White House: Barack Obama not offended by comedian’s slur

The White House said US president Barack Obama wasn’t offended by comedian Larry Wilmore’s use of a racial slur at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Wilmore concluded his remarks noting progress on race and how much it meant to him that a black man was president. He concluded: “Yo Barry, you did it, my n****. You did it.”

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said he talked with Mr Obama, and he appreciated the spirit of racial progress Wilmore was trying to convey.