WEEI RADIO STATION MUST APOLOGIZE FOR RACIST STATEMENTS, SUSPEND BROADCASTER AND MAKE EFFORTS TO REPAIR THE HARM TO BOSTON BLACKS
BOSTON—The radio station employing Tony Massarotti should suspend the sports broadcaster for his racially insensitive remarks made in New Orleans recently about blacks and crime. WEEI radio should then disclose its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices and immediately make efforts to repair the harm it has caused against Black people in Boston and beyond.
“The statement made by Mr. Massarotti may have been made in innocence, but it was highly insensitive. It was a racist remark. It is appalling that those facing the public in the way he does are not aware of how incendiary the issues of racism remain in Boston. His apology should be accepted. But he and his station must do more than respond to this issue beyond mere lip serve. Changed policies related to racial relations and WEEI and intense and sincere community outreach is imperative,” said Rev. Kevin Peterson, founder of the New Democracy Coalition.
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