Re: "Greaseman" fired for racial remark

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 02:50 PM 2/25/99 -0800, Bob Nelson wrote:
>Howie Carr just mentioned that a "shock-jock" 
>in Washington,DC named "the Greaseman" has been fired for a remark he
>made about R&B singer Lauryn Hill. After playing some of her music,
>"the Greaseman" apparently said something like "now we see why they
>get dragged" (a reference to the brutal death of James Byrd, a black
>man, by John King, who has just been sentenced to death for the crime).
>


Didn't he get into some hot water a few years ago for some racist remarks
re:MLK day?

Some people never learn.

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