. (Photo: Courtesy of Dan Patrick) 

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Somebody's Gotta Do It - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has reluctantly appointed five members from her party to sit on the GOP-led Benghazi investigative panel. Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings will serve as ranking Democrat, a role he agreed to, he says, to "serve the truth" and prevent the tragedy from becoming politicized. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Somebody's Gotta Do It - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has reluctantly appointed five members from her party to sit on the GOP-led Benghazi investigative panel. Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings will serve as ranking Democrat, a role he agreed to, he says, to "serve the truth" and prevent the tragedy from becoming politicized. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Those" People? - Nassau County legislator Ellen Birnbaum is in seriously hot water for racist remarks. According to Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs, CBS-New York reports, Birnbaum allegedly said of an area in New Cassel, New York, “This is a bad neighborhood, and it’s a ghetto – and for good measures, it’s full of those black people." She has apologized but is refusing to step down. (Photo: Courtesy of NassauCountyny.gov)

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"Those" People? - Nassau County legislator Ellen Birnbaum is in seriously hot water for racist remarks. According to Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs, CBS-New York reports, Birnbaum allegedly said of an area in New Cassel, New York, “This is a bad neighborhood, and it’s a ghetto – and for good measures, it’s full of those black people." She has apologized but is refusing to step down. (Photo: Courtesy of NassauCountyny.gov)

Kidding! - In a Wall Street Journal interview, FBI director James Comey noted that many top computer geeks and hackers enjoy marijuana. "I have to hire a great force to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview," Comey quipped. But Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) didn't get the joke, forcing Comey to explain at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he'd simply "waxed philosophic and funny" but is "dead set against" marijuana usage. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Kidding! - In a Wall Street Journal interview, FBI director James Comey noted that many top computer geeks and hackers enjoy marijuana. "I have to hire a great force to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview," Comey quipped. But Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) didn't get the joke, forcing Comey to explain at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he'd simply "waxed philosophic and funny" but is "dead set against" marijuana usage. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Did He or Didn't He? - Florida senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) won't say whether he's smoked pot before, a question routinely asked of potential presidential contenders nowadays. “Here’s the problem with that question in American politics, if you say you did, suddenly there are all these people saying ‘Well, it’s not a big deal, look at all these successful people who did it,’” Rubio told Yahoo News. “On the other side of it, if you tell people that you didn’t, they won’t believe you.” (Photo: John Gress/Getty Images)

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Did He or Didn't He? - Florida senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) won't say whether he's smoked pot before, a question routinely asked of potential presidential contenders nowadays. “Here’s the problem with that question in American politics, if you say you did, suddenly there are all these people saying ‘Well, it’s not a big deal, look at all these successful people who did it,’” Rubio told Yahoo News. “On the other side of it, if you tell people that you didn’t, they won’t believe you.” (Photo: John Gress/Getty Images)

Disturbing and Offensive - After New York City's first lady Chirlane McCray talked about her struggles as a new mom in an interview with New York Magazine, two city tabloids ran stories depicting her as "a bad mom" and not wanting to be a mom. "I think both the Post and the Daily News owe Chirlane an apology," responded  Mayor Bill de Blasio. "I think they owe all of us an apology for absolutely misrepresenting what she said and for caricaturing a reality that so many women face." (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival)

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Disturbing and Offensive - After New York City's first lady Chirlane McCray talked about her struggles as a new mom in an interview with New York Magazine, two city tabloids ran stories depicting her as "a bad mom" and not wanting to be a mom. "I think both the Post and the Daily News owe Chirlane an apology," responded  Mayor Bill de Blasio. "I think they owe all of us an apology for absolutely misrepresenting what she said and for caricaturing a reality that so many women face." (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival)

Don't Count Your Chickens ... - Former first lady, senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton is all but officially the presumptive Democratic 2016 presidential nominee. But according to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, nothing can be taken for granted. "I guess I worry a little bit,” he said on CNN's State of the Union. “She's an enormously capable candidate and leader. But I do worry about the inevitability thing, because I think it's off-putting to the average...voter." (Photos from left: The Republican /Landov, Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Don't Count Your Chickens ... - Former first lady, senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton is all but officially the presumptive Democratic 2016 presidential nominee. But according to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, nothing can be taken for granted. "I guess I worry a little bit,” he said on CNN's State of the Union. “She's an enormously capable candidate and leader. But I do worry about the inevitability thing, because I think it's off-putting to the average...voter." (Photos from left: The Republican /Landov, Andrew Burton/Getty Images)