“He also argued against removing a racial slur from the Florida state song.”

Ok! Now you’re making us look up the Florida State song to see what the racial slur is.

Wikipedia says it’s “Old Folks at Home.” The original lyric I have in a Dover book about popular songs of the 19th century reveals the lyrics

“Oh! darkies how my heart grows weary”

but the whole song, in its context as a Minstrel song, may be inappropriate, unless perhaps freshened with new lyrics.

Or, knowing Florida, they’ll replace it with Turkey In the Straw