To address these issues, we invite the local media and their management to join with the City as part of the National League of Cities’ REAL (Race, Equity and Leadership) committee National Day of Racial Healing on Jan. 'It is wrong, hurtful and infuriating that WHEC Channel 10 broadcast a racial slur in reference to Dr.
Warren and the city council to release a statement, urging the television to terminate Kappell. Promotional videos and other productions from local media often do not reflect the diversity of our community. A weatherman who was fired for allegedly uttering a racial slur live on air is now filing a lawsuit against his city's government, claiming he's 'suffered greatly' due. The clip of Kappells broadcast went viral over the weekend, prompting Rochester Mayor Lovely A. While referring to African Americans in racially derogatory, insensitive and vulgar language needs to be addressed immediately, there are other issues at play as well that feed into this cultural ignorance. During his weather forecast on Rochesters WHEC-TV channel on Friday, Jeremy Kappell could be heard referring to 'Martin Luther Coon King Jr. This incident, along with the very recent news article containing a racially-charged accusation calling an African-American judge a "Carpetbagger," demonstrates the need for greater cultural sensitivity and competency within the local media. A New York television meteorologist was fired after saying what many heard as a racial slur on air, which he defended on Monday evening as a slip of the tongue that he tried to quickly correct.
It took the station nearly two days to apologize, and only after the station was shamed into doing so by a backlash on social media. An issue that is exemplified by the response of management at Channel 10. The individual responsible for the slur should no longer be employed at Channel 10. Jeremy Kappell, the former chief meteorologist at Rochester’s WHEC-TV who was fired for making a racial slur on air in January, is looking to the competition for a new job. There must be real consequences for the news personality involved and also for the management team that failed to immediately apologize and address the slur. It is beyond unacceptable that this occurred. After Game 3, Sulipeck, chief meteorologist for FOX13 Memphis, used the term knuckle-dragging in reference to Green, a phrase that describes a primitive or ape-like person. "It is wrong, hurtful and infuriating that WHEC Channel 10 broadcast a racial slur in reference to Dr. Memphis meteorologist Joey Sulipeck has been placed under investigation for directing a racial slur at Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green in a recent tweet. Here was the statement from Rochester's Mayor:
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