A New York Times reporter used a racial slur while leading an official student trip for the paper but remains employed, the company has confirmed. Donald McNeil Jr. made “offensive remarks, including repeating a racist word in the context of discussing an incident that involved racist language,” editor-in-chief Dean Baquet said in email to staff on Thursday that was leaked and published by news outlets. Baquet said he thought he would fire McNeil when he first learned of what he said. “I authorized an investigation and concluded his remarks were offensive and that he showed extremely poor judgment, but that it did not appear to me that his intentions were hateful or malicious,” he wrote. “I believe that in such cases people should be told they were wrong and given another chance. He was formally disciplined. He was not given a pass.” In a statement to news outlets, New York …