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July 17, 2022
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A morning producer at a Massachusetts radio station has been suspended after he used an ethnic slur on air to describe an ESPN journalist, WFXT-TV reported.
During The Greg Hill Show on Tuesday, the discussion centered around a Boston city councilor’s proposed ban on the sale of miniature bottles of alcohol, commonly referred to as “nips.” Co-hosts Greg Hill, Jermaine Wiggins, and Courtney Cox then ranked what their favorite brands are. That's when producer Chris Curtis chimed in, saying, “I’d probably go Mina Kimes."
Kimes is of Korean descent on her mother's side. As Michael M. Ego, a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut pointed out to WFXT, "nips" is a derogatory slur for people of Asian descent.
Responding to the criticism, Curtis began Thursday’s show by saying his comment was "a pathetic, failed attempt at a one-liner."
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"... I attempted to bring up Mila Kunis, which was not really that funny, sophomoric, and sexist,” Curtis said. “But for reasons I don’t understand, I said Mina Kimes. That was never the intention for me to say her name. It had nothing to do with the subject matter and it dragged her into a controversy through no fault of her own regarding a slur and her race.”
“I want to apologize to Mina Kimes, I want to apologize for a stupid attempt at a joke...I want the listeners to know I failed on Tuesday. I want you to know this is not who I am," he added.
According to Curtis, his suspension will last until Wednesday.
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WI Supreme Court hopeful spoke at event with pastor who says killing abortion doctors is 'justifiable homicide'
March 23, 2023
In Wisconsin, far-right social conservative Dan Kelly is competing with liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz for a seat on the state's supreme court. Kelly is vehemently anti-abortion, and Protasiewicz has been slamming him as a supporter of an anti-abortion law in Wisconsin that goes back to 1849.
Now, Protasiewicz is calling Kelly out for making a virtual appearance at a Tuesday, March 21 event with the Rev. Matthew Trewhella, an anti-abortion extremist and far-right Christian nationalist who has described the murder of abortion providers as "justifiable homicide." In 1990, Trewhella founded a Milwaukee-based group called Missionaries to the Unborn, and he has a long history of promoting violence.
Back in 1994, Trewhella said, "I don't condemn people who use force to try to protect babies, because they are human beings. And if someone uses force to try to protect those babies, it would be as if someone used force against Dr. Mengele, from Adolf Hitler's era. If someone used force against him, would I condemn the person for stopping Mengele from all the atrocities he did? No, I wouldn't condemn that person."
In response to Kelly campaigning at an event featuring Trewhella, Protasiewicz said, "You may have heard me say Dan Kelly is an extremist. Well, although it's shocking that he would share the stage with this man, it's not surprising. Dan Kelly's radical views defending the 1849 abortion ban, and generally stopping women from controlling their own bodies, are well-documented. And his support for disrespecting democracy and overturning elections is well-documented. We can't let him anywhere close to our Supreme Court."
Trewhella is a long-time supporter of the militia movement, calling for militias and the Religious Right to join forces. At a 1994 event filmed by Planned Parenthood members, Trewhella — according to Knight-Ridder News Service — said, "Our government wants to disarm us. What should we do? We should do what thousands of people across this nation are doing; we should be forming militias…. Churches can form militia days and teach their men how to fight."
In 1994, according to Knight-Ridder, Planned Parenthood gave a copy of that video to the late Democrat Janet Reno, who was serving as U.S. attorney general under President Bill Clinton at the time.
Many years later, according to the the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Trewhella has not softened his rhetoric. At the March 21 event — which was held at the Calvary Assembly of God in Wilson, Wisconsin — told the crowd, "You cannot appease tyrants. You have to defeat them. And the sooner you decide not to comply, and to defeat them privately, not comply with evil, publicly join with other good men and magistrates (to) stand against the evil, the better chance you have of stopping evil. If you keep accommodating yourself — guess what? — you'll be swallowed up by evil. It will be too late, and then, bloody revolution is the only option left."
Kelly, the Journal Sentinel's Molly Beck reports, was not physically present at the Calvary Assembly of God. But after Trewhella's speech, Kelly spoke virtually for 20 minutes.
In 1993, according to Newsweek, Trewhella signed a statement describing the murder of David Gunn, an abortion doctor in Pensacola, Florida, as "justifiable homicide."
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is set for April 4.
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Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
Coe said no female transgender athlete who had gone through male puberty would be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from March 31.
Speaking after a meeting of the global track and field federation's decision-making body, Coe said World Athletics had consulted with stakeholders including 40 national federations, the International Olympic Committee and trans groups about the issue of transgender athletes.
"The majority of those consulted stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category," he said.
"Many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and want more evidence that any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category."
He added: "The judgement we took... was, I believe, in the best interests of our sport.
Not saying 'no' forever
He said a working group headed by a transgender person would be created to further monitor scientific developments.
"We're not saying 'no' forever," Coe said.
"Decisions are always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights between different groups, but we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations.
"We will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount."
In a statement, World Athletics said it became apparent that there "little support within the sport" for an option that was presented to stakeholders, which required transgender athletes to maintain their testosterone levels below 2.5nmol/L (nanomoles per liter of blood) for 24 months to be eligible to compete internationally in the female category.
"There are currently no transgender athletes competing internationally in athletics and consequently no athletics-specific evidence of the impact these athletes would have on the fairness of female competition in athletics.
"In these circumstances, the Council decided to prioritize fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion."
World Athletics also amended regulations covering athletes classified as DSD, in other words having "differences of sexual development".
The most high-profile DSD athlete is double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya of South Africa.
Under the new regulations, in order to compete in the female category, DSD athletes will have to reduce their amount of blood testosterone to below 2.5 nanomoles per liter, down from the current level of five, and remain below this threshold for two years, rather than just one, as is the case now.
World Athletics also removed the principle of restricted events for DSD athletes, meaning regulations now cover all events rather than the previously monitored ones, which were from 400m to one mile.
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