Thursday, March 23, 2006

Essay 492


A St. Louis radio talk-show host was fired for allegedly accidentally using a racial slur in reference to Condoleezza Rice. While discussing Rice potentially becoming Commissioner of the NFL, the host remarked, “She’s been chancellor of Stanford… She’s got the patent resume of somebody that has serious skill. She loves football. She’s African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon. Oh my God. I am totally, totally, totally, totally, totally sorry for that.” While radio station bigwigs believe the slip was an honest mistake, they canned the man anyway following listeners’ complaints. The host later told reporters, “It was my dream job.” Then he probably launched into an offensive parody of Dr. King’s famous speech.

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