Is it racist to bleep a half-black man when use drops the N-word?

(CNSNews.com) – In a recent discussion on racism in America, President Obama used the n-word, but viewers of MSNBC (and later Fox News) didn’t hear him say it. Both cable channels bleeped the president in the clip that aired Monday morning.

“We have a warning for our viewers,” MSNBC “Morning  Joe” host Mika Brzezinski said as she introduced the soundbite. “He (Obama) uses strong language, some of which may be considered offensive.”

Viewers then heard Obama talking with Marc Maron, host of the WTF podcast, about the “legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination in almost every institution of our lives,” as Obama put it.

“That casts a long shadow, Obama said. “And that’s still part of our DNA that’s passed on. We’re not cured of it…racism, we’re not cured of it.

The n-word is not bleeped on Maron’s WTF website, but it was bleeped in the re-play on MSNBC. (Fox News also bleeped the n-word when it replayed those same comments from the president later on Monday morning.)

In the “Morning Joe” discussion that followed Obama’s comments, host Joe Scarborough said, “I’m curious about the president being beeped out there. I mean, the president of the United States — obviously said that word because he wanted to make a point. I just — I find it curious that there was a decision by somebofy that–

“I think there’s a lot of worry maybe it will be misused or whatever,” co-host Brzezinski said.

“It’s the president of the United States making a point,” Scarborough repeated.

“I know. I would love to have a bigger conversation about that,” Brzezinski said.