From the AP:

GARY, Ind. — The Gary branch of the NAACP wants an apology from Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joel Silverman for “offensive and disrespectful” comments he made during a recent public hearing.
Silverman referred to members of a mostly black audience Aug. 17 as having a “city mentality,” which many took as a racial remark.
“When you mention the term ‘city mentality’ to an audience consisting mainly of African-Americans, they’re not thinking city mentality means ‘regional.’ They’re thinking you mean the N-word mentality. That was a perception problem,” said Tammi Davis, president of the National Association fro the Advancement of Colored People.
Davis has sent a letter to Gov. Mitch Daniels requesting a formal apology and suggesting that Silverman attend sensitivity training.