Alaskan state staff sent racist Obama emails

OFFICIALS in Alaska are investigating racist jokes about US president-elect Barack Obama that were circulating on state government email accounts.

One of the five emails asks about the outcome of the Democrat’s victory and concludes: “Another black family living in government housing.”

Three of the racist messages were confirmed by the state’s information technology division after an electronic search of the government’s email system, said administration commissioner Annette Kreitzer.