Here's something you might be interested in.
Well, I'm going to do a bad job of reporting here. But I don't care. It's a blog, not a news story I'm writing.
Some channel, maybe a golf channel... A female sportscaster was talking with a male sportscaster, about what it would take to beat Tiger Woods.
She said something along the lines of "The other golfers should take him into a back alley and lynch him."
So, she ended up getting suspended for two weeks. Tiger Woods said he had no problem with her statement. He knows her, says she isn't racist, and isn't offended by her mistake.
I think that's a good attitude for him to have. A few African-Americans have knocked Woods for this, saying he never supports black causes, and he always tries to distance himself...blah blah blah.
I think what Tiger did was perfect. He took it all in context. Her point wasn't to lynch a black man. Now, why she even thought to use the word "lynch" is beyond me. The last time I used it, was when I worked at a heavy metal station, and had to play a song by the band "Lynch Mob" (which featured guitarist George Lynch from Dokken). Otherwise, it's a weird word to have floating around your vocabulary.
Her point could've been made just as easily saying "Unless Tiger dies taunting tigers at the Zoo, there's no stopping him." Or, "Unless a plane crashes, like the one that had that other golfer, he's going to win it."
Okay, wait. Those were bad examples. I'm sure folks would be offended by those, too.
Now, her intend wasb't racial. But, here's my problem with her merely getting a two week suspension. Jimmy the Greek once said some things, and never worked in sports again. They were a bit racial. Don Imus said some things, and got fired (which I have no problem with, because he's a complete idiot...and he was talking about collegiate athletes, not pros...and he referred to them as "ho's" which is so over the line, I can't even begin to start).
So, if we have this precedent where sportscasters and broadcasters say something insenstive, they get fired...then this woman should be looking for another job.
Having worked in radio for many years, and still go on TV and radio often, I know those George Carlin words I'm not supposed to say. I also know what topics to stay away from.
She should know, also. And if she doesn't, well, she knows now.
Well, I'm going to do a bad job of reporting here. But I don't care. It's a blog, not a news story I'm writing.
Some channel, maybe a golf channel... A female sportscaster was talking with a male sportscaster, about what it would take to beat Tiger Woods.
She said something along the lines of "The other golfers should take him into a back alley and lynch him."
So, she ended up getting suspended for two weeks. Tiger Woods said he had no problem with her statement. He knows her, says she isn't racist, and isn't offended by her mistake.
I think that's a good attitude for him to have. A few African-Americans have knocked Woods for this, saying he never supports black causes, and he always tries to distance himself...blah blah blah.
I think what Tiger did was perfect. He took it all in context. Her point wasn't to lynch a black man. Now, why she even thought to use the word "lynch" is beyond me. The last time I used it, was when I worked at a heavy metal station, and had to play a song by the band "Lynch Mob" (which featured guitarist George Lynch from Dokken). Otherwise, it's a weird word to have floating around your vocabulary.
Her point could've been made just as easily saying "Unless Tiger dies taunting tigers at the Zoo, there's no stopping him." Or, "Unless a plane crashes, like the one that had that other golfer, he's going to win it."
Okay, wait. Those were bad examples. I'm sure folks would be offended by those, too.
Now, her intend wasb't racial. But, here's my problem with her merely getting a two week suspension. Jimmy the Greek once said some things, and never worked in sports again. They were a bit racial. Don Imus said some things, and got fired (which I have no problem with, because he's a complete idiot...and he was talking about collegiate athletes, not pros...and he referred to them as "ho's" which is so over the line, I can't even begin to start).
So, if we have this precedent where sportscasters and broadcasters say something insenstive, they get fired...then this woman should be looking for another job.
Having worked in radio for many years, and still go on TV and radio often, I know those George Carlin words I'm not supposed to say. I also know what topics to stay away from.
She should know, also. And if she doesn't, well, she knows now.